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Joined: Feb 2013
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8 point
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is killing a jake for your first turkey like killing a spike for your first buck? I'm going after my first turkey in the morning... By myself. I think I know enough to put myself in the position to be successful just by hunting with experienced hunters the last few years. I have seen a group of 5 gobblers several times last week of hunting season and several gobblers and jakes on camera. If I lure in a jake should I blast him or wait for an old long beard for my first bird?
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4 point
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Shooting a Jake is like sleeping with your sister are maybe worse.
Holding a grudge is letting someone live rent free in your head
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8 point
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They all eat the same.
I see nothing wrong with shooting a jake for your first turkey.
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Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
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They all eat the same.
I see nothing wrong with shooting a jake for your first turkey.
Maybe if you're 10.
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My first turkey was a Jake, but like 257 said, I was 10.
Depends on how many times you'll be able to go, if he gobbles and puts on the show, if you're going to eat him (obviously not doing it for the trophy) and if it makes you happy IMO.
I've allowed a couple of buddies to shoot them for their first at my place
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10 point
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My little who is 11 told me that he ain't killing no jake for his first turkey, he told me that that's as bad as shooting a spike for your first buck .....he listens to his pawpaw to much
Let them walk ...and grow them big
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14 point
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My little who is 11 told me that he ain't killing no jake for his first turkey, he told me that that's as bad as shooting a spike for your first buck .....he listens to his pawpaw to much I had a group of jakes last season ganging up and running everything off. all gobbled good. broke 2 decoy stakes. I was recruiting a kid to kill his first by year end.
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I'm pretty sure a Jake is going to make my heart beat out of my chest before I realize what it is. I'll give him a pass though although it would probably feel like I killed a 12 point buck to me.. lol
Last edited by flounderpounder; 03/14/17 02:45 PM.
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12 point
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Haha I was 10 when I shot my first turkey...a Jake...I wouldn't do it as an adult though
2017 Team Aldeer Turkey Contest Champion
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Booner
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If it's going to make you happy, shoot the hell out of them. It's a legal bird so who's to judge you imo
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14 point
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My first tuekey was a jake tho i was bout 14 an walked up on him an didnt know he was a jake, i saw he was a gobbler of some kind an blasted him. I was tickled to death to have him. Id been workin real hard by myself to kill one. At that age i just wanted one under my belt
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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10 point
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Your hunt , your kill, do what makes you happy. Can't tell the difference when it's on the plate
Let them walk ...and grow them big
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Booner
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If it's going to make you happy, shoot the hell out of them. It's a legal bird so who's to judge you imo Yep. if it makes YOU proud. Kill the piss out him.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4
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Gary's Fluffer
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My first turkey was a jake, and I'm not afraid to claim it. If it makes you happy, kill it. If you want to kill 2 jakes, kill them.
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Booner
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Kill em if it will tickle you as much as you say. I've killed one Jake in my turkey hunting career. Which I think only consist of about a dozen kills. It was the second one I had killed but the first by myself. Now on the other hand my wife wouldn't shoot a Jake for her first bird cause she's a trophy hunter.
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12 point
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If it's going to make you happy, shoot the hell out of them. It's a legal bird so who's to judge you imo Yep. if it makes YOU proud. Kill the piss out him.
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10 point
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It's usually saved for youth. My 7 yr old killed a jake on sunday. But if it's legal and makes you happy, to hell with what other people think. They aren't anything for a grown man to brag about but if it makes you happy, give him a ride home and warm him up. He'll be cold in the morning.
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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I don't know enough about turkey hunting to know if calling your first bird in within shooting range and it being a jake is something to be proud of or not. Either way it should be fun in the morning.
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People are leaving out the biological difference between the spike and the jake. There's a high probability of that spike living to see another year, so it's easy to make an argument for not shooting. A jake has about a 50/50 chance of living until next year due to the natural mortality of turkeys, mainly due to predators. For that reason, no one should make too big a deal of shooting jakes. A lot of them are bound to die one way or another. If you want to shoot him, go ahead.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
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Old Mossy Horns
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Just don't say nuthin on here if you decide to smack one.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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