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Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17610528 09/16/22
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,657 MOGC Campfire Outfitter
MOGC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,657	I used to enjoy fall hunting. I won't buy a fall firearms tag, and I get two archery turkey tags with my archery deer permits, but I won't shoot a turkey even if I get a chance. Our population is so low now that I would feel guilty shooting a turkey. Especially so a hen. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

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Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? Pappy348 #17610613 09/16/22
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LFC Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2021 Posts: 3,511 Great State of Tennessee	Originally Posted by Pappy348 Originally Posted by 10gaugemag Originally Posted by 10Glocks I guess I never really understood the allure of finding a flock, not shooting one, breaking the flock up, then calling them back in, and then shooting one. I guess that has appeal if you just want to fall call. Hell, I've had flocks forage nearly up to my deer stand apparently unconcerned I was there. I've stood up or made a noise with my feet, scared them off a ways, only to have them work their way back to the same location 20 or 30 minutes later. Like they don't even remember I was there. I just don't see fall turkey hunting as hard as spring hunting. And taking a bird from a flock that forages up to your stand is certainly no less ethical than setting up a deer stand on a deer trail and waiting for a buck to head from where he's bedded to a field. One method is not more "ambushing" than the other. Fall calling a bird up is an excellent way for beginners to learn to call and communicate. Let me be perfectly clear, if I get in range of a flock of turkeys in the Fall, I’m gonna scatter ‘em by shooting the fattest one I see. I’ve heard of guys doing what 10Glocks mentioned, not shooting one, but I ain’t that much of a sport. Shame on me, and pass the gravy….. Yea we all know you eAt a lot of turkey grAvy.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? Yoder409 #17610617 09/16/22
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LFC Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2021 Posts: 3,511 Great State of Tennessee	Originally Posted by Yoder409 Just when I start to think you MIGHT have a tiny bit of usefulness in this forum, Luther, you go and prove me wrong. You have nothing to offer but bull chit proven time and time again.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? Yoder409 #17610621 09/16/22
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LFC Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2021 Posts: 3,511 Great State of Tennessee	Originally Posted by Yoder409 Originally Posted by LFC .......i met him a few years after his house burnt to the ground and story goes he lost everything he had.....when I met him a few years later he had about 60 to 80 beards on the wall in his new house. You don't suppose that fellow was shooting more turkeys than what the law allowed for, do you ?? I know for a fact he wasn't.....I'm guessing the fire department rescued the beArds and spurs.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? Yoder409 #17610623 09/16/22
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LFC Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2021 Posts: 3,511 Great State of Tennessee	Originally Posted by Yoder409 Originally Posted by LFC Originally Posted by Yoder409 I've done it a few times. I've had good success. But, I've only ever pulled the trigger twice That's sure iZ a lOt of success Denise....in 12 years my dog sat in on about 200 fall kills without the use of a sack or a the use of a blind. Not sure I'm prouder of.......you or your dog. Which of you is it that doesn't have a sack ?? Now.............ask me how many times I've called gobblers or gobbler flocks into gun range in the fall and NOT pulled the trigger because it's a waste of a regal spring opponent. Called in a flock of 13 longbeards last fall and killed a nice double bearded tom. Then I was pizzed off at myself for weeks for having done it. No. DON'T ask me. Because I don't feel the need to justify anything to you. I do know that the total number of fall turkeys I've killed is less than 200. But I have no idea WHAT the number is. I'm not a turkey counter. Turkey counters are the guys who have to have a number to toss out during a dick swinging contest in an attempt to legitimize their woods cred. Believe it or not.......no matter WHO you are.......I'll know in the first 2 minutes of talking turkey hunting what someone's skill level is. I don't need told. Quickest way for someone to lose my respect in a turkey hunting discussion (if I ever had any in the first place) is for someone to toss their kill numbers at me. That's where they get an "Oh........that's nice" and I'm done. Is that a promise Denise ? Facrt s Denise skill level is acquired in the woods not behind a key boArd. Just tell us who in "the turkey hunting and choke tube industry" in their right mindz would "pAy you for over twO decades "?

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Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17610989 09/17/22
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OP DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,714 NE Illinois	Here we go again, different thread, same.... It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you! NRA life member Illinois State Rifle Association member

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17611049 09/17/22
Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 4,520 The Old Dominion 10Glocks Campfire Tracker
10Glocks Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 4,520 The Old Dominion	I'm sorry Dean, I erased my post, but it gets tiring. LFC uses the CampFire to harass and bother legitimate users. LFC has been banned from just about every other forum he's been on for this same behavior. He's found a place that is essentially unmoderated and he can get away with his abusive behavior. You can't ignore the guy, his posts show when they are quoted or when you aren't logged in. And he has show ZERO sign of letting people post in peace without destroying threads. So Dean, you take as you find it. The turkey forum on 24HrCampfire is haunted by LFC. Like the optics section and a few others is haunted by Big Stick. That's the way it is. Rick doesn't seem to have an intention to get rid of the thread destroying ass-clowns on this site. It's just the way it is. https://vcdl.org/

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17611106 09/17/22
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OP DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,714 NE Illinois	No apology necessary, but thank you. And I'm not saying I disagree with you, not saying that at all. I'll admit, that at times, I'm drawn to these threads like a moth to a flame! Lol! It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you! NRA life member Illinois State Rifle Association member

