Bow hunting turkeys???
 

Do any of you buy turkey tags so you have the option of shooting a turkey while deer hunting??? I have alot of turkeys where I deer hunt and have a good chance of getting a turkey.

CJW

RE: Bow hunting turkeys???
 

very tough thing to do is take a fall bird with a bow, even for the most experianed
bow hunter, I have killed one fall bird, that had he not jumped the string,
wouldn' t have got him, i have missed a couple clean though, I would have to say
that for every 10 birds that get hit by an arrow, maybe only 1 or 2 go home with
the hunter, the rest will die a slow death, as a result of there wound, i persoanly
am kind of torn on how i feel about archery turkey, because i love spring gobbler
so much, but i do realize alot of people hit them, and get a pile of feather' s and
just think the bird is going to be just fine, hum, not th caes in the real world,:D

RE: Bow hunting turkeys???
 

I went down to Missouri last year for bow season and purchased an out of state permit. I was shocked when the computer just kept printing out permit after permit. I ended up getting 2 deer permits and 2 turkey permits for the $120 out of state fee. I thought that was a heck of a deal.
I wound up not filling any of them, but I did come about 10 seconds from drawing on a very large tom at about 25 yards. If he' d have moved about 3 feet to my left, he would have had a piece of carbon comin at him!! Oh well---only a few more weeks to go ' til I go at it again!!

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RE: Bow hunting turkeys???
 

turkeys are a tough target with the bow,and if I do shoot in the fall it' s at a hen,leave the toms for the spring

RE: Bow hunting turkeys???
 

dvd, I do the same thing, if my bow hunting is done of course, and try to take a
hen, or juvenial bird, with the hopes of being rewarded in the spring:D I personaly know alot of guys that are very sucsesful on fall long beards, but cant
kill a spring bird if there kife depended on it, it' s funny how that works, I probably
have about 30 or 40 spring birds about 20 or so adult gobblers, in the last 20
years or so, and still have not mounted a bird, plan on doing it one year, if my
wife will let me, but i know a guy thats got 2 fall gobblers, long beards, 2 year old birds, kind of average, but he' s got them in his living room full strut, just think thats very odd, especially since he' s never killed an adult gobbler in the spring,
oh well, to each his own :D

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Norsemen,I agree anyone can killum in the fall at random if they are walking by your stand,but the fun and passion is spring huntin and playing that game of chess with a gobblin tom.I have a nice mature bird mounted gobblin on the roost,was 1st mature bird I ever killed many years back,and is still one of the highlights of my trophy room.If you do get one and want a mount contact me we are in the same general area ,this guy is great at turkeys he was won best in show at NWTF a few times.As amatter of fact if you do make it to rochester gander mountain he has some work on diplay