Any Turkey Hunters Here?

woodzman · 03-20-2010, 09:29 AM

I took a walk up on the hill behind my house this morning and heard three different birds gobbling. Season doesn't open here until May first, but I know it opens earlier in other places. Anybody hunting?

2Live1Well · 03-21-2010, 11:45 AM

Our season opens in April, I haven't really been out seriously for turkey until I go this year. I'm from Missouri where the laws are different than in my new home state of Wisconsin so it's a good time for me to start hunting a new animal. Went out yesterday morning a heard about 2 gobblers and 3-4 different hens, it's good for me to hear them in person so as I start to learn how to run a call I have a better ear for the real thing. Congrats on having a great morning walk!

woodzman · 03-23-2010, 06:59 AM

I love to hunt turkeys, especially in the spring and I don't know of a better way to learn to call than listening to the real thing. Be careful though, It can easily turn into a lifelong addiction.

Good luck with the birds.

Camoguy · 04-01-2010, 07:44 PM

We have a bunch of stupid ones around my place. My uncle feeds them so they hang around. But I don't hunt these-he would kill me if I killed THEM! LOL
Our season starts April 17th and I'm going to get me a big Tom Turkey if I have to go all over the state to do so.

hummingbird · 04-12-2010, 06:37 PM

My husband got one last year. The only thing good to eat on the thing was the breast. The rest of it was as stringy and gamey tasting as it could be. Now if he brings home a deer, I can cook that many, many ways-LOL. We have the typical hunter's house with deer heads everywhere. At Christmas we put lights hanging from the antlers and hung Christmas bulbs from their ears. He was not happy when he came home and found it. But I told him it was a redneck Christmas! Then he laughed at us and said it was alright.

woodzman · 04-12-2010, 08:41 PM

The legs and thighs can be tough, no question about it. I usually make soup out of them, or cook them in the crock pot. A lot of the turkey hunters that I know just keep the breast and throw the rest of the bird in the garbage, but that just doesn't seem right to me.

woodzman · 04-12-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Camoguy

We have a bunch of stupid ones around my place. My uncle feeds them so they hang around. But I don't hunt these-he would kill me if I killed THEM! LOL
Our season starts April 17th and I'm going to get me a big Tom Turkey if I have to go all over the state to do so.

LOL. If that's the case, then you better leave your uncles turkeys alone. Good luck with the birds Camoguy.

southerngal · 04-13-2010, 06:54 PM

We would love to go and they are in season here but we don't know where to go. So far we haven't been able to find anybody with any hunting land that we can use.

woodzman · 04-15-2010, 04:37 PM

[QUOTE=southerngal;11488]We would love to go and they are in season here but we don't know where to go. So far we haven't been able to find anybody with any hunting land that we can use.[/QUOTE

That stinks that you don't have a place to hunt, if we were closer I'd invite you and your husband up here. Don't you have any state owned land in your area? We have a lot around here and I have four different farms that I can hunt too.

greengrass · 04-16-2010, 02:43 PM

My 10 year old killed a jake last weekend. He was so proud! It was good too! We ate it for dinner Sunday night. The middle boy is going tomorrow morning to hunt with my husband.

03-20-2010, 09:29 AM	#1
woodzman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central, NY. Posts: 123	Any Turkey Hunters Here? I took a walk up on the hill behind my house this morning and heard three different birds gobbling. Season doesn't open here until May first, but I know it opens earlier in other places. Anybody hunting?

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03-21-2010, 11:45 AM	#2
2Live1Well Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7	Our season opens in April, I haven't really been out seriously for turkey until I go this year. I'm from Missouri where the laws are different than in my new home state of Wisconsin so it's a good time for me to start hunting a new animal. Went out yesterday morning a heard about 2 gobblers and 3-4 different hens, it's good for me to hear them in person so as I start to learn how to run a call I have a better ear for the real thing. Congrats on having a great morning walk!

03-23-2010, 06:59 AM	#3
woodzman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central, NY. Posts: 123	I love to hunt turkeys, especially in the spring and I don't know of a better way to learn to call than listening to the real thing. Be careful though, It can easily turn into a lifelong addiction. Good luck with the birds.

04-01-2010, 07:44 PM	#4
Camoguy Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 60	We have a bunch of stupid ones around my place. My uncle feeds them so they hang around. But I don't hunt these-he would kill me if I killed THEM! LOL Our season starts April 17th and I'm going to get me a big Tom Turkey if I have to go all over the state to do so.

04-12-2010, 06:37 PM	#5
hummingbird Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 67	My husband got one last year. The only thing good to eat on the thing was the breast. The rest of it was as stringy and gamey tasting as it could be. Now if he brings home a deer, I can cook that many, many ways-LOL. We have the typical hunter's house with deer heads everywhere. At Christmas we put lights hanging from the antlers and hung Christmas bulbs from their ears. He was not happy when he came home and found it. But I told him it was a redneck Christmas! Then he laughed at us and said it was alright.

04-12-2010, 08:41 PM	#6
woodzman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central, NY. Posts: 123	The legs and thighs can be tough, no question about it. I usually make soup out of them, or cook them in the crock pot. A lot of the turkey hunters that I know just keep the breast and throw the rest of the bird in the garbage, but that just doesn't seem right to me.

04-13-2010, 06:54 PM	#8
southerngal Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 105	We would love to go and they are in season here but we don't know where to go. So far we haven't been able to find anybody with any hunting land that we can use.

04-15-2010, 04:37 PM	#9
woodzman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central, NY. Posts: 123	[QUOTE=southerngal;11488]We would love to go and they are in season here but we don't know where to go. So far we haven't been able to find anybody with any hunting land that we can use.[/QUOTE That stinks that you don't have a place to hunt, if we were closer I'd invite you and your husband up here. Don't you have any state owned land in your area? We have a lot around here and I have four different farms that I can hunt too.

04-16-2010, 02:43 PM	#10
greengrass Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 144	My 10 year old killed a jake last weekend. He was so proud! It was good too! We ate it for dinner Sunday night. The middle boy is going tomorrow morning to hunt with my husband.