I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
04-23-2008, 08:42 PM
#111
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
Still if I can pick my spot I still like my odds on a Long Beard versus a 150"+ Buck.
04-23-2008, 08:51 PM
#112
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Only by sheer numbers. If 150" bucks were as plentiful as longbeards, I'd like my odds on 150" bucks better when it comes to bows.
Still if I can pick my spot I still like my odds on a Long Beard versus a 150"+ Buck.
04-23-2008, 08:54 PM
#113
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Only by sheer numbers. If 150" bucks were as plentiful as longbeards, I'd like my odds on 150" bucks better when it comes to bows.
Still if I can pick my spot I still like my odds on a Long Beard versus a 150"+ Buck.
Dan
04-23-2008, 08:57 PM
#114
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
If my woods carried a compacity of 150" bucks as there are longbeards. Say my 100 acres carries 5 150" bucks, I have 6 weeks and all day to hunt them vs, 4 weeks until noon to hunt the longbeards, I'll take the odds that I arrow a 150" buck over the turkey. Now couple that longbeards are probably more plentiful than that, because there would be 3 or 5 on the next property and the next property and so on and so forth so if I had 25 150" bucks in a square mile which is very probable to turkeys, I like my odds at arrowing a 150" buck. Very much so.
04-23-2008, 09:02 PM
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
While I agree that turkeys are harder when it comes to the season being shorter and having less time to take a mature turkey with a bow, but other than that definitely not. Mature whitetails are not as plentiful as gobblers. You may have 3 months to hunt whitetails, but you may not be able to pattern that buck after you find it. While getting a turkey with a bow is hard, I also feel it is a lot easier to get lucky on a big tom rather than a big buck. I have seen Jay Gregory's son take a nice tom with his bow on Wild outdoors. Not saying it is easy, but that just makes me think a little that a whitetail is harder. I tell you one thing I would rather shoot a deer with thier kill zone than a turkeys. I will say tracking a gobbler is harder too. I've shot one with a bow, but didnt recover it.
04-24-2008, 06:54 AM
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
You would all have to agree that seeing a turkey is much eaiser than seeing a mature buck... But based on kill zones, "usually" if you see the mature buck while hunting, he is probably closer to being within your bow range. If you see a mature turkey while hunting, the odds are that he is probably not within your "comfortable" bow range.
Not to hyjack this thread but.... Would this be a true statement: Most bow hunter would be more likely to extend their comfortable bow range on a 150"+ buck then on a turkey. What I mean, we all know that a kill zone in a turkey is about the size of a softball. We all wait to get that bird in as close as we can before we shoot. On a large deer, the zone is MUCH larger. I believe that quite a few of us have rushed a shot because the buck looked like he might be moving out, or just was not coming all the way in.
If we are just talking about making a lethal hit on the animal, I say that a turkey is much more difficult. If we are talking about seeing one while hunting, I say getting a large buck within bow range is more difficult.
Not to hyjack this thread but.... Would this be a true statement: Most bow hunter would be more likely to extend their comfortable bow range on a 150"+ buck then on a turkey. What I mean, we all know that a kill zone in a turkey is about the size of a softball. We all wait to get that bird in as close as we can before we shoot. On a large deer, the zone is MUCH larger. I believe that quite a few of us have rushed a shot because the buck looked like he might be moving out, or just was not coming all the way in.
If we are just talking about making a lethal hit on the animal, I say that a turkey is much more difficult. If we are talking about seeing one while hunting, I say getting a large buck within bow range is more difficult.
04-24-2008, 07:09 AM
#117
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
Ok now are we talking 150'' buck against a 15'' beard Turkey
What I am saying is I am not going to use the shorter season as an excuse for me, If I really wanted to go after a mature Tom I would make the time Just so folks know I am talking about me!!
What I am saying is I am not going to use the shorter season as an excuse for me, If I really wanted to go after a mature Tom I would make the time
Just so folks know I am talking about me!!
04-24-2008, 12:37 PM
#119
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
ORIGINAL: MC Bowhunter
If a turkey could smell us as dangerthey would be the hardest animal in the world to hunt.
Darrall
If a turkey could smell us as dangerthey would be the hardest animal in the world to hunt.
Darrall
[8D] I hunt turkeys and I think its easy. I hunt locations to hunt P&Y deer and I find that a challenge, I've never had a Turkey mounted for the same reason I don't mount Bluegill.
04-24-2008, 12:43 PM
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RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
ORIGINAL: MC Bowhunter
If a turkey could smell us as dangerthey would be the hardest animal in the world to hunt.
Darrall
If a turkey could smell us as dangerthey would be the hardest animal in the world to hunt.
Darrall
