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| 960.1 | He had a smile on his face | SAHQ::BREWER | | Mon May 06 1991 20:15 | 3 |
| Yes. But a little bit south of where you are (GA).
Bobby
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| 960.2 | GOBBLE GOBBLE | PIPPER::SECURITY | | Fri May 10 1991 08:24 | 6 |
| GOING SATURDAY WITH TONY C.
HOPE WE BAG ONE SATURDAY TONY, THEN I CAN ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
RUGER.
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| 960.3 | his sense of direction was lousy ;-) | SA1794::CHARBONND | Gun control = citizen control | Mon May 13 1991 18:24 | 3 |
| Heard one gobble Saturday, but he went in the wrong direction and
someone (else) shot him!! Oh, well, off to Vermont Thursday night
for a 4-day weekend.
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| 960.4 | NEY YORK BOUND!!! | SHARE::MARSHALL | | Thu May 16 1991 16:37 | 5 |
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I leave for New York on the 24 of this month, I hope to at least
hear or see one. Will keep you posted.
/Kevin Marshall
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| 960.5 | BUMMER | PIPPER::SECURITY | | Fri May 17 1991 03:56 | 2 |
| NO LUCK. HAVE TO WAIT TO FALL.
RUGER.
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| 960.6 | SKUNKED | SHARE::MARSHALL | | Tue May 28 1991 18:10 | 7 |
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....SKUNKED!!!!!!!!!! yuck I heard two different Toms but no luck.
/Kevin Marshall
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| 960.7 | Success!! | MR4DEC::MARINO | | Wed May 29 1991 11:14 | 22 |
| My hunting buddy got a 19.5lb Tom. The beard measured 9 1/4 inches. I
watched a boss gobbler and 2 jakes that kept their distance from the
boss (about 100 yards) for 45 min in a field. The boss had a hen with
him but he came within about 80 yards of me in an open field to check
out my calls. He wouldn't get within range and eventually drifted back
to the hen. While this was going on a small deer came into the field
and was harassing the two jakes. I couldn't believe the action.
The bird was shot at 35yds. and was kicking and flapping strongly. So,
he pumped a second shot which slowed the bird down considerably.
My feeling is that 12ga 3" with a full choke is not the ideal gun.
I will get a 10ga. in time for the next season.
The week before three of us moved in on a turkey that was gobbling. My
cousin got within 40 yards of the bird. He fired .... knocked the bird
over and the bird flipped himself back on his feet and ran in the
direction of my brother. He shot (from about 30 yds) ... the bird
fell, recovered and ran again. We looked and looked , found a feather
here and there but no bird. The first shot was with a 12ga. 3" mag
duplex load. The second shot was from a 12ga. 2 3/4" mag.
Fishing in the afternoon wasn't bad either.
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| 960.8 | | GIAMEM::J_AMBERSON | | Wed May 29 1991 11:21 | 8 |
| A question, Do you guys pattern your guns before the season? I've
seen some guns that pattern better with a 1 7/8 oz load then with a
2 oz load. Also seen a big difference between diffent brand of shells.
For my gun (870, 24" with turkey choke) 35 yds is the max that I can
consistantly put 6 pellets into the kill zone of a turkey. This is
with #6 shot in a Federal 2oz load. Also do you guys aim for the head?
Jeff
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| 960.9 | Moving in, Not the Best way | SKIVT::WENER | | Wed May 29 1991 14:50 | 26 |
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RE .7:
Just a word of caution when moving in on a bird. Up here
in Vermont it is unacceptable to do this, especially so during the
spring season. There are basically two reasons. first is because it's
dangerous, many people have been shot and killed hunting turkeys
this way. A 12 ga. with #2's or #4's at close range is deadly!
Everyone is in camo, and you DON't necessarily know if the gobble is
a turkey, or if it's a hunter. I'm not implying that you guys take
sound shots or anything like that, just be careful, it's hard to
be 100% sure where your buddies are in a situation like this.
Second reason is because it's considered unsportsmanlike. Reason
for this is because if you hear a bird and he doesn't respond to your
calls, it may be because the bird is being worked in close by another
hunter! He may be calling very softly, so much so that you may not
even hear him. If you come in and disturb that bird while he's working
it, you can expect an angry hunter.
