Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 24, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 24, 2023 quick day trip with a friend. hope to get him on his first bird. I bought a license "just in case", but it isn't overly important for me to get one. my freezer is too full anyways. luckily I have a few shotshells left. he gets first shot, and I will shoot whatever thinks staying around was a good idea. I prefer fishing, but this should be good. it is a long drive for me, and I hope to fall asleep by 6:00PM. I played with my calls all afternoon and annoyed my cat and dog..and probably all the neighbors is my spring season the earliest one? anyone else heading out? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said: is my spring season the earliest one? anyone else heading out? Ours doesn’t start until Wed, April 12. I selected season C which starts on Wed, April 26. Normally go during season B, but there is so much snow on the ground I pushed it back a week this spring. I don’t personally care to eat them. They aren’t bad, but they aren’t that good either. They’re just blah. Lately I have found a home for it with a co worker when I fill my tag so I don’t have to choke it down. To me, nothing says spring like the thunderous echo of a Tom gobbling in the early morning light. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted March 25, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted March 25, 2023 Thunder chickens! April 15 here. My buddy says he’s got a new recipe that is awesome (I don’t hunt but I’m a skilled eater of food) what we’ve done is past is cut them up in tiny kabob chunks and soak in Italian dressing for 24 hours then grill on kabobs with green peppers and onions also we’ve used chick fil a copy recipe and fried nuggets he won’t tell me the new recipe yet but I will report back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Phil Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: Thunder chickens! April 15 here. My buddy says he’s got a new recipe that is awesome (I don’t hunt but I’m a skilled eater of food) what we’ve done is past is cut them up in tiny kabob chunks and soak in Italian dressing for 24 hours then grill on kabobs with green peppers and onions also we’ve used chick fil a copy recipe and fried nuggets he won’t tell me the new recipe yet but I will report back Here's my Thunder Chicken. ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Jig Man Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 This has the makings of a good year for us. We fenced off about 20 acres for wildlife and put in a food plot. The turkey population has exploded. Groups as large as 50 birds are being seen. Season is still a ways off. Good luck to you and your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Jig Man said: Groups as large as 50 birds are being seen. Season is still a ways off. Good They will often group up into very large groups like that during the winter. Once more “spring” like conditions arrive, they will split off into smaller groups or singles. The most I’ve seen at one time while I was hunting them in the spring is about 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 25, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 One down! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bird Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 We have a solid turkey population here at the house. I've not hunted them in a couple of years but always let a buddy of mine know when the gobblers sound off. I always deep fried them in peanut oil, not bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Jig Man Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: One down! Good for you. Was it your buddy’s or yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 25, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Jig Man said: Good for you. Was it your buddy’s or yours. His. Primary goal was to get him his first bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: One down! You must have taken a photo. Let's see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 25, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 Here. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted March 25, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: Here. Rio Grande or Merriam? Beautiful fan either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking45 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Nice of you to help your friend get a bird. Hope you got one too. I’ll be going out this week. I’ll be hunting them with an airgun. I’ve gotten several each of the last few years, hope to keep the streak going. I breast them out and cut off the legs. I like them stir fried with snow peas, ****ake mushrooms, onions and ginger root 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bird Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 43 minutes ago, looking45 said: Nice of you to help your friend get a bird. Hope you got one too. I’ll be going out this week. I’ll be hunting them with an airgun. I’ve gotten several each of the last few years, hope to keep the streak going. I breast them out and cut off the legs. I like them stir fried with snow peas, ****ake mushrooms, onions and ginger root Airguns have taken off around here and those who've never shot one would be amazed by their accuracy. My Air Arms is more accurate than any rim fire I own at 50 yards. Also have an Airforce......and an air bow. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 13 minutes ago, Bird said: Airguns have taken off around here and those who've never shot one would be amazed by their accuracy. I remember having so much fun hunting with a Sheridan Blue Streak .20 cal back in the day. Thing was rugged and very accurate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bird Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 This is behind the house on my camera. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bird said: This is behind the house on my camera. Just about every year, I have this in my backyard. Unfortunately, we have a firearms ordinance in the city...so I can't 'collect' dinner out of my yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 43 minutes ago, Bird said: This is behind the house on my camera. Can you shoot a hen in VA? We can only take legal bearded males here in MN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bird Posted March 25, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 25, 2023 17 minutes ago, gimruis said: Can you shoot a hen in VA? We can only take legal bearded males here in MN. Bearded only during designated turkey season. Hens can be shot during turkey / deer season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 26, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted March 26, 2023 I have a Hatsun .22 cal pellet rifle. I tried for 3 seasons to take a bird. No success. I went to take a tick and a bird came in. My friend picks up my rifle and hammers the bird in the throat and it lays down and dies on the spot. It was funny and infuriating all at once. ‘’I took the air chamber apart to fix a seal not realizing that my hand pump will never get a 3500 psi tube full, starting from zero. I’m dead in the water until I find a shop that can fill my reservoir. It is a PCP rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted March 26, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted March 26, 2023 10 hours ago, MN Fisher said: Just about every year, I have this in my backyard. Unfortunately, we have a firearms ordinance in the city...so I can't 'collect' dinner out of my yard. ? 9 hours ago, gimruis said: Can you shoot a hen in VA? We can only take legal bearded males here in MN. Sounds like ours is similar to VA, I think you can take one hen in the fall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbassin' Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: ? Sounds like ours is similar to VA, I think you can take one hen in the fall I didn’t realize that, bunch of hens got lucky this past bow season then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted March 27, 2023 Super User Share Posted March 27, 2023 15 hours ago, bigbassin' said: I didn’t realize that, bunch of hens got lucky this past bow season then. I don't think the same broadheads are used for deer as for wild turkeys. Maybe I'm wrong, but the archery hunters I know definitely use different broadheads on their arrows. Archery hunting for wild turkey is extremely difficult. Here in MN the average success for spring turkey with a bow is about 10%. That means for every hunter that fills their tag, 9 others don't. I have a couple friends who are avid archery hunters and neither one of them has taken a turkey with a bow yet. Apparently they have to come extremely close. And they rarely just stand still for a good shot either. The advantage to using a bow here is that the season is much longer than with a shotgun. If you use a shotgun (like I do), then you can only hunt for one 7-day season. If you hunt with a bow, you can hunt for over a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 27, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted March 27, 2023 My first 5 birds were taken with archery. I used mechanical broadheads on them. the funnest method by far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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