Turkeys or deer??
 

Which one do you prefer to hunt, if you had to choose? Im going with deer by far, I like turkeys, but deer are just amazing to me. What about you?

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If you would get your arse up here one morning before sunrise I could change your mind! This last week has been awesome...to say the least. Every morning I have had the pleasure of being in the company of dozens of Toms gobbling. I missed a huge tom because I pushed it and took a longer than normal shot...and missed.

I have been moving my set-ups around every morning finding where they are roosting, etc. If it wasnt raining this morning so hard I would have been dragging one out of there! I pretty much have an idea of where they are roosting, but getting them before they get henned up is the trick.

This week I am setting up shop on a great spot and sticking to it until I take one of my tags out my wallet. Why dont you put up your dang fishing pole on Saturday and get up here and shoot a bird!

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DEER!!:D[8D]

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Deer.. no question!

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I hear ya Jeff, but Im fishing for 2,000$ on sat!! It's spring and it's always been a delima for me!! But, for only an 80$ entry and a turnaround of 2 g's I gotta do it!!

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Deer by far for me! I do enjoy listening to them gobblers in the wee morning hours. I would go just to listen to them.

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Saturday morning I was trying to get in to my blind extra early (5 am). Its about a 1/2 mile walk from where I park the truck. As I was about 20 yrds from the treeline I heard an elephant running through the woods. I froze, but it was so dark I couldnt see what it was. I stood still for about 10 minutes and then heard the infamous snort and he took off like a bull in a china shop. Im sure he was coming in for some of the clover/chickory/alfalfa I planted earlier this year!

My cameras are out, so I will be watching for him! If it was a doe she was 200 lbs from the noise I heard!

Good luck on Saturday! I know teaching doesnt give you any weekday opportunities so try and schedule a saturday morning to come up. I will put you on a gobbler for sure!

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Like? Deer!

Challenge? Turkeys!

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I live to turkey hunt. It is my top priority. I love to deer hunt, but it's just something about turkeys that gets me going. Heck deer are my third choice. 1. Turkeys 2. Bear3. Deer.

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I would have to say deer, but that is partly because I love to EAT deer so much!! Lots more meat on those four-legged critters.

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Elk:D
Deer. Although turkeys are gaining.

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deer they just taste so much better then turkey
and i get 6 months to hunt them instead of 1 week with turkey

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Ever had a deep fried turkey?;) Mmmm...I love them both, but I prefer turkey.

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I love both of them and when deer season is winding down and it is unbarably cold in the deer stand I can't wait for spring toms. and when turkey hunting I see all of the deer without antlers and try to imagine them in the fall... They are both an obsession.

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I enjoy any kind of Bowhunting! I prefer Big Game with a bow (Elk, Mule Deer, Whitetail, Bear) but Turkeys are a fun change of pace.

Dan

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I Agree!! Turkey deep fried is just flat out Yummy!

Dan

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Well if ya'll would have seen my nerves (shaking) in the blind in NC when I wasn't sure I was going to get a shot or not you'd think it's turkeys. As much as I absolutely love to hunt turkeys, deer slightly edge them out. I enjoy sitting in a treestand more than sitting in a ground blind.

Now if you throw elk into the mix, I think they'd win out. I wish I could hunt elk every year. Bowhunting them in the rut is incredible.

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DEER!!!

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Deer 100X over.... Those feather bags just don't trick my trigger much..

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elk...

then deer....

turkeys? I'd rather buy a butterball

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Turkeys by far, it's not even close for me.

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If Turkeys are your thing then you definitely live in the right State!:D

I'm heading across the state line about Friday;)

Dan

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Deer hands down, though to date best hunt/hunting experience has been DIY turkey hunt a few years back.

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deer especially mature bucks they never cease to amaze me with some of the stuff they can pull on a hunter......i like turkey but honestly, they arent much of a challenge...on my farm i could drive around 1 time and kill 3 birds, i cant even kill a mature buck in a whole hunting season(3 months)

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You mean you coulddrive around a month and not kill a Mature Buck?[8D]

J/King

Dan

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Bowhunting for huge whitetails by far, turkey hunting gets me in the woods to shed antler hunt and as a bonus I may get to kill a gobbler or two in the process

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Turkeys, much more fun imo.