Posted by: jen-on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 02:03 AM
In the year 2000 I created a wish list of animals that I wanted to harvest with bow and arrow. The list included bear, turkey, whitetail, antelope, moose, elk, mule deer and wild boar. I called it the big eight. Now there is no rime or reason for what animals I put on the list. Some I had already harvested in the past but I thought I would start from scratch. So far I have harvested bear, whitetail, moose, elk, mule deer and wild boar. The turkey was next on my list and he turned out to be my nemesis. I hunted turkey 3 out of the last 4 years. 2 out of the 3 years I had shot opportunities only to blow the shot. The spring of 2008 something came up and I missed the season. So to make up for missing the spring hunt I picked up a fall license. I was hunting whitetail for a week on two different occasions and there were a lot of turkeys in the area. What I found was that hunting turkey while in a treestand is probably the most difficult hunt I have been on.
Posted by: rd122-on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 12:50 AM
"The Eastern Assassin Way "
By ROBERT DIPALMA, SR.
My hunting enthusiasm begins to over flow a month before the season however, one cool morning while I stood on my deck drinking a cup of coffee and watching the sunrise. I suddenly and by surprise, heard a gobble echoing through the woods by my north field. It was great to hear gobbling after the long months of winter. I finally had felt that spring was on its way.
Posted by: yjoesisbowhunts-on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:52 PM
This year was the fourth time in my life I have hunted turkeys. I am old enough to recall when they were first re-introduced about 30 years ago. I didn’t get around to hunting them for the first time until 1993.
Posted by: jen-on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 05:08 PM
Identification: The eastern wild turkey is a large, majestic
bird. Males or "toms" are dark in coloration with iridescent feathers.
They have a fleshy, unfeathered head that is brightly-colored in red, white,
and blue, especially during the mating season. The toms also have spurs
(up to 1.5 inches in length) on their legs, and a hair-like beard (up to
12 inches long) protruding from their breast.
Posted by: TomBowBow-on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 02:30 AM
Immediately after purchasing my application for a Turkey hunting license for Spring 2002, thought of mature gobblers began dancing in my head. I finished up my 2001 bowhunting season with only a squirrel to show for all my efforts. Pretty pitiful for a big "He-man hunter" like me but the squirrel was delicious. Between working and planning my June nuptials to the lovely Melodie, scarcely a moment has gone by that hasn't caught me scheming about Turkeys in my head. Believe you me, I have watched every second of Turkey hunts on TV, including a few video tapes, as well as trying to perfect my diaphragm mouth call. The big gobblers on TV had me glassy-eyed and yelping with every step.