It's always best to work the bird to you. While neither of these
two scenerios may have been in effect in your case, please keep them
in mind.
- Rob
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| 960.10 | have to be awake out there | VLNVAX::DMICHAELSON | | Thu May 30 1991 11:41 | 30 |
| re: .9
You are correct in your statements about moving in on a bird. It is
very dangerous! Even more so if you are in a moderate or high hunting
pressure area. If there are other hunters in the area, I wont go in. If
someone comes into my area, I speak to them (cant confuse the human
voice for a turkey) then get up and move. Dont wave your hand or arm to
try and let someone know you are there. That could be a costly mistake.
Its always better to lose a bird than your life...
As long as I have been trying to learn about turkeys and turkey hunting,
there was always the stories about hunters being shot mistakenly for
birds. But, I have never heard about one happening (in MA, or
surrounding area). Not that I want to, but I just felt that if the
seminars and books always preach this that it must happen on a somewhat
regular basis. Does anyone know of it first hand? I find it extreamly
difficult to understand how this might happen. When I am turkey hunting
I have no problmes at all seeing someone in the woods and knowing its
not a turkey.
Oh almost forgot, my brother bagged a 17.75 lb. He had the bird
display for him and strutt around for several minutes. Took the shot at
27 yds, and made a clean kill. The bird did flop around a bit but was
killed on the shot. He uses an 870 pump, 3" mag. Remington 4x6 shell.
As stated before in previous replies, you must shoot at the head and
neck, a body shot will not kill a turkey. I was 100yds away from my
brother on the opposite side of a ridge. I didnt hear anything except
the shot.
Don
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| 960.11 | Here's one | SALEM::GOGUEN | | Thu May 30 1991 14:30 | 13 |
| To answer the question on turkey hunting accidents in the Mass area, there
was a hunter that took a load of #2's in the right side of his head and
shoulder this past spring (may 6th) in Brentwood N.H.. He spent 3-4 days
in the hospital and was released. Not much information was released
on how the hole happened. The rumor is the person shot was gobble
calling and another hunter moved in on him and shot what he thought was
a turkey.
If anyone else has heard anymore info on this accident, please post
it.
Thanks,
Bruce
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| 960.12 | Two that I know of | SKIVT::WENER | | Thu May 30 1991 14:59 | 28 |
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Don, I know of two people who were injured or killed during
turkey season in Vermont. The first incident occurred in the fall
in Ira, VT. A person of the last name Lincoln was calling while
sitting on a log. Someone from Winooski, VT moved in behind him
and unloaded on the back of his head! The gentelman shot had very
dark, black hair and was not wearing a headnet. He was killed
instantly.
The second incident occurred when a high school classmate of mine
was hunting with his girlfriends brother. Apparantly he shot at the
bird and just on the other side of the bird was his buddy! He took
some lead in the arms and legs, but was OK.
I no longer hunt turkeys, not because of these incidents, because
I still feel it's safer than walking down the street of a major city.
I gave it up because of my reason #2 in note .9 . I got fed up with
people walking in on birds when I was working them. It became
frustrating work to even find a bird to work that wasn't call shy
because of this, or one that wasn't called in before the season, looked
at and maybe scared off...
Before the frustration, I can attest that when you have the bird
to yourself to work, it can be one of the most exciting forms of
hunting available. To me, though, there's too much competetion out
there, so I bowed out. Now in the spring I go fishing a lot, and
concentrate my hunting energies on Bowhunting and rifle hunting for
deer in the fall. Besides some occasional grouse hunting.
- Rob
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| 960.13 | go deep! | VLNVAX::DMICHAELSON | | Thu May 30 1991 18:14 | 15 |
| MA turkey permits were down this year from last year's. I dont know the
numbers but I did hear they were down. I think it may be because of the
fact that it is not very successful, and done correctly is a lot of
work.
I've found an area that has a lot of birds, and the first year I hunted
there we did have people coming in after us and messing up our hunt.
What I've done to eliminate this is gone deep into the woods, set up
camp, scout and hunt from there. I have not seen or heard another
hunter since doing this. Most, just drive up and walk in early and try
to locate birds. They tend not to go too far into the woods, where I
am. So much for my plans though, I've yet to take a gobbler. Everyone
else in my huntting party has... :^(
Don
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