What is your favorite turkey subspecies?
01-02-2010, 06:21 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: SW Iowa
Posts: 479
Without a doubt, hands down- its the one that I happen to be hunting at the time.
Rio's are probably the most fun to hunt as they like to gobble alot.
The florida turkey is the most frustrating, they tend to be less vocal and getting a good place to hunt them can be tough and expensive.
jmo
Rio's are probably the most fun to hunt as they like to gobble alot.
The florida turkey is the most frustrating, they tend to be less vocal and getting a good place to hunt them can be tough and expensive.
jmo
01-02-2010, 08:03 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
I have to go with the Eastern. They can be down right tough to hunt. I've never hunted the Osceola, but from everything I hear, they can be just as tough to hunt as the Eastern. IMO, Rio's are a whole lot easier to kill than Easterns. I hear Merriams are even easier than Rio's. I do love going to south Texas to hunt Rio's, but as for a challenging hunt, it's hard to beat the Eastern.
01-03-2010, 03:25 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 101
No doubt they are all fun to hunt and each has their own characteristics and coloration. I am partial to Merriam's. Granted, their gobble sounds Jakey, they have pencil beards and stubby spurs (for the most part) but the country they live in, those white feathers and the fact that they gobble a lot trips my trigger.
01-04-2010, 11:45 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,093
That is a good but very tough question.
I would have to say easterns are my favorite. We have heavy birds, with good beards, and spurs, and no other subspecies can out gobble the thunder of an easter.
Second would be rios. They gobble alot, always run in big groups and I love the hooks on them.
Next is the merriams. I have never hunted a bird that gobbled so much and repsonded to the call and decoys like they do and you just can't beat those white fan tips.
Last would be the osceola which I have only hunted once. They are a tought hunt but have long beards and great spurs. Their downfall is location and cost to hunt.
I would have to say easterns are my favorite. We have heavy birds, with good beards, and spurs, and no other subspecies can out gobble the thunder of an easter.
Second would be rios. They gobble alot, always run in big groups and I love the hooks on them.
Next is the merriams. I have never hunted a bird that gobbled so much and repsonded to the call and decoys like they do and you just can't beat those white fan tips.
Last would be the osceola which I have only hunted once. They are a tought hunt but have long beards and great spurs. Their downfall is location and cost to hunt.
