Thread: Interesting Way To Hunt Turkeys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShiBNVtKltI

Bloody stupid things! Can our American members explain again what they get out of hunting them again please.

Some people eat them, my mates hunt them on my farm.
they told me the month ending with "...ber" is not good (too many worms).

I assume Americans eat Turkey at Thanksgiving.

I have "hunted" and eaten turkeys in NZ. I just find their stupidity as a game animal quite astonishing.

Hahaha.. yes that's true.
They are not fast, not afraid of humans and harmless I don't understand why they are being called a pest.
one thing that annoyed me thou, is their drop looks like a cat poo making it hard for me to hunt down that feral cat.

Originally Posted by MB

I have "hunted" and eaten turkeys in NZ. I just find their stupidity as a game animal quite astonishing.

Their stupidity is their best defense. To dumb to die

Originally Posted by Snap 4T

Hahaha.. yes that's true.
They are not fast, not afraid of humans and harmless I don't understand why they are being called a pest.
one thing that annoyed me thou, is their drop looks like a cat poo making it hard for me to hunt down that feral cat.

Turkeys eat grass/crops and can make a real mess with droppings.

Turkeys are not harmless

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....tack-nz-60364/

Originally Posted by Steve123

Their stupidity is their best defense. To dumb to die

Agreed, even losing half their head to 22LR doesn't seem to make a any difference!

Originally Posted by MB

Agreed, even losing half their head to 22LR doesn't seem to make a any difference!

I followed one around a mates place and put 8 rounds of 22 in him. Always had to do a dogleg after each shot to get to where there should have been a dead turkey only to find a few feathers and see him on the other side of yet another obstacle. All shots were never more than 70 metres. List him when he went into some pines on the boundary. Was standing there thinking WTF when about a dozen peacocks de-treed and flew off. Luckily I'd knocked over his two hens before all this so had a nice turkey breast stir-fry to show for it

I don't know about them being stupid and not fast? The turkeys on the farm I hunt on have wised up to me and as soon as they see me or any other human they run and don't stop running. I have to change my tactics. This video has given me ideas. I need to learn how to make turkey calls, I tried once but they weren't fooled.

Originally Posted by MB

Bloody stupid things! Can our American members explain again what they get out of hunting them again please.

We don't have any predators in NZ, whereas in the States, everything wants to eat them. As a result, they are incredibly cautious animals, hence needing to call and decoy them in.

Originally Posted by HG Man

We don't have any predators in NZ, whereas in the States, everything wants to eat them. As a result, they are incredibly cautious animals, hence needing to call and decoy them in.

That actually makes sense. First good explanation I've heard.

Originally Posted by Three O'Three

I don't know about them being stupid and not fast? The turkeys on the farm I hunt on have wised up to me and as soon as they see me or any other human they run and don't stop running. I have to change my tactics. This video has given me ideas. I need to learn how to make turkey calls, I tried once but they weren't fooled.

Find where they roost. Easy as then. If you try going all long range on them with a 223 they're not so edible.

I don't find much enjoyment shooting them with the 12g as they're easy but with cranberry sauce and care they can be quite moist and tender.

Had the chance to go turkey hunting in Ontario, I reckon the ones we have running round NZ must be some dumbed down domestic stock as these buggers were super cagey and ran or flew at the first hint of trouble. There is a reason turkey hunters over there go hard with camo and elaborate blinds. The guys I were with didn’t believe we used to catch them by hand as kids by running them into a corner of a fence or lassoing them off their perch by spotlight with a bamboo pole and loop of wire.