How long you been hunting turkeys::poll::
01-29-2016, 07:00 AM
#101
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1
Pole
I found this site today. Looking forward to reading what others have learned about turkey hunting.I have hunted turkeys off and on since the mid 70's. I recently bought small acreage which is covered with turkeys.Looking forward to the spring season.
03-04-2016, 11:51 AM
#106
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,093
This will be my 27th year chasing turkeys. I've been blessed to hunt turkeys in MO, TX, NE, and FL. I completed my grand slam back in 2008 and I am currently trying to draw an AZ goulds turkey tag. I've struck out several times. I will have 8 bonus points going into next years draw.
03-05-2016, 03:26 AM
#107
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,424
I have been hunting them up here in Me. for the past 9 years.. Struck out the first 3 years and got my first turkey ever in the fall of my 4th year with a bow.. It was a hen but, I was some proud of it. After that I have been quite successful with my spring birds.
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 03-08-2016 at 05:09 PM.
03-05-2016, 08:20 AM
#108
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 270
Started hunting Turkeys 15 years ago after not being able to
draw a tag in Maine for a couple years. Things have changed a lot in Maine since then from needing to draw a tag, to currently over
the counter tags with a two tom limit in the spring and two of
either sex in the fall. Got my first Tom in NY when I didn't have
a clue what I was doing he had 1 3/4 inch spurs weighed 21
pounds with a 10 1/2 inch beard. Extremely windy morning, I was making some very quiet hen sounds and occasionally scratching in the leaves, Three hens came in followed by the Tom. I shot him at about 12 yards after he walked past me at 5 yards. After the shot, the
three hens came back and started pecking my decoy and I was hooked. Since then I took my Rio in California, a Merriams in
New Mexico, Osceola in Florida and I leave in a little over a month
to try for my Gould's in Old Mexico.
draw a tag in Maine for a couple years. Things have changed a lot in Maine since then from needing to draw a tag, to currently over
the counter tags with a two tom limit in the spring and two of
either sex in the fall. Got my first Tom in NY when I didn't have
a clue what I was doing he had 1 3/4 inch spurs weighed 21
pounds with a 10 1/2 inch beard. Extremely windy morning, I was making some very quiet hen sounds and occasionally scratching in the leaves, Three hens came in followed by the Tom. I shot him at about 12 yards after he walked past me at 5 yards. After the shot, the
three hens came back and started pecking my decoy and I was hooked. Since then I took my Rio in California, a Merriams in
New Mexico, Osceola in Florida and I leave in a little over a month
to try for my Gould's in Old Mexico.
