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I'm new to turkey hunting (just began hunting and got first bird this year) but i must confess, it seems to be more fun than deer hunting to me. Not that I'm swearing off deer hunting by any means, but I think I'll actually be looking forward to spring turkey more than fall deer. Which do you prefer?
 
redblood said:
Coyote is most fun for me.... But I would pick deer over turkey.
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I have a good time yote hunting with my buddy and sons too...we rarely get one but it's fun as heck to call them in...I like to eat what I shoot and that's the only drawback with yotes
 
Hard to say. I take deer hunting much more serious, a mature buck is much much much harder to kill than a mature gobbler. I get frustrated and mad alot more in deer season because of all the idgets running around trespassing, spotlighting, roadhunting, etc and turkey season isnt so bad for that type stuff. Its just really hard for me to say, they both have their pluses and minuses. At least with turkeys you get to hear right where they are if they are gobbling.
 
Good points. It is definitely harder to kill a mature deer than a gobbler. Deer season tends to bring idgets out of the woodwork, too. There just seem to be more people hunting deer than turkey overall.

I like the fact that a hot gobbler will talk to ya before he heads to your dinner table, but getting a quality deer is more of a satisfying accomplishment, especially when you've been hunting a particualr buck. Then again, I'd guess to some degree hunting a particular old tom would be satisfying in the same sense. Dang, I guess I'll just have to keep doing both.
 
I'll be starting trying my hand at yotes just after turkey ends. The farm I hunt is eat up with 'em. Killed 2 during deer and keep seeing them in daylight in middle of fields and log roads. Funny thing is, I've been told not to kill a particular one because it's the farmer's neighbor's 'pet' yote?
 
No doubt. It's my first season for gobblers and I've only gotten to hunt one 'good' day. The rest have been rainy, cold, snowy; my buddy's 4 wheeler broke down a mile in the woods; locked my keys in the truck; lost my wallet; couldn't get my stuff straight early on and kept stumbling onto spooked birds (geez I sound like a greenhorn)! Finally figured some things out and got a good Tom, now I'm on the right path.
 
This is my first year to turkey hunt, and with the exception of getting lucky on opening day, it has been frustrating. I do love watching deer approaching my stand. I think if I can get a good bird gobbling and coming in it will be more exciting.
 
To me they are different types of hunting. One (turkey)is more of a calling sport. Trying to draw the game to you by mimicking and fooling that same game.

I know you can also use calls for deer (rattling, ect.), but for me deer hunting is mostly reading the deer sign and setting up in that area.

But in the end when I see either a deer or turkey coming to me both get my blood pumping. One thing for sure, turkeys sure are easier to carry out of the woods.
 
Neither are as fun as duck hunting. And yes I have killed a turkey before but I just can't seem to get into it. Rather shoot ducks!
 
bsl said:
Turkey hunting is more fun than deer hunting to me because the turkey gobble and it keeps me more interested.It is more fun to kill a deer to me than turkey so I go back and forth on it.
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Ditto! :grin:
 

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