I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
04-21-2008, 07:19 AM
#11
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast, Va
Posts: 3,965
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
I agree. If they are not gobbling it can be very difficult to get them and they won't let you know where they are. At least with deer we can locate them and they just need to walk, turkeys in the spring must gobble for me and be hot in order to kill one even with a gun!
04-21-2008, 07:38 AM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
Location, location, location.
Pressure, pressure, pressure
I think some including myself fall into a trap with turkeys. We think we can just put up a blind and a decoy yelp a bit and we got one. I think now after hunting in KY this weekend the ability to adopt to what is going on around you is key. One must get the "feeling" of the turkeys.
When I return to KY, no calling, no decoys and I am going to brush in my blind. I am going to try and catch them on the move.
Pressure, pressure, pressure
I think some including myself fall into a trap with turkeys. We think we can just put up a blind and a decoy yelp a bit and we got one. I think now after hunting in KY this weekend the ability to adopt to what is going on around you is key. One must get the "feeling" of the turkeys.
When I return to KY, no calling, no decoys and I am going to brush in my blind. I am going to try and catch them on the move.
04-21-2008, 07:48 AM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
A turkeys brain is the size of a acorn,and their curiosity is nonexistent. If a turkey hears what it wants to hear once your job is done. Video cameras and preseason scoutinghave educated more turkeys than any one will ever know.
Listen more , then listen and then listen and then and only then call even less. And remember that little red light that says to all that your recording.
Listen more , then listen and then listen and then and only then call even less. And remember that little red light that says to all that your recording.
04-21-2008, 09:59 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
Depends. Just any turkey to just any deer....deer are easier.
Gobblervs mature buck things get a bit fuzzier. Sometimes turkeys can be the toughest things out there. But there are so few mature bucks around it requires a great effort. I have more confidence in getting after a buck, but I've also hunted for them much much longer.
Gobblervs mature buck things get a bit fuzzier. Sometimes turkeys can be the toughest things out there. But there are so few mature bucks around it requires a great effort. I have more confidence in getting after a buck, but I've also hunted for them much much longer.
04-21-2008, 10:01 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,911
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
To begin with.....we're limited (turkey hunting) to male birds. On top of that......the targets, themselves, are MUCH smaller. Compound these items with the fact that you're on the ground (I'm STILL not convinced that a blind is oblivious to a turkey).
To begin with.....we're limited (turkey hunting) to male birds. On top of that......the targets, themselves, are MUCH smaller. Compound these items with the fact that you're on the ground (I'm STILL not convinced that a blind is oblivious to a turkey).
edit: everything but the blind thing. I'm pretty convinced, though at first I was not. Have you had birds act different because of the blind (do you think) just curious.
04-21-2008, 10:03 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cenral Illinois
Posts: 3,180
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
Depends. Just any turkey to just any deer....deer are easier.
Gobblervs mature buck things get a bit fuzzier. Sometimes turkeys can be the toughest things out there. But there are so few mature bucks around it requires a great effort. I have more confidence in getting after a buck, but I've also hunted for them much much longer.
Depends. Just any turkey to just any deer....deer are easier.
Gobblervs mature buck things get a bit fuzzier. Sometimes turkeys can be the toughest things out there. But there are so few mature bucks around it requires a great effort. I have more confidence in getting after a buck, but I've also hunted for them much much longer.
04-21-2008, 11:14 AM
#20
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 4,127
RE: I still say turkeys are tougher than deer
Amen. They are not only hard to get in position to take a shot, but they are also very hard to kill with a bow. Other than the head, neck, and a small area at the top front of the bird's body; there is very little blood in a turkey. And they have two independent systems of locomotion. I mortally wounded three birds last spring - only recovered one. This past Tuesday, I shot one in the chest that thrashed around with the arrow sticking out his backside about 14". Eventually broke off the Easton FMJ and escaped into the Tamarisk jungle. Presumably, the back 12" of the arrow was still stuck in there - plugging any blood that might leak out. Never found this bird either. This is the third bird shot on this property this season that has gotten away from a solid body shot. Frustrating.