Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
04-08-2008, 05:56 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,004
RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
These are two fine Florida Gobblers taken at 70 yards with rifles. It's legal, been legal for a long, long time!
Go get them and post the pictures!
It still tastes good no matter what you use to kill it.
Go get them and post the pictures!
It still tastes good no matter what you use to kill it.
04-08-2008, 08:09 PM
#42
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,673
RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
ORIGINAL: Goose 11
These are two fine Florida Gobblers taken at 70 yards with rifles. It's legal, been legal for a long, long time!
Go get them and post the pictures!
It still tastes good no matter what you use to kill it.
These are two fine Florida Gobblers taken at 70 yards with rifles. It's legal, been legal for a long, long time!
Go get them and post the pictures!
It still tastes good no matter what you use to kill it.
Ok ok...fine. If you want to shoot a turkey with a rifle (noticeI said "shoot", not "hunt"), go find a Turkey Shooters forum. But we HUNTERS like to congregate on the Turkey Hunting forum, which consists of HUNTERS who respect the bird and learn to develop patience and learn to call in the birds within shooting range to be able to get the "thrill of the hunt" not thrill of the kill.
04-08-2008, 08:28 PM
#43
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: WV
Posts: 487
RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
I hunt in WV and have never used a shotgun for turkey, i prefer my .22 Magnum....neither has my dad who has killed several with his .222 remington. By the way he doesn't believe in using any calls, he doesn't feel it's 'sporting' he says he prefers to 'hunt' for his turkey.
04-08-2008, 08:39 PM
#45
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
ORIGINAL: JW!
Not in Florida - specifically states in the regs - "shooting a trukey from the roost is illegal."
JW
Not in Florida - specifically states in the regs - "shooting a trukey from the roost is illegal."
JW
04-08-2008, 08:58 PM
#46
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
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RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
ORIGINAL: kdsberman
So your saying its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle too, just because the meat tastes the same? Have we forgot the key word here, which is "hunting"?
Ok ok...fine. If you want to shoot a turkey with a rifle (notice I said "shoot", not "hunt"), go find a Turkey Shooters forum. But we HUNTERS like to congregate on the Turkey Hunting forum, which consists of HUNTERS who respect the bird and learn to develop patience and learn to call in the birds within shooting range to be able to get the "thrill of the hunt" not thrill of the kill.
So your saying its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle too, just because the meat tastes the same? Have we forgot the key word here, which is "hunting"?
Ok ok...fine. If you want to shoot a turkey with a rifle (notice I said "shoot", not "hunt"), go find a Turkey Shooters forum. But we HUNTERS like to congregate on the Turkey Hunting forum, which consists of HUNTERS who respect the bird and learn to develop patience and learn to call in the birds within shooting range to be able to get the "thrill of the hunt" not thrill of the kill.
Goose will have to forgive me for speaking for him here.... but no he didn't say its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle... while there are lots of definitions of an assault rifle, the commonly accepted definition (including a high cap magazine) would infact be illegal under Florida law. Goose at no point in his post encouraged anything illegal or even immoral or unethical.
The plain and simple fact here is that his state, as well as several others have deemed it legal to take turkeys with a rifle. Period. Choosing to hunt a turkey with a rifle doesn't make you not a "hunter". By legal definition, purchasing a license and going afield under legal conditions makes you a hunter... or in the states eyes... just buying a license makes you a hunter.
This forum is for anyone who hunts turkeys, under any and all legal conditions... that includes fall hunts with dogs, spring hunts with guns, archery tackle, and yes.... rifle hunters as well. If you don't like the cook, get da hell up out da kitchen.
04-08-2008, 09:06 PM
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: El Dorado Kansas
Posts: 1,311
RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
My complete agreeance... I have quarms about people who deer hunt with rifles or shoot over 50 yards at just about anything...
But, as long as its within the legal right of a sportsman to take to the field and enjoy the sport within the boundaries of the law....
I have no complaint, if its legal to rig claymores and blow turkeys off your plantation, have fun... I ain't gonna do it... but go for it if its legal.
But, as long as its within the legal right of a sportsman to take to the field and enjoy the sport within the boundaries of the law....
I have no complaint, if its legal to rig claymores and blow turkeys off your plantation, have fun... I ain't gonna do it... but go for it if its legal.
