</a JR Holmes Oil Company </a Shark Guard Southeast Woods and Whitetail Mayer Insurance Services LLC
Aldeer Classifieds
Iso ruger american ranch
by AustinC. 03/27/24 08:20 PM
Ruger M77 6mm heavy barrel with Nikon Monarch
by bradbathome. 03/27/24 04:42 PM
Carpet Installation Equipment
by hunter84. 03/27/24 07:12 AM
$20013hp all-power side shaft generator motor
by HollerHunter. 03/26/24 07:43 PM
250 gallon propane tank $225
by HollerHunter. 03/26/24 07:30 PM
Serious Deer Talk
The Hollywood Buck.
by Tree Dweller. 03/28/24 02:38 AM
For the Don’t Shoot Does Crowd
by Mbrock. 03/27/24 07:53 PM
High Fencing
by RareBreed. 03/26/24 10:45 PM
Who's got the best deer hunting in AL
by TensawRiver. 03/26/24 01:26 PM
What makes you happy?
by Fishduck. 03/26/24 10:25 AM
March
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Land, Leases, Hunting Clubs
West Jefferson County hunting club
by Jmfire722. 03/18/24 08:36 AM
Western Ky farm
by todd w. 03/15/24 01:23 PM
Information on bibb county hunting club
by quickshot. 03/10/24 01:46 PM
Hunting Club
by Hibby. 03/08/24 04:34 PM
Mississippi club
by Gobl4me. 03/07/24 09:55 PM
Who's Online Now
12 registered members (Cactus_buck, CAL, limabean, Fedex 1, Beak_Buster, Gulfcoast, cmontgomery, Bowfish, CCC, Tree Dweller, SnipeHunter, 1 invisible), 256 guests, and 0 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3
What's your definition of turkey hunting? #2150045
06/27/17 04:42 AM
06/27/17 04:42 AM
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Booger Offline OP
Picker
Booger  Offline OP
Picker
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
I heard my first wild turkey gobble when I was 15 years old. My dad and I were fishing from a canoe on the Satilla River in southeast Georgia on a clear spring morning. We were easing into the mouth of a small slough when the sound of my paddle hitting the side of the canoe made a gobbler in back of the slough gobble. I can still close my eyes and see and even hear it all over again. That's when the fire was lit. However, it wasn't until I later moved to Alabama in 1992 that I began to hunt the majestic bird. I had never hunted them before and had no idea how to even get started. I watched the hunting videos and hung out at the local mom & pop hunting stores listening to different people share advice. I grew up reading Outdoor Life magazine. There were a few old articles written by Archibald Rutledge about turkey and deer hunting in the South Carolina low country. He had a deep respect and appreciation for the noble bird. This made the fire grow stronger. I started hunting the Talladega Nat'l forest in Tuscaloosa in the spring of '93. I heard several gobble but I did EVERYTHING wrong to kill those birds. As I matured into my role as a TURKEY HUNTER I felt like the sport had more of a gentleman feel to it, just like Mr. Rutledge. Unlike deer hunting where I did everything legally possible to put a deer on the skinning rack. Deer hunting felt kinda felt primeval. Turkey hunting began to feel more refined, respectful and ritualistic(in a good way). Don't get me wrong, I love hunting deer. But, when I get dressed to go hunt turkeys I feel like I'm going to meet someone at a formal event. I feel that when I turkey hunt my rules for taking a bird are far more strict than the game laws. I have literally passed birds that I've eased up on or flushed that were easy kills. Those kills would leave an empty feeling, so I don't take those shots. In my mind there is a civil process that has to play out. I love beginning the day with the owling of the gobblers. Then weaving through the woods to a spot that I feel my targeted gobbler would want to travel to find his "mate". I like that process and the chess match that unfolds. I like how some days the plan in my head plays out in front of my eyes. I also like it when I never see my bird because a silent bird decided to play instead and comes strutting in from an unsuspected direction. I like to hear the gobble of my bird grow louder and louder as he closes in on me. I also kind of like it if he's hidden behind a small rise or large fallen tree and then gobbles as he suddenly pops out 20 yards away strutting, wings dragging and head laid back into his feathers. I will never, ever get tired of experiencing that moment. I will always remember how the majestic, well respected bird of the forest looked moments before the match came to a close. God truly blessed us with gifts on this earth and I believe in a small selfish kind of way the gobbler is one of mine.

