Round 2

[jackley]

Haven't been out in the woods hunting again but I just lost another round. Went to the state trap shoot, and the weather there was not good in the three days winds gusts were up to 60 mph, temps in the low thirties. And I shot real bad.
Then this mourning I wake up to 2 inches of snow and their calling for 5 to 10 inches more.
But to make matters worse there's a big fat tom in the front yard and the dogs put him up in a big pine tree out there. I wouldn't snipe him there, I like hunting to much. So the turkey's have won one more round. He did have a 8 or 9 inch beard and maybe even a double.
So I lost another round with the wind, snow and turkey's laughing at me. But when the weather break's I'll be ready for another round.

Jerry

 

[Walkingeagle]

Lol, I hear ya on not shooting the treed tom. When I was in our North country, there were many times we had ruff grouse right around the home. These were always safe, no matter how good they taste.
Walk

 

[Sparkitoff]

I like that you value the hunt as much or more than the kill.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I hear you on he wind. We had winds around 18 gusting close to 40 all day on the opener this past Saturday. They gobbled their heads off until the wind started howling then they all went quiet. My buddy texted me this morning, he has off from work this week so went out. He managed to call in a hen who checked out his decoy before moving on. Only luck he's had thus far. I'm stuck working until the weekend.

 

[Brokennock]

I like that you value the hunt as much or more than the kill.

Here, here! My sentiments exactly.

 

[BlackHillsBob]

winter again here also.

 

[Skychief]

Third round should be a charm jackley.

Good on you for not taking a roosted bird. Would seem a waste to me unless one was really hungry.

Best regards, Skychief.

 

[FishDFly]

Hunting ethics in practice.

Shooting a turkey in a tree would be like shooting ducks on the water, just should not be done is the way I was raised.

 

[Sidney Smith]

Hunting ethics in practice.

Shooting a turkey in a tree would be like shooting ducks on the water, just should not be done is the way I was raised.

True, however if its not illegal, I will not fault the person who chooses to take one out of a tree. I personally wouldn't do it, but to each his own. I've shot pheasants off the ground and had the same argument tossed at me.

 

[jrmflintlock]

Third times the charm!! Good Luck!!

I'm hoping to get out a few more times if I can. I got a tip on some birds today but no time to go to the woods until maybe next week!

 

[Patocazador]

True, however if its not illegal, I will not fault the person who chooses to take one out of a tree. I personally wouldn't do it, but to each his own. I've shot pheasants off the ground and had the same argument tossed at me.

Florida has a confusing rule about shooting turkeys in a tree. To paraphrase it, it says shooting turkeys on the roost is prohibited but doesn't actually state shooting them out of a tree is illegal. So, if the turkey flies up to a tree in the middle of the day, is it legal to shoot it?

It's double-talk like this that gets hunters in trouble.

 

[BlackHillsBob]

meats only good when its in the pot, isnt that is what it should be all about. saw turkeys two days ago 3 miles from my house, when they walk into my yard one is going into the oven.