Wild Turkeys. Does anyone on this forum hunt them?

[Dobbinsky]

We have them everywhere, so I refuse to pay $20 for a tag with a bag limit of one bird for the entire season. I heard they aren't really that great tasting either. I'll spend my $20 towards a store-bought Thanksgiving turkey. Heck, I could have mowed down half a dozen of the stupid birds standing in the road yesterday if I didn't stop or swerve for them, and the state acts like they are made of gold.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

I don't anymore cause I don't like eating them. I didn't mind cleaning them, just don't care for the taste. When I was about 7 or 8 (give or take a year) my brother and I went hunting 1 day. He had a 410 pump and I had a 410 single shot. He didget any due to the action wasn't closed, but I shot 4 with 1 shot. We had to clean everything we shot and that became a long day. Only shot turkeys if someone else wanted to clean and eat them. We had hundreds of them.

 

[papa]

I like them but I haven't hunted for years now. Back when I pretty much stopped hunting we didn't have wild Turkeys around here. I used to work with a guy who loved to hunt and fish but didn't like the taste of wild game . He did always have someone lined up to give the game to . It didn't go to waste.

 

[Bear007]

Nope, I don't hunt them any more. Though the tag doesn't cost any extra here for spring or fall seasons no one in the house will eat them.

This past deer season I had 2 trail cams setup along the deer trail that I hunt. I caught well over 100 birds at the same time between the 2 cams at the same time for about 20-30 minutes. A pretty big flock. They torn up a path though the woods probably 40 yds wide scratching away. I just sit in my stand watching them go by.

 

[HayesGreener]

They are fun to watch

 

[Old_Me]

turkeys just ought to be shot on sight, cuz they are so damned fugly to begin with.

and Ben Franklin wanted them to be the national bird...???

what a maroon.

 

[835mag]

I love to hunt them, eat them not so much. Therefore I don’t hunt them anymore.

 

[Anchorite]

Yes, I have from time to time. I am not as serious or dedicated a turkey hunter as I am toward other flying critters, but I have tried my hand at hunting them over the years.

They are a wary adversary, and like most (if not all game) are protected by seemingly ridiculous regulations that some biologist who has never hunted tells us is to perpetuate the species.

Like others herein have opined, I'd rather buy one already fixed up in the store these days.

 

[Jester560]

I hunt and eat them. Much prefer wild over store bought. The wild turkey has flavor, store bought is flavorless, house raised, antibiotic infused trash birds.

 

[TurboDog910]

It’s turkey season here. I have not been in years but used to love it.

 

[Dobbinsky]

I hunt and eat them. Much prefer wild over store bought. The wild turkey has flavor, store bought is flavorless, house raised, antibiotic infused trash birds.

Even a Butterball? What is the season limit where you are, and how much is the tag?

 

[The Night Rider]

It's a no from me Dawg

 

[HayesGreener]

Wild Turkey can be fun

 

[Mr.W.]

turkeys just ought to be shot on sight, cuz they are so damned fugly to begin with.

and Ben Franklin wanted them to be the national bird...???

what a maroon.

Wild turkeys should be shot on sight, and Ben Franklin is the "maroon?" You heard it here, first!
Wild turkeys' extraordinary intelligence was the reason for Dr. Franklin's choice.

 

[Retired Bum]

I would rather eat wild turkey than farm raised any day! More flavor and fewer growth hormones, definitely mo healthier!

 

[Dobbinsky]

I would rather eat wild turkey than farm raised any day! More flavor and fewer growth hormones, definitely mo healthier!

Mo bedda?

 

[Old_Me]

Wild turkeys should be shot on sight, and Ben Franklin is the "maroon?" You heard it here, first!
Wild turkeys' extraordinary intelligence was the reason for Dr. Franklin's choice.

if turkeys are so "intelligent", then why do they keep thier beaks open looking up to the sky during a rain storm, and drown themselves..???

 

[Dobbinsky]

if turkeys are so "intelligent", then why do they keep thier beaks open looking up to the sky during a rain storm, and drown themselves..???

They stand in front of cars longer than deer!

 

[Ozarker]

if turkeys are so "intelligent", then why do they keep thier beaks open looking up to the sky during a rain storm, and drown themselves..???

Only time I've ever seen turkeys do that is at the Boat Dock Bar.

 

[Retired Bum]

Mo bedda?

Absolutely!