2024 Turkey Hunting

[Zutt-man]

Turkey hunting ranks up there with elk for me. I have some big plans for gobblers in the future, they just won’t be this year.

My Kibler colonial seems to do the trick

 

[New Hampshire]

Turkey hunting ranks up there with elk for me. I have some big plans for gobblers in the future, they just won’t be this year.

My Kibler colonial seems to do the trick

I love everything about that photo!

 

[New Hampshire]

In 2024 I’ll be hunting near home with my T/C New Englander 12 gauge. The year after that I’m hoping the Kibler fowler will be ready!

Thats a great gun and from my Home State. I will have to get one someday.

 

[New Hampshire]

i took a video of 5 gobblers struting with a bunch of hens, and i cannot upload this video

In january? where are you located?

 

[cgoff]

Took my first turkey with a flintlock this fall and hope to do the same this spring. Shooting 62 Fowler by gobblerknob using 80grns of FF over powder card, half of an olive oil soaked wad and 1 3/4 oz #6 shot. Barrel is jug choked.

 

[Jim K]

In january? where are you located?

I saw two gobblers strutting last week and heard a gobbler gobble three times yesterday. In January!!

Also, I saw robins last week. I guess spring is here. Lol

 

[New Hampshire]

Took my first turkey with a flintlock this fall and hope to do the same this spring. Shooting 62 Fowler by gobblerknob using 80grns of FF over powder card, half of an olive oil soaked wad and 1 3/4 oz #6 shot. Barrel is jug choked.View attachment 285676

Beautiful gun and photo. Sounds like the perfect load.

 

[Jim K]

I was wanting to go to South Dakota and then maybe drop down into Nebraska to go Turkey hunting and fishing

If you’re planning to hunt Nebraska, nonresident tags went on sale 1/8/2024. They only allot 10,000 and will sell out. I’m hunting out there this spring and got my tags on the eighth. Have fun!

 

[Jim K]

Lord willing I’ll be hunting Nebraska, Maine and here at home in PA this spring.

 

[New Hampshire]

I saw two gobblers strutting last week and heard a gobbler gobble three times yesterday. In January!!

Also, I saw robins last week. I guess spring is here. Lol

Well I would bet any Robins around are regretting it now.

 

[GANGGREEN]

I only hunt turkeys with a flintlock. My state (PA) has always allowed flintlock rifles in the fall, but only fowler/shotgun in the spring. Assuming I go (I've killed a pile of them and don't hunt spring birds much anymore), I'll be using a 20 gauge flintlock fowler that I built.

 

[Zutt-man]

If you’re planning to hunt Nebraska, nonresident tags went on sale 1/8/2024. They only allot 10,000 and will sell out. I’m hunting out there this spring and got my tags on the eighth. Have fun!

Are there some decent public DIY opportunities out west in Nebraska? 1200 tags available this morning

 

[new2bp]

We have both Fall and Spring turkey here in Florida.

Unfortunately, I got to spend the 2 week muzzle loader season dealing with covid and recovering.... But I scored a bird about an hour into opening day of general gun (using my trusty Mossberg 500). Had planned on hunting during ML season with either my 54 and a light round ball load (30gr powder) or an in-line bastardization of a single shot pawn shop shotgun converted to BP use.

Spring season has no ML season or requirement, but I've recently discovered how nicely my 20ga O/U patterns 1oz #5 loads, so that will be with me in the blind come March 16

Have a second sub-$100 CVA percussion rifle on the way, so now I'm thinking about figuring out if it would be worth it to drill the rifling out of my 54 to make a .58 or 20ga smoothie.... while my wanter wants it, my higher thought processes are question cost, usefulness and such....

 

[Jim K]

Are there some decent public DIY opportunities out west in Nebraska? 1200 tags available this morning

I’ve hunted Nebraska mostly on private land but have shot a couple on public land and had no interference from other hunters.

 

[Timmit]

Pennsylvania changed their gun regulations for fall turkey hunting and only allow shotguns and smoothbore muzzleloaders along with archery equipment. No more rifles or rifled muzzleloaders.

 

[LonestarShootR]

Been seeing lots of birds while deer hunting in South Texas. Groups of 30,40,50 or more. Jakes are strutting and fighting with others a lot. Hopefully they are still here in my pasture come match. I use to love hunting them in the spring ewith archery or shotgun. I just started muzzle loading and only have guns that shoot round ball. I believe anything is legal here to use in the spring. Maybe I'll use the .40 cal Garner flintlock.

 

[New Hampshire]

Pennsylvania changed their gun regulations for fall turkey hunting and only allow shotguns and smoothbore muzzleloaders along with archery equipment. No more rifles or rifled muzzleloaders.

My guess would be that was to stop hunters who might be deer hunting take a turkey out of convenience and simply blow it up with their deer rifle.

 

[Ponderosaman]

My guess would be that was to stop hunters who might be deer hunting take a turkey out of convenience and simply blow it up with their deer rifle.

Since people often wear full camo while turkey hunting, there is a number of accidents that have happened during turkey season. The accidents that have occurred with rifles have been much worse than those with shotguns.

 

[New Hampshire]

Since people often wear full camo while turkey hunting, there is a number of accidents that have happened during turkey season. The accidents that have occurred with rifles have been much worse than those with shotguns.

This makes a lot of sense, but I certainly hope it was a preventative measure and someone was not shot with a rifle mistakenly for a turkey!

 

[Jim K]

My understanding was it is to lower the fall hen kill as some areas of PA turkey numbers are down. It wasn’t a safety issue.