Last edited by Booger; 06/27/17 07:24 AM.

Pick'n and a grin'n
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150121
06/27/17 06:06 AM
06/27/17 06:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,502
Montgomery
bamaeyedoc Offline
Old Mossy Horns
bamaeyedoc  Offline
Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,502
Montgomery
Well written and heartfelt. I agree 98% with you. I only diverge on the point of passing on an "easy kill." If I'm in the right place, at the right time, and an ethical shot presents itself on a gobbler, I will take it. Every time. And without a shred of regret. Since it happens so infrequently, I'm good with it. thumbup on your post!

Dr. B


AKA: “Dr. B”
Aldeer #121
8-3-2000
Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA
Member of Team 10 Point
2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners

Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris
1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
LTJG, USNR



Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150172
06/27/17 06:54 AM
06/27/17 06:54 AM
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,911
huntin the big lease
T
Turkeymaster Offline
8 point
Turkeymaster  Offline
8 point
T
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,911
huntin the big lease
turkey hunting to me is to kill every freaking turkey that I can kill in my lifetime, call as many of thhem up for other people as I can and watch them die. I have hard feelings towards turkeys once season comes in, but I do everything I can to take care of them in the off season. I don't think turkey hunting is a gentlemen sport either, i'll be your friend before season but If i catch you on my property during season I'm peppering you with my shotgun. and noone trespasses more than a turkey hunter and noone lies more than a turkey hunter.


"All is fair in love, War and Turkey Hunting"
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150183
06/27/17 07:10 AM
06/27/17 07:10 AM
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,936
Over Yonder
C
Clem Offline
Mildly Quirky
Clem  Offline
Mildly Quirky
C
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,936
Over Yonder
Locating turkeys, getting one within range, killing it.


"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter

"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013

"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Turkeymaster] #2150201
06/27/17 07:20 AM
06/27/17 07:20 AM
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Booger Offline OP
Picker
Booger  Offline OP
Picker
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Originally Posted By: Turkeymaster
turkey hunting to me is to kill every freaking turkey that I can kill in my lifetime, call as many of thhem up for other people as I can and watch them die. I have hard feelings towards turkeys once season comes in, but I do everything I can to take care of them in the off season. I don't think turkey hunting is a gentlemen sport either, i'll be your friend before season but If i catch you on my property during season I'm peppering you with my shotgun. and no one trespasses more than a turkey hunter and noone lies more than a turkey hunter.


True. I mean't gentlemanly by way of how the hunt is carried out. No, on my club I will drive over and step on gobbler tracks. I've been blessed with some fine turkey hunting properties. I don't mind telling where a solitary bird is, but I won't divulge the where abouts of any shonuff honey holes. I don't mind sharing a hunt, but I do have places I only go by myself. I ain't that cultured. smile


Pick'n and a grin'n
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: bamaeyedoc] #2150214
06/27/17 07:29 AM
06/27/17 07:29 AM
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Booger Offline OP
Picker
Booger  Offline OP
Picker
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Originally Posted By: bamaeyedoc
Well written and heartfelt. I agree 98% with you. I only diverge on the point of passing on an "easy kill." If I'm in the right place, at the right time, and an ethical shot presents itself on a gobbler, I will take it. Every time. And without a shred of regret. Since it happens so infrequently, I'm good with it. thumbup on your post!

Dr. B






thumbup The state of no regret is a great place to be. Thanks for the compliment.

Last edited by Booger; 06/27/17 07:29 AM.

