Well, I'd starve to death as a turkey hunter I guess. Our season opened Monday. I went up to the back side of our place and heard a couple of birds gobbling way across the creek in front of me and one off to the left. I called for a while but never got anything to answer. At 7:20 I heard a shot in front of me so I assume one of those birds got harvested. At 7:33 I heard a shot to the left so I assume my neighbor got that one.
I wimped out on getting up early and trekking up the mountain yesterday then at 7:30 this morning I got up and walked to the front door and opened it to let Sampson in. When I opened the door a big old gobbler gobbled at me from about 30 yards away and about 10' behind my truck. My 12 gauge Berretta was 2' from my hand leaning against the front door frame and I had a pocket full of number 5 shot in my vest pocket on the rocking chair beside it. The turkey ran to the fence and ran up and down the pasture fence line not smart enough to fly over it. I thought about it but decided to just let him go. A younger me would not have let him go.
Amazing the changes we undergo as age and maturity meet up with each other :thumbsup: Well, most of us anyway. I know of a few that will never get there ffwave
Come on admit it - the younger WV would be posting this in the "I did something dumb today" section and it would involve asking how hard it is to repair #5 shot holes in the fenders of a Ford pickup. ffcheesy
Saw one belly up yesterday morning at the mouth of a neighbor's drive way. Someone plucked him with a vehicle collision. ffcheesy
We have a hunt here in May.
I've seen very few turkeys dead in the road.
Which I am kinda surprised, the way they cross the roads all the time.
Seem like one cross and all the rest do too.
Just like racoons.
Mom was on a bus trip years ago and one hit the windshield of the bus and shattered it. That was a cool ride. A windshield can only stand so much force, especially a great big bus windshield. ffcheesy
One day when our son was in college he called home in the middle of the week and talked to my wife and told her he'd hit a turkey hen on the way back to his college home he shared with a buddy from un near Huntington. He said he broke her wing when he hit her so he chased her down and wrung her neck and took her on with him. My wife warned him he was going to get in trouble with the game warden. He told her "Mom, don't worry. Th evidence has been disposed of."
Actually in WV we can take road kill with us. We re just supposed to call and report it then we are clear if stopped.
A buddy in NW Fla said a guy was driving by and saw a flock of turkeys near the road and jumped out and shot 2 big gobblers. A pick up truck pulled in behind him and a farmer got out ranting and raving about not being able to raise livestock and poultry because of idiot city slickers like him killing all his stock. The shooter apologized and he paid him $50 each for the turkeys which the farmer still took with him. They both drove away. My buddy says there is not a house withing 20 miles of that spot.
Years ago on one of our normal Sunday afternoon drives we rounded a curve and a flock of young turkeys started running and lifting off. The last one almost made it before it hit the Bronco roof just above the windshield. His last trip was to the supper table that evening. food6
Quote from: WV Sawmiller on April 18, 2024, 07:33:41 AMA buddy in NW Fla said a guy was driving by and saw a flock of turkeys near the road and jumped out and shot 2 big gobblers. A pick up truck pulled in behind him and a farmer got out ranting and raving about not being able to raise livestock and poultry because of idiot city slickers like him killing all his stock. The shooter apologized and he paid him $50 each for the turkeys which the farmer still took with him. They both drove away. My buddy says there is not a house withing 20 miles of that spot.
House or not if it wasn't their land and they didn't have permission, they were in the wrong. I have had guys shoot onto my farm for deer and if you want to see hot, that's one sure way to go about it.
SS,
The point of the tale was that the poacher got scammed.
Not how I see it - he got away lucky and without a criminal record. Property rights is something of a passion of mine. My dad would have beat me into the next season if I had pulled a stunt like that.
We went out today and I saw a dead turkey in the road.
Always takes me a minute to figure out what it is. I only see one or two dead in the road.
A garage I go said he saw 2 in the road dead in the same place.