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Are there any turkey hunters here? I'm getting old and beat up enough that deer hunting is losing its shine, but I really like having a freezer full of game.
How is turkey hunting? It always feels like it's a sea of trigger happy nut jobs out in the woods, but I've never actually done it.
Fall Turkey hunting, yes.
Spring turkey hunting is a different animal, you will be calling the Turkey in. This is a very high skill endeavor and you probably need somebody to teach you. You also need head to toe camo; veil, camo boots, gloves, no hunter orange, because you’ll probably be on the ground and turkeys see color very well. On the plus side they can’t smell. IMO you’re better off dove hunting if you want to switch to mostly birds.
Interesting, never met anybody doing that. Those birds are tiny, right? Can you reliably shoot enough for a full meal for multiple adults? Can you fill a freezer to have some for the off-season? Do you need a dog to find the birds, or do you go looking for them yourself?
If you sit in the right shooting lane, you’ll get a couple of shots off every 20-30 minutes. The season is usually the longest of any game species except rabbits or squirrels.
A dog is helpful, but you can just sit in the shade watching with a Gatorade and a shotgun just as well without. Dove dogs make great family pets, like duck dogs. The birds aren't very big, but there’s a lot of them, and you can easily stack up enough to have some kebab or dumpling protein for the off-season.
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