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Offline Wade.S

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Turkey hunt?
« on: April 16, 2010, 11:55:57 AM »
Doug.T and myself got up this am and headed out for a turkey hunt to a place that Doug had received permission for us to hunt on. On the way out we saw a flock of about 10 turkeys but they were on private land. Upon arriving to the spot we were going to hunt we saw a single hen. We hiked around the guy's land and did not see any other turkeys. Upon hiking to the top of hill we were able to see 4 turkeys on his neighbors land and about 18 whitetail deer at the top on his land. Doug and I then decide to go up onto public land and look for a turkey. No turkeys found but we did get into a few ground squirrels, we shot 5 of them and 6 birds. On the way back down we saw 4 turkeys on the place we had permission to hunt, once again all hens. A short way down the road we saw 2 toms strutting on the side of the road and a few hens in the field. I stopped at the nearby house and asked permission and was turned away. Dang! Any how here are the photos.
2010 Air Rifle Kills
162 pigeons
280 starlings
49 various birds
100 ground squirrels
7 crows
24 rock chucks
1 pack rat
22 tree squirrels
1 rabbit

Offline dk1677

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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2010, 12:03:54 PM »
Nice shooting on the Nutters, too bad about the turkeys!
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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2010, 12:32:16 PM »
Good shooting and nice pics....    At least you saw the turkeys, that's 1/2 the battle....  I'm sure you'l get em next time..

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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2010, 01:16:25 PM »
Some fine shooting and pic's there fellas and Turkey's walking on the road hehe. My tire had a blow out and the rig drifted right into the Turkey's hehehe. Ed
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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2010, 04:06:00 PM »
Nice shooting!  The turkeys I hunt know what day I'm not there.  I got a text from the landowner saying he had four gobblers IN HIS BACKYARD!  When I'm there....nada :(  

Well at least you were entertained!  :D
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RE: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2010, 11:58:42 PM »
Good shooting on the ground Squirrels guys.

Maybe one of those cheap Turkey decoys and a couple of calls will bring them onto the property next time ???

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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2010, 12:02:29 AM »
Good shooting. You guys hunting turkey with your pellet gun, if so are you going for the head shot or are you going for a body shot.

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Offline Wade.S

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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2010, 07:20:20 AM »
Jeff, I was hunting turkey with a shotgun. Doug was along for the ride not having a tag so he carried his pellet gun for "anything else" we might see. We took turns with the ar shooting. However I don't think it would be wise to body shoot a turkey with an ar.
2010 Air Rifle Kills
162 pigeons
280 starlings
49 various birds
100 ground squirrels
7 crows
24 rock chucks
1 pack rat
22 tree squirrels
1 rabbit

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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2010, 06:23:57 PM »
The thought crossed our mind.  My 850 is zero'd at 25 yards and when we stopped, the toms were about 20-22 yards and not moving muchl.  An earshot would have been a piece of cake but that would be illegal.  

The ground squirrel shooting was fun.  Some of the smaller ones were launching off the back side of brush piles after kissing a 14.3g pellet at 850+ fps.
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2010 air rifle kills
288 starlings
235 pigeons
6 crows
25 other birds
56 ground squirrels
3 tree squirrels

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2009 air rifle kills
181 various birds
57 various squirrels

Offline jake

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RE: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2010, 04:44:00 AM »
great shooting
if at first you dont succeed, re-load, kill count 2010.
(6)squirrel
()opposum
()skunk
()chipmunks
()squirrel
()raccoon
(1)starling
()grackle
()sparrows

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Re: Turkey hunt?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2010, 11:10:49 AM »
Great shooting at the nutters with the air rifle.....you`ll get your turkey(s) the next time out.
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