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#2 let me get too close to him on the roost

Baxter83 said:
Congrats man! Nice bird!

I've let ONE fly down that I could have shot off roost that I never got a second chance at, and I'll gurantee you I won't let the next one get away so easily ;) . Maybe if I had some private property loaded with birds like some people have, or if I got to take off a whole bunch of time to hunt like some have the luxury to do, or if I had pretty much any means of killing more than a bird or 2 a year in the limited amount of time and resources that I have to go hunting, I may pass up the ever so slightly easier route to bag a bird. But til then, I'm doing whatever it takes to put some meat in the freezer and get satisfaction out of my hunt :)
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That's my thinking... right now I can only hunt once a week so I make that as long a trip as possible, which right now is a day and a half. Still that doesn't give me the time in the woods that I really want, so if I want the meat and have a couple tags and happen to walk under a roosted bird then he's dinner for me. However next weekend when I'm out chasing them again I would prefer to call one in. I've filled half of my tags now so there is less urgency for me to kill one. although the meat still goes fast....


REN said:
having said that, lets at least call a spade a spade. Turkeys have terrible night vision and depend on hearing in the low light conditions. so sneaking up on a turkey in the dark on a windy morning in full greenage is not a ton of skill.
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being a fairly new turkey hunter, I was not aware of that. I figured their vision was still good even in low light. Even though it was not that windy yet (just the occasional gust) it wasn't that hard to get as close as I did to the birds.

The end result is always the same though... the meat tastes just as good.... long as it's legal....
 
Congrats on the bird...you put your time in and you did it legal. It would have been easy to come on here and just simply say that you roosted a bird and when he pitched down you shot him. Story over...nobody gets their panties in a wad. But you told the truth knowing you might face some backlash and for that I commend you.

Some people are quick to tell you how you should conduct yourself, but are much less willing to put your shoes on and walk in them for a few miles.

Happy Hunting
 
thanks BuckWild. I wouldn't make up a story and post it on here, so I told it like it was and I'm not ashamed of it... doesn't take much to stir the pot here on certain subjects anyway, but I'm OK with it.
 
Everyone has an opinion but give me 1000 hunters shooting turkeys off the limb legally instead of off a road illegally. I've never even thought of taking one off the limb but I don't have a problem in the world with what you did. Sounds like you were in the right place at the right time and even had the ethics to check for legal shooting time. Sounds like a good morning too me. Congrats.
 
Poser said:
The only "legal" means of shooting a turkey that I have real problem with is shooting a turkey in flight. and I have observed people shooting at turkeys in flight before.
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Bushwhacking,ambushing,calling or flushing them quail its all turkey hunting.I have killed them on the fly up on the fly down and every way in between turkey hunting with a shotgun is to me as pure of a sport as it gets.Some people just claim to have called up every turkey they ever killed.
 
Poser said:
SEC said:
Poser said:
The only "legal" means of shooting a turkey that I have real problem with is shooting a turkey in flight. and I have observed people shooting at turkeys in flight before.
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Bushwhacking,ambushing,calling or flushing them quail its all turkey hunting.I have killed them on the fly up on the fly down and every way in between turkey hunting with a shotgun is to me as pure of a sport as it gets.Some people just claim to have called up every turkey they ever killed.
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We ain't talking about Canadian Geese here. The typical male turkey has at least 4 pounds on the largest Canadian Geese out there. I have seen turkeys in flight shot at and hit, at least in-directly, 4 times and continute to fly with injury. They are large birds that are very tough (I recently went to combat with one hand to hand and I have a new respect for how tough and strong they are).

I do not agree with it, nor respect it. Take that for what it is, find offense if you interpret it to be such, crack a tooth on a turkey breast, or what is left of it, full of lead, watch one continue to fly off with a gimp wing and a set of legs that will still out run you.
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Good point I never thought of... I'm not a good enough shot to shoot one on the wing anyway, but I would hate to wound one either way. I wonder if a 10 gauge 3.5" shell might possibly be a bit more ethical.... not to the hunter's shoulder though.

As for geese they are not that strong... I grabbed one by the neck once, pinned his wings down, held him under my arm for a pic and let him go unharmed :D I'd love to grab a turkey by the neck and then shoot it, but maybe not one with big ole spurs... wonder if I could grab a hen from a blind in the fall? Might not turn over well with some people here though...
 
:D guess I was lucky then. I step in their darn "payload" every time I fish a pond. Have not hunted them before - would like to taste one sometime. Same with dux.
 
well I've heard good things about duck so I have to try sometime. Are wood ducks good eating? Thinking of floating my boat down the river a few times during wood duck/teal season and maybe getting one or two.
 
Congratulations on a fine bird man, keep it up.
I enjoy your pictures and stories and watching you grow as a hunter.

My hat is off to you.
 

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