04-08-2008, 09:22 PM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
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RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
ORIGINAL: sixgunluvr
I hunt in WV and have never used a shotgun for turkey, i prefer my .22 Magnum....neither has my dad who has killed several with his .222 remington. By the way he doesn't believe in using any calls, he doesn't feel it's 'sporting' he says he prefers to 'hunt' for his turkey.
I hunt in WV and have never used a shotgun for turkey, i prefer my .22 Magnum....neither has my dad who has killed several with his .222 remington. By the way he doesn't believe in using any calls, he doesn't feel it's 'sporting' he says he prefers to 'hunt' for his turkey.
That's got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
04-08-2008, 09:24 PM
#49
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: El Dorado Kansas
Posts: 1,311
RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
ORIGINAL: superstrutter
That's got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
ORIGINAL: sixgunluvr
I hunt in WV and have never used a shotgun for turkey, i prefer my .22 Magnum....neither has my dad who has killed several with his .222 remington. By the way he doesn't believe in using any calls, he doesn't feel it's 'sporting' he says he prefers to 'hunt' for his turkey.
I hunt in WV and have never used a shotgun for turkey, i prefer my .22 Magnum....neither has my dad who has killed several with his .222 remington. By the way he doesn't believe in using any calls, he doesn't feel it's 'sporting' he says he prefers to 'hunt' for his turkey.
That's got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
04-08-2008, 09:42 PM
#50
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
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RE: Help Me NOT go to JAIL over a damn BIRD!!!
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
Goose will have to forgive me for speaking for him here.... but no he didn't say its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle... while there are lots of definitions of an assault rifle, the commonly accepted definition (including a high cap magazine) would infact be illegal under Florida law. Goose at no point in his post encouraged anything illegal or even immoral or unethical.
The plain and simple fact here is that his state, as well as several others have deemed it legal to take turkeys with a rifle. Period. Choosing to hunt a turkey with a rifle doesn't make you not a "hunter". By legal definition, purchasing a license and going afield under legal conditions makes you a hunter... or in the states eyes... just buying a license makes you a hunter.
This forum is for anyone who hunts turkeys, under any and all legal conditions... that includes fall hunts with dogs, spring hunts with guns, archery tackle, and yes.... rifle hunters as well. If you don't like the cook, get da hell up out da kitchen.
ORIGINAL: kdsberman
So your saying its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle too, just because the meat tastes the same? Have we forgot the key word here, which is "hunting"?
Ok ok...fine. If you want to shoot a turkey with a rifle (notice I said "shoot", not "hunt"), go find a Turkey Shooters forum. But we HUNTERS like to congregate on the Turkey Hunting forum, which consists of HUNTERS who respect the bird and learn to develop patience and learn to call in the birds within shooting range to be able to get the "thrill of the hunt" not thrill of the kill.
So your saying its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle too, just because the meat tastes the same? Have we forgot the key word here, which is "hunting"?
Ok ok...fine. If you want to shoot a turkey with a rifle (notice I said "shoot", not "hunt"), go find a Turkey Shooters forum. But we HUNTERS like to congregate on the Turkey Hunting forum, which consists of HUNTERS who respect the bird and learn to develop patience and learn to call in the birds within shooting range to be able to get the "thrill of the hunt" not thrill of the kill.
Goose will have to forgive me for speaking for him here.... but no he didn't say its fine to shoot a turkey with an assault rifle... while there are lots of definitions of an assault rifle, the commonly accepted definition (including a high cap magazine) would infact be illegal under Florida law. Goose at no point in his post encouraged anything illegal or even immoral or unethical.
The plain and simple fact here is that his state, as well as several others have deemed it legal to take turkeys with a rifle. Period. Choosing to hunt a turkey with a rifle doesn't make you not a "hunter". By legal definition, purchasing a license and going afield under legal conditions makes you a hunter... or in the states eyes... just buying a license makes you a hunter.
This forum is for anyone who hunts turkeys, under any and all legal conditions... that includes fall hunts with dogs, spring hunts with guns, archery tackle, and yes.... rifle hunters as well. If you don't like the cook, get da hell up out da kitchen.
I agree, 100%. While you will never in a million years catch me turkey hunting with a rifle, who cares if others do it legally?
The only concern I have with it is safety, If rifles are allowed, I believe hunter orange should be a neccessity. I'd likely not hunt with decoys if rifles were allowed around me either.