Hunting??

[jackass]

Anyone here hunt? I never have before...but my sone (6) wants to try it. He wants us to go hunt our own turkey dinner. I have talked to a few people at work (ALOT of hunters here in the south...) and a couple said I could come along to see what its like. Im kind of excited about it. Anyone have any experience??

[darin]

I've heard turkey are pains in the asses to hunt. Be ready for a long day. :)

[Hagbard Celine]

I enjoy deer hunting. I've only been a few times and I've never gotten anything. My brother did get two turkeys on one of our hunts though. We're not very good at it, but we enjoy it.

[Mr. P]

Turkey are difficult to hunt, JA. Hours of continuous silence is a must. They also taste different than store bought.

Maybe squirrel hunting would be better for a six yr old if you know someone that will eat them.

[jackass]

Turkey are difficult to hunt, JA. Hours of continuous silence is a must. They also taste different than store bought.

Maybe squirrel hunting would be better for a six yr old if you know someone that will eat them.

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?
I said that to the guy about my 6 yr old going and he said we could use a blind. They are spooked more by movement than sound apparently.

[Trigg]

Turkey are difficult to hunt, JA. Hours of continuous silence is a must. They also taste different than store bought.

Maybe squirrel hunting would be better for a six yr old if you know someone that will eat them.

My dad took my sister and I squirrel hunting when we were young. He spent most of the time telling us to hush. We didn't get anything that day for some reason.

Your son will probably find it hard to sit still for that long, but it'll be fun dad/son time.

Squirrel doesn't taste bad, and you don't have to argue about the drumstick.

[Trigg]

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?
I said that to the guy about my 6 yr old going and he said we could use a blind. They are spooked more by movement than sound apparently.

They have a "gamey" taste to them. Hard to discribe unless you've tasted something wild before.

[OCA]

Anyone here hunt? I never have before...but my sone (6) wants to try it. He wants us to go hunt our own turkey dinner. I have talked to a few people at work (ALOT of hunters here in the south...) and a couple said I could come along to see what its like. Im kind of excited about it. Anyone have any experience??

Uhhh good luck hunting fall turkeys, they aren't gobbling and aren't strutting, hard as hell to find em since they spend most time this time of year in the roost coming out rarely to feed, they also don't respond to calls either this time of year.

The spring however.......................

[OCA]

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?
I said that to the guy about my 6 yr old going and he said we could use a blind. They are spooked more by movement than sound apparently.

The damn things have eyesight that would make an eagle jealous.

[LiberalNation]

I don't hunt much. Brother, dad, cousins all do. We have a ton of freakin deer meat since gun season came in. I like rabbit hunting myself, you don't have to be quite, can walk in the line with other people, get to moving around aka walk.

Brother got a nice turkey last year. It was only a jake but big. I can't kill animals, makes me feel bad, even birds. Dove hunting is also big.

[Mr. P]

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?
I said that to the guy about my 6 yr old going and he said we could use a blind. They are spooked more by movement than sound apparently.

I can't really can't answer that. Like any wild meat it depends on what the animal eats and how they're prepared.

Let us know what you think.

[Immanuel]

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?

Oh, come on now... you know the standard answer to that. "It tastes like chicken."

Everyone says that. They tell me gator tail tastes just like chicken. I'll just have to trust them on that. :laugh2:

Immie

[Mr. P]

Oh, come on now... you know the standard answer to that. "It tastes like chicken."

Everyone says that. They tell me gator tail tastes just like chicken. I'll just have to trust them on that. :laugh2:

Immie

Rattle snake does. It's dry and sorta stringy...at least what I had was.

[82Marine89]

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?
I said that to the guy about my 6 yr old going and he said we could use a blind. They are spooked more by movement than sound apparently.

Once you've tasted game meat, it's hard to go back to the store stuff.

Pig that is so lean you have to add fat for sausage. Backstraps off an elk. Chicharones made from deer meat. Hunting is something you either love or hate.

[glockmail]

Anyone here hunt? I never have before...but my sone (6) wants to try it. He wants us to go hunt our own turkey dinner. I have talked to a few people at work (ALOT of hunters here in the south...) and a couple said I could come along to see what its like. Im kind of excited about it. Anyone have any experience??
Isn't turkey season only one day per year? Last time I checked that was it here in NC.

[remie]

Ducks, dove, quail, turkey, pheasant, grouse or anything else that flies. My only rule is I dont kill anything with eyelashes.....deer, elk, rabbit etc. I love to eat all of it though.

[LOki]

Hunting is great. I highly recommend bird hunting. Here's a picture of a couple of bufflehead from last weekend's hunt:
<img src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6466/buffleheadsnm3.jpg" width="905" height="575">
It's a little early in the migration, so we only got 7. No mallards, but we got one goose.

If you're looking for a big bird for a holiday meal, go for goose. First, it's different. Second, as mentioned earlier, turkey are difficult to hunt. Third, goose hunting is more fun.

Finally, if you hunt over water, you might get to hunt ducks too! w00t!

[remie]

Hunting is great. I highly recommend bird hunting. Here's a picture of a couple of bufflehead from last weekend's hunt:
<img src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6466/buffleheadsnm3.jpg" width="905" height="575">
It's a little early in the migration, so we only got 7. No mallards, but we got one goose.

If you're looking for a big bird for a holiday meal, go for goose. First, it's different. Second, as mentioned earlier, turkey are difficult to hunt. Third, goose hunting is more fun.

Finally, if you hunt over water, you might get to hunt ducks too! w00t!

I leave Friday with my buds for a duck hunt in Arkansas. Season opens Saturday, but I'm not sure its been cold enough up north to push the greenheads down in any big numbers. Shooting the ducks is only part of the fun. Being with your pals and all the retrievers makes it good no matter how the ducks fly.

[Trigg]

Everyone says that. They tell me gator tail tastes just like chicken. I'll just have to trust them on that. :laugh2:

Immie

Whoever said that hasn't tasted it. It's very chewy, doesn't have much of a taste to it though.

[LOki]

I leave Friday with my buds for a duck hunt in Arkansas. Season opens Saturday, but I'm not sure its been cold enough up north to push the greenheads down in any big numbers. Shooting the ducks is only part of the fun. Being with your pals and all the retrievers makes it good no matter how the ducks fly.

We saw no more than a pair at a time. :(

It's still in the 50's up here. There's the promise of crappy weather by Friday though!

[Pale Rider]

Im sure they do taste different. How so though? Better or worse?
I said that to the guy about my 6 yr old going and he said we could use a blind. They are spooked more by movement than sound apparently.

I've hunted wild turkey. Yes, they have incredible eye sight and easily spooked. But they're dumber than a brick. They do taste different. It's "gamey" is all I can say. I happen to like it. And I don't how your son, if he's "six," is going to do any shooting. You