Pick'n and a grin'n
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150252
06/27/17 08:08 AM
06/27/17 08:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,911
huntin the big lease
T
Turkeymaster Offline
8 point
Turkeymaster  Offline
8 point
T
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,911
huntin the big lease
Originally Posted By: Booger
Originally Posted By: Turkeymaster
turkey hunting to me is to kill every freaking turkey that I can kill in my lifetime, call as many of thhem up for other people as I can and watch them die. I have hard feelings towards turkeys once season comes in, but I do everything I can to take care of them in the off season. I don't think turkey hunting is a gentlemen sport either, i'll be your friend before season but If i catch you on my property during season I'm peppering you with my shotgun. and no one trespasses more than a turkey hunter and noone lies more than a turkey hunter.


True. I mean't gentlemanly by way of how the hunt is carried out. No, on my club I will drive over and step on gobbler tracks. I've been blessed with some fine turkey hunting properties. I don't mind telling where a solitary bird is, but I won't divulge the where abouts of any shonuff honey holes. I don't mind sharing a hunt, but I do have places I only go by myself. I ain't that cultured. smile



Ahhhh I see, and I agree


"All is fair in love, War and Turkey Hunting"
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150389
06/27/17 10:58 AM
06/27/17 10:58 AM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,231
Central Alabama
Y
Yelp softly Offline
10 point
Yelp softly  Offline
10 point
Y
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,231
Central Alabama
I enjoy filling my freezer with a big whitetail doe. I enjoy the fellowship of a good dove shoot. I even enjoy squirrel hunting. But turkey hunting is the only type of hunting I've ever done where you have 1 on 1 contact with the animal you're after. I imagine a bugling elk would be similar but I've never done that. I relish the whole experience of locating a bird, determining his likely destination, moving into position, and coaxing him in range. A successful hunt to me is one that gets my adrenaline up. I've walked out of the woods many mornings with no turkey but one heck of a good memory. Two of my favorite hunts this year didn't involve a kill, but I located gobbling birds on public land and had them so close I could feel the rattle in their gobble. That's what gets me out of bed every time the alarm goes off.


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150843
06/27/17 05:32 PM
06/27/17 05:32 PM
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,003
Alabama
O
oldbowhunter Offline
6 point
oldbowhunter  Offline
6 point
O
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,003
Alabama
I don't kill as many as I used to. I give other people the first chance.

I don't go as much as I used to but when I travel to hunt I can still
get down and dirty.

I hold my Alabama gobblers in higher esteem somehow. It's hard to explain.

I feed them by planting and burning and disking and feeding in the winter. I want
the young people in my life to have a great hunt.

I love turkey hunting.

Last edited by oldbowhunter; 06/27/17 05:33 PM.
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150938
06/28/17 01:22 AM
06/28/17 01:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,403
Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1 Offline
14 point
CarbonClimber1  Offline
14 point
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,403
Boaz,AL
Turkey hunting- a form of hunting in which the wild turkey is pursued./see also: hair loss,sleep loss,financial ruin,mental instability, and divorce


"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2150967
06/28/17 02:44 AM
06/28/17 02:44 AM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,751
USA
R
Remington270 Offline
Freak of Nature
Remington270  Offline
Freak of Nature
R
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,751
USA
The people that get all worked up about how they kill a turkey, and pass on easy ones seem to always have the most birds. Easy to pass on one today if you know you can just go get one tomorrow laugh

Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: CarbonClimber1] #2151039
06/28/17 04:19 AM
06/28/17 04:19 AM
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Booger Offline OP
Picker
Booger  Offline OP
Picker
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,863
Tuscaloosa
Originally Posted By: CarbonClimber1
Turkey hunting- a form of hunting in which the wild turkey is pursued./see also: hair loss,sleep loss,financial ruin,mental instability, and divorce


lol


Pick'n and a grin'n
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Remington270] #2151151
06/28/17 06:31 AM
06/28/17 06:31 AM
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,502
Montgomery
bamaeyedoc Offline
Old Mossy Horns
bamaeyedoc  Offline
Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,502
Montgomery
Originally Posted By: Remington270
The people that get all worked up about how they kill a turkey, and pass on easy ones seem to always have the most birds. Easy to pass on one today if you know you can just go get one tomorrow laugh


I don't know what it's like to pass on a bird. Never have. Never will.