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17611332 09/17/22
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Yoder409 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,505 Roosted on a limb	Just an FYI.......... The Old Gobbler Forums are certified LFC-free. There's moderation over there and he was removed on several counts of being an azzhole (go figger). If you're not already a member over there, you may wanna go check it out. Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? LFC #17611422 09/17/22
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,689 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,689 West of the Blue Ridge	Originally Posted by LFC Originally Posted by Pappy348 Originally Posted by 10gaugemag Originally Posted by 10Glocks I guess I never really understood the allure of finding a flock, not shooting one, breaking the flock up, then calling them back in, and then shooting one. I guess that has appeal if you just want to fall call. Hell, I've had flocks forage nearly up to my deer stand apparently unconcerned I was there. I've stood up or made a noise with my feet, scared them off a ways, only to have them work their way back to the same location 20 or 30 minutes later. Like they don't even remember I was there. I just don't see fall turkey hunting as hard as spring hunting. And taking a bird from a flock that forages up to your stand is certainly no less ethical than setting up a deer stand on a deer trail and waiting for a buck to head from where he's bedded to a field. One method is not more "ambushing" than the other. Fall calling a bird up is an excellent way for beginners to learn to call and communicate. Let me be perfectly clear, if I get in range of a flock of turkeys in the Fall, I’m gonna scatter ‘em by shooting the fattest one I see. I’ve heard of guys doing what 10Glocks mentioned, not shooting one, but I ain’t that much of a sport. Shame on me, and pass the gravy….. What fresh Hell is this?

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Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? LFC #17611571 09/17/22
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CRS Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,916 Black Hills of Dakota	Originally Posted by LFC A turkey should never be an opertunist target. My tag. will hunt them however I choose. Originally Posted by LFC Any time someone tells you how easy it is to kill turkeys in the fall its evident they dont know chit from shinola.... Years back I've taken people fall hunting with my turkey dog Buster the Brown Bomber and when I was sure we had flushed a flock of Gobblers I remarked that when I get them talking you are going to hear turkey talk like you have never heard in your life..... You need a dog to hunt turkeys?????? Originally Posted by LFC I kept up with it because I was proud of my dog....I stopped counting at close to 200. I've let a few longbeards walk in the spring so I could keep hunting none in the fall with the exception of the winter season at Ft. Campbell....bearded birds were off limits in their winter season. A dog, really? Is that a thing? Originally Posted by LFC Buster and I ran into a December flock of close to 60 gobblers in Cheatam county Tn. on more than one occasion......gobbling, strutting, fighting turkeys gone wild. By Nov 1, there will be 300 turkeys on our place give or take. 60? big deal. Arcus Venator

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17612152 09/17/22
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,470 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,470 Bozeman, MT	I've killed turkeys with every kind of gun imaginable. I don't do it for anyone but me. I have never used a dog and never will. Most of these guns are worth more than the purebreds that bird guys pay for their top bred hounds. To each his own...

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17612155 09/17/22
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Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17612284 09/17/22
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,505 Roosted on a limb Yoder409 Campfire Tracker
Yoder409 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,505 Roosted on a limb	DANG, but I love them Merriam's !!!!! Beautiful birds !!!! And that smoke phase is a real trophy. Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17612342 09/17/22
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10Glocks Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 4,520 The Old Dominion	Shrapnel always has good stuff. https://vcdl.org/

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? shrapnel #17612392 09/17/22
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LFC Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2021 Posts: 3,511 Great State of Tennessee	A Turkey dog wouldn't do you any good in the open terrain....it's a Southern thing.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? DeanAnderson #17612445 09/17/22
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10Glocks Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 4,520 The Old Dominion	What, do you think there's no trees or brush in Montana? Maybe he just doesn't need a dog to successfully hunt turkeys. Last edited by 10Glocks; 09/17/22. https://vcdl.org/

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? 10Glocks #17612451 09/17/22
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LFC Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2021 Posts: 3,511 Great State of Tennessee	You know nothing about nothing.

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? LFC #17612589 09/17/22
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10Glocks Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 4,520 The Old Dominion	Originally Posted by LFC You know nothing about nothing. You're right. On the contrary, you know nothing about anything. https://vcdl.org/

Re: Excited for fall turkey hunting? 10Glocks #17612843 09/17/22
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TD5427 Campfire Greenhorn T Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 88 Fulshear, TX	You don’t “need” a dog to hunt quail, ducks/geese, etc. but some people enjoy watching a dog you’ve trained work more than the other parts of the hunt. I’m one of those people just like Frank is and others like Marlin Watkins who is also an avid fall turkey dog hunter. Having said that I’ve never deer hunted with a dog and likely never will. I’ve never shot a turkey with a rifle, maybe some day I will. Like Shrapnel said, to each his own. To me hunting fall turkeys with a dog just adds to the experience. 10Glocks are familiar with John Byrne who lived up your way and was known for breeding a line of Appalachian turkey dogs? I’m not trying to pick on you just asking since that’s someone who was generally in your back yard. As far as I know Marlin and Pete Clare at Turkey Trot Acres in NY still hunt with dogs from the Byrne lineage.

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