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Post by jimh on Oct 18, 2007 16:42:00 GMT -5
well, it may be the only hunting i get to do for a while depending on a few things. i'm headed out tomoorow afternoon and sat. morning to see if i can bag one of these critters. fall is neat because you can legaly take two birds on the same day, where in the spring you can only shoot 1 a day, and in the spring hunting stops at 1:00 pm, in the fall we can hunt right up to sunset. so if we see any tomorrow afternoon but can't get to them, at least we'll know where to start on sat. morning.
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Post by deputydon on Oct 18, 2007 19:27:46 GMT -5
Hey Good Luck!!!!! Hope you see tons of them. And bag your limit!!
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 19, 2007 11:44:11 GMT -5
Fall season probably doesn't have 3/4 of the pressure as spring does.
And actually this, not many people are going out at all from what I am seeing.
You ever find a place rifle hunt ?
I was walking around Dupont last weekend and on 1300 acres I only found one spot that is worth hunting. So I'm going to try that and hope no one else is around that area. Muzzleloader and bow only during the centerfire season.
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Post by jimh on Oct 20, 2007 12:12:57 GMT -5
well no luck yesterday and i had to bag today because we have a bit of a family emergancy on my wifes side. mother inlaw is in the hospital and i needed to pick my bro inlaw up at the airport. things are gonna be a bit dicey for the next few days. oh, no red don't have anyplace this year for rifle even though i did by a tag.
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Post by jimiowa on Oct 20, 2007 14:07:43 GMT -5
Fall season probably doesn't have 3/4 of the pressure as spring does. And actually this, not many people are going out at all from what I am seeing. You ever find a place rifle hunt ? I was walking around Dupont last weekend and on 1300 acres I only found one spot that is worth hunting. So I'm going to try that and hope no one else is around that area. Muzzleloader and bow only during the centerfire season. I will have to agree Red! When working at Walmart, I sold very few tags for fall season compared to Spring. Wonder why, especailly when Deer hunters with bow should have a good chance of spotting Turkey for a mixed bag.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 20, 2007 14:32:33 GMT -5
In missouri you get two archery turkey tags along with your 2 any deer archery tags. But serouisly, whoever kills a turkey during achery season did so because one just happened to walk by.
Our shotgun season lasts all of october. The number 1 reason the fall season isn't big is because the birds don't gobble. I think that's the reason people turkey hunting the first place. The number two reason is that tactics change from run and gun to sit and wait --- typically. And birds don't answer calls unless they are spooked and regathering.
Other reasons include the fact that people are archery hunting instead. And also, october is a big sports month with baseball playoffs, football, basketball, and hockey. October is the month to be a professional sports fan because everything is on.
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Post by Gila on Oct 25, 2007 19:15:04 GMT -5
Fall season probably doesn't have 3/4 of the pressure as spring does. And actually this, not many people are going out at all from what I am seeing. ............. OK guys and gals, here's how it is for most of us serious turkey hunting addicts. Simply put, it's not the gobbler, it's the gobble. To the majority of us turkey fanatics, hunting in the Fall is not "Turkey Hunting". There are a large number of us who would not kill a gobbler unless we called it in. This means hunting in the Spring. I know of many extremely serious Turkey hunters that spend thousands of dollars annually hunting turkeys in multiple states and don't even care about killing a deer or anything else for that matter. These guys win calling contests and take their sport serious, but none of them will hunt during a Fall hunt at all. That's not the sport they love so much. This is just an explanation and doesn't mean that I or any of these hunters I just mentioned have a problem with anyone else going out hunting in the Fall. It just means that to many of us, that's not the sport we enjoy. This does leave an opportunity for hunters tht enjoy hunting in the Fall a chance to spend some quality time in the woods without a lot of pressure. I've hunted them in the Fall and have nothing against it at all, but I don't do it because the gobbler I kill in the Fall might be one I don't get the opportunity to play games with in the Spring. For me, turkey hunting has little to do with actually killing the gobbler. It's about the "game". The calling, the strutting, the "gobble".
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Post by deputydon on Oct 25, 2007 19:57:22 GMT -5
Yes the "game" is exciting... Fooling the "Boss Tom" is a thill!!!
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Post by dovehunter on Oct 26, 2007 14:14:10 GMT -5
I like fall turkey hunting. Over the years I have probably taken more birds in the fall than in the spring. I think their movements may even be more predictable in the fall. I know I have taken a gobbler the last several years from a flock walking along the same ridge. Don't get me wrong, I like spring hunting just like everyone else but I would not give up fall hunting.
I kind of agree with Red about there being less hunting pressure for fall birds. Around here it seems like all most hunters want to hunt in the fall is deer.
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Post by Jack on Oct 26, 2007 15:38:58 GMT -5
In NY state, fall turkey doesn't draw the attention that spring turkey does, or even close. For one thing, in the fall there are a lot of things to hunt- in the spring, just turkeys and varmints. Personally, I like calling in a gobbler in the spring.
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Post by deputydon on Oct 29, 2007 19:47:29 GMT -5
I guess I could use the 1887 Winchester and go get my 2 bird per tag limit!!!! Might be fun w/ Black powder shot shells !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 30, 2007 9:55:35 GMT -5
Well the monthlong season is over after tommarow. I haven't given one single thought about buying a tag. The early part of the month is the best squirrel hunting of the year, while the last couple weeks are when the deer are starting to move.
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