Dr. B


AKA: “Dr. B”
Aldeer #121
8-3-2000
Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA
Member of Team 10 Point
2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners

Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris
1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
LTJG, USNR



Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2151183
06/28/17 07:01 AM
06/28/17 07:01 AM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,044
NC
hawglips Offline
6 point
hawglips  Offline
6 point
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,044
NC
The essence of turkey hunting is calling one in to the gun. Tricking one into thinking you're a turkey he wants the company of - with just calls.

Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: bamaeyedoc] #2151191
06/28/17 07:09 AM
06/28/17 07:09 AM
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 12,837
Montgomery / Luverne
crenshawco Offline
Booner
crenshawco  Offline
Booner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 12,837
Montgomery / Luverne
Originally Posted By: bamaeyedoc
Originally Posted By: Remington270
The people that get all worked up about how they kill a turkey, and pass on easy ones seem to always have the most birds. Easy to pass on one today if you know you can just go get one tomorrow laugh


I don't know what it's like to pass on a bird. Never have. Never will.

Dr. B


Me neither. Thought that was bad juju

Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2151320
06/28/17 10:03 AM
06/28/17 10:03 AM
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,584
Spanish Fort
TurkeyJoe Offline
10 point
TurkeyJoe  Offline
10 point
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,584
Spanish Fort
Does passing on a turkey mean missing him while he's flying? If so, I've passed on one smile


Micah 6:8
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: TurkeyJoe] #2151345
06/28/17 10:36 AM
06/28/17 10:36 AM
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 390
FL-AL
Z
Zbrann Offline
4 point
Zbrann  Offline
4 point
Z
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 390
FL-AL
Originally Posted By: TurkeyJoe
Does passing on a turkey mean missing him while he's flying? If so, I've passed on one smile


rofl

Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2151346
06/28/17 10:37 AM
06/28/17 10:37 AM
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,016
Pike Road, Al
M
Mully Offline
10 point
Mully  Offline
10 point
M
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,016
Pike Road, Al
I am with Booger on the easy kills. I have never shot a bird that I eased up on whether it was in the truck/golf cart or just walking down a road. If I am able to set up because I spotted one in a field and hunt him and he doesn't want to work I would be willing to try and crawl and kill him. I am not all about just shooting because the opportunity arose.

Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Booger] #2151421
06/28/17 12:13 PM
06/28/17 12:13 PM
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,916
Old Florida
Geno Offline
Booner
Geno  Offline
Booner
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 12,916
Old Florida
It used to be blasting one that walked by when hunting squirrels but not any more.

I keep saying I am going to get an old lynch box and try to hunt them but I have not so far.

Odd bunch turkey hunters. Every one I ask to take me hunting just laughs. Except Bait57, he said we could go but it would be TNF. Probably not prime turkey hunting although I do see them in the woods when pig hunting.


Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
Re: What's your definition of turkey hunting? [Re: Geno] #2151692
06/28/17 03:30 PM
06/28/17 03:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,047
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher Offline
Booner
poorcountrypreacher  Offline
Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,047
Sylacauga, AL
I passed on a longbeard this past May in OK. I had already killed 2 and had one tag left and still 2 days to hunt. I was sitting in the pink chair and the gobbler walked down the road 18 yds away. I made this pic after he walked by, and I was standing where the gobbler had been standing a few minutes before. He never paid any attention to me or the dead turkey on the table. I don't think he would live long on the Coosa WMA. smile



Years ago I would take any shot I felt confident would kill the turkey. I remember walking up on one in a road back when I was in HS and he angled back towards me when he flew and I dropped him. I don't take shots like that anymore, but can't blame anyone who does.

As Hal said, it's all about getting to carry on a conversation with the turkey. But I don't carry that to the extremes that some do. If one flies down in gun range before I have a chance to call to him, I'm a blasting him. smile


All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3

Moderated by  Brent, Dixiepatriot, riverrat, Shaw, YEKRUT 

Aldeer.com Copyright 2001-2023 Aldeer LLP.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.1.1
(Release build 20180111)
Page Time: 0.117s Queries: 15 (0.027s) Memory: 3.2900 MB (Peak: 3.5733 MB) Zlib disabled. Server Time: 2024-03-28 08:14:09 UTC