Rim Fire Rifle use during fall turkey season

[Stein]

An air bnb house with turkeys in the yard sounds like a pretty good weekend trip.

[birddogdad]

An air bnb house with turkeys in the yard sounds like a pretty good weekend trip.

will that be coming with a deep fryer pot setup out front?

[idaho guy]

Many turkeys will fly away with 22 bullets in them. shotgun all you need is a few pellets in the head. It will be more dangerous and not everyone is responsible with a weapon in the woods or they just weren’t even taught or raised around guns to even understand safety. It will be WAY more difficult for youth and new hunters to effectively take Turkey with a 22 over a shotgun. I have been around kids where it’s legal and seen firsthand it’s not effective for young or new hunters. Experienced hunters with a scoped 22 lr will stack turkeys up like cordwood in the fall. I don’t hunt turkeys in Washington so it’s nothing to do with me but  you will end up with a lot more wounded Turkey walking around and there will be hunters that make it dangerous for others.

Sorry idahoguy but I have to disagree with you statement about experienced hunters with a scoped 22 stacking turkeys up like cord wood and reason being I have seen what those supposedly experienced hunters shoot like at the local range.set up a 6 inch paper plate at 100 yards and if they hit  3 times regardless where on the plate call it good enough. Now if they were hitting raw eggs laying flat maybe they could but from what I have seen a good majority couldn't hit an orange and have no idea what shooting the heart beat means and turkeys are not going to stand and pose for head shots while someone gets all nestled in for a solid non moving shot

 

fair enough-probably wrong words -how about experienced hunters who know how to shoot? We have a 22 mag thats dialed in and it even has turrets for elevation. Not saying I am the best shot in the world but we shoot a lot and I think I could stack them up. But I have no desire to shoot that many turkeys in that way  and I have never attempted to shoot one with a 22 mag so maybe I couldn't stack them up but it seems easy from my couch! I have no skin in this game I just thought it was an interesting conversation and just some thoughts from what I have seen in action. At the end of the day there is so many turkeys in both north Idaho and eastern Washington they could probably pass any new regs and we will still have more turkeys. I just wish deer and elk would reproduce like turkeys!Wether you appreciate them or dont  they really are an amazing success story going from zero to probably too many in a lot of areas. I have really enjoyed the additional spring hunt in Idaho over the years but I dont like to hunt them in the fall anyways 

[baldopepper]

I think that for responsible hunters this might not be an issue, but as I see every year during the modern rifle hunt there are too many irresponsible knuckleheads out there. I have turkeys around my house constantly and it worries me that some chucklehead with a 22 pistol cruising down the road might decide to take a shot. Unless you've looked out the window and seen guns poking out windows aimed your way, you might not appreciate the problem. Personally I do believe many of the landowners around me are open to allowing turkey hunting if approached correctly and they do need thinning, but pretty sure they don't want any type of rifle or pistol shooting near their homes. One thing I would recommend is lowering the tag price for the late hunt. Know several people who'd fork out $5.00 for a tag, but say they can buy one at the store for less than the current tag price. Just my

[grundy53]

I'm fine with rimfire for turkeys. Safe enough for grouse safe enough for turkeys.

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[baldopepper]

Don't personally see too many flocks of grouse hanging around people's houses and feedlots. Kind of comparing apples to oranges

[Stein]

I don't think anyone is arguing turkeys might not be the best thing for grouse or that the ugly things aren't a huge problem for some people.  I think the only argument is what to do about it?

Heck, I have a shotgun and enough shells, I might have to wander around over Christmas break and see if I can find one somehow.  I have only been turkey hunting twice, but if we don't get cold temps up north then wandering around for turkeys is at least as productive as trying to find ducks over on this side.

[Katmai Guy]

Sept 1st-Dec 15, either sex(if the intent is to control pop) same requirements as grouse.

That is the current season.  2 beardless and 2 of either sex and it goes to the end of December.  Has been that way for 2 fall seasons now.

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  Shows how much I hunt turkey.  Carry on

[Russ McDonald]

So was just emailed by WDFW they are changing the proposal to have a rim fire only season from October 15 to November 15.  Mostly during the modern general firearm seasons.  This was a compromise we suggested.

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[Bob33]

"Rimfire" includes not only 22s but also hotter cartridges like the 17 WSM.

[hunter399]

So was just emailed by WDFW they are changing the proposal to have a rim fire only season from October 15 to November 15.  Mostly during the modern general firearm seasons.  This was a compromise we suggested.

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I'm wondering how many guys will try to fill there Turkey tag with there deer rifle ,just saying.
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[Bob33]

So was just emailed by WDFW they are changing the proposal to have a rim fire only season from October 15 to November 15.  Mostly during the modern general firearm seasons.  This was a compromise we suggested.

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I'm wondering how many guys will try to fill there Turkey tag with there deer rifle ,just saying.
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Officer, I thought my 30-06 was a rimfire. Isn't it?

[hunter399]

So was just emailed by WDFW they are changing the proposal to have a rim fire only season from October 15 to November 15.  Mostly during the modern general firearm seasons.  This was a compromise we suggested.

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I'm wondering how many guys will try to fill there Turkey tag with there deer rifle ,just saying.
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Officer, I thought my 30-06 was a rimfire. Isn't it?

Or the old I haven't seen no deer today ,but I think I can wing this Turkey.Or I can hit this Turkey with my 22 pistol from 100 yards.


I think it's a start ,would of liked to see it the entire fall season .But whatever I don't buy a tag or hunt Turkey anyway just my son.Fall season more of spot and stalk,run and gun type season anyway.

[Dan-o]

So was just emailed by WDFW they are changing the proposal to have a rim fire only season from October 15 to November 15.  Mostly during the modern general firearm seasons.  This was a compromise we suggested.

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I'm wondering how many guys will try to fill there Turkey tag with there deer rifle ,just saying.
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Officer, I thought my 30-06 was a rimfire. Isn't it?

It's 2020.

Officer, my 30-06 identifies as a rimfire."

[Stein]

"Rimfire" includes not only 22s but also hotter cartridges like the 17 WSM.

Yeah, .58 Gatling is rimfire too.  I think WDFW used a term "rimfire" that isn't super well defined.

Reloading bigger bore rimfires would be a big challenge, but there is info and equipment to reload .32 and .41 rimfire with blank primers.  The firing pin catches the edge of the primer and it's apparently enough to set it off.  I'm sure a bored gunsmith could figure out how to rig a "rimfire" bolt that happens to catch the edge of a primer.  Start with 6.5 Creedmoor in the Lapua brass that uses a large primer...  Turkeys at 900 yards.



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4mm
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.17 Mach 2
.17 Hornady Magnum
.17 PMC/Aguila
.17 Winchester Super Magnum
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5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
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.22 Long
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.22 Remington Automatic
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