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Being never having killed a turkey would you?
04-16-2008 | 07:08 AM
#31
Giant Nontypical
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From: Phoenixville, PA USA
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
I would be and will be taking the gun out. I'll take the bow out to try to fill my second tag if I get one, but the gun will be out until then.
04-16-2008 | 07:14 AM
#32
Nontypical Buck
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From: Albany, NY
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
Just patterned the gunthis week and the 3 1/2" Hevi-Shot #6, 2 1/4 ounce loads were the best pattern. Now I find out those shells have been discontinued. At least that's what I was told[:@]
Just patterned the gunthis week and the 3 1/2" Hevi-Shot #6, 2 1/4 ounce loads were the best pattern. Now I find out those shells have been discontinued. At least that's what I was told[:@]
04-16-2008 | 09:06 AM
#33
Nontypical Buck
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From: North Central Kansas
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
I was also hoping to get my first turkey with a bow, but I just recently stuck a new sight on my bow for a 3D shoot, and didn't have it sighted in yet, and I got the turkey bug. I went out and ended up killing a turkey that night with my shotgun. It was my first turkey ever. Do I still wish Iwould have gotten it with the bow??? Yes, but it was just as much a thrill to get it with a shotgun. I still have another tag. I'll get the next one with the bow.
Go ahead and take the shotgun if you choose to. There is not much remorse in using it......
Go ahead and take the shotgun if you choose to. There is not much remorse in using it......
04-16-2008 | 09:09 AM
#34
Nontypical Buck
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From: North Central Kansas
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
ORIGINAL: davidmil
Yup, if you never killed one go out and call and get all excited about a goobler coming in and strutting and doing his thing. If you can catch one on the roost that gets all hot, and then flys down and comes goobling andcrawling into you before showing himself, all the more fun. You got to get the fever.
Hey wait, I got the fever without killing one for a lot of years. I was just calling for other folks. LOL It doesn't matter. Do it without all these new fangled blinds and crap. Plop against a tree and make 'em sing. None of this bushwhacking crap. Call 'em or leave 'em Besides not having to kill one to have fun, the meat isn't all that good to me.
Yup, if you never killed one go out and call and get all excited about a goobler coming in and strutting and doing his thing. If you can catch one on the roost that gets all hot, and then flys down and comes goobling andcrawling into you before showing himself, all the more fun. You got to get the fever.
Hey wait, I got the fever without killing one for a lot of years. I was just calling for other folks. LOL It doesn't matter. Do it without all these new fangled blinds and crap. Plop against a tree and make 'em sing. None of this bushwhacking crap. Call 'em or leave 'em Besides not having to kill one to have fun, the meat isn't all that good to me.
04-16-2008 | 09:22 AM
#36
Giant Nontypical
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From: Dover, PA USA
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
This is what I'll have mounted on my 870 next week at Rob's........I'll have to remember not to point it at Rob to film any interviews. 
http://www.deerridgeinnovations.com/
http://www.deerridgeinnovations.com/
04-16-2008 | 09:31 AM
#37
Nontypical Buck
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From: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
I've killed them with both, I honestly enjoy shot gun hunting turkeys more, there is something about that KO punch my mossberg delivers and I "hit and run" with turkeys in this country... I cover a lot of ground... My boys (age 7 and 4)and I came within a few feet last night of killing a nice gobbler .... (hen busted us) but it was a blast and my kids are worked up to go again today after school.
Good luck getting that first one killed!
Good luck getting that first one killed!
04-16-2008 | 09:41 AM
#39
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From: Dover, PA USA
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Matt:
You don't count. You would throw a grenade if it were legal.[8D]
Matt:
You don't count. You would throw a grenade if it were legal.[8D]
I'd carry an M60 if it was legal and a touch lighter.
04-16-2008 | 12:10 PM
#40
Typical Buck
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From: New Hartford, NY
RE: Being never having killed a turkey would you?
I firmly believe that someone new to turkey hunting (or any type of hunting for that matter) should take the first legal animal they have a good opportunity to take. I remember being a frusterated youngster (not too many years ago) going turkey hunting with my dad, thinking i'd never get a turkey and putting too much pressure on myself. Once i got my first one it was like a weight lifted off me and a huge confidence boost and all of a sudden turkey hunting go a lot easier and more enjoyable. So i say put one (or two or three or four...) on the ground with the gun and then try with the bow. Besides its not like getting one within shotgun range is easy, but it is easier then the bow. Learn the ropes a little with the shotgun first and then up the difficulty i think you will enjoy it more
