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Fall turkey
« on: July 31, 2012, 09:45:03 PM »
Do any of you fill all 4 fall turkey tags?
Just wondering how often it happens.
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Re: Fall turkey
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2012, 08:46:00 AM »
I have ... but that said travelling that distance from the "wetside" in the snow and cold of the late fall season for 1 bird really isn't worth it in time nor money.  Not so sure it's even worth it in the early fall season for 2 hens and 1 any turkey.   

Defintely prefer calling in 2 toms in the spring season versus what any fall season has to offer.
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Re: Fall turkey
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2012, 12:12:40 PM »
I know some hunters hunt only the fall, due to the fact the turkeys have been gorging themselves all summer.
Hens and especially toms put on the pounds.
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Re: Fall turkey
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2012, 10:40:18 AM »
But that's the good thing about hunting ... different strokes for different folks, and its all good.
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I never look at the weight (which if you got the 1 tom and 2 hens in the early fall would be similar to 2 toms in the spring; not counting a late fall turkey taken in a foot plus of snow and 10 degree temps gets you a 10-22 lb bird ), but the hunt itself.  I've done all 3 seasons, but to me there's nothing like a spring hunt for gobbling toms (versus scattering and calling ... or ambushing ... a large flock).
 :dunno:
If I ever go in the fall seasons again, I will take the recurve or compound or black powder shotgun versus my  pump 12 ga shotguns to harvest some from those large fall flocks.
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« Last Edit: August 03, 2012, 09:09:38 AM by turkeydancer »

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Re: Fall turkey
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2012, 06:47:34 PM »
I would love to fill just my 1 tag this fall.  :'(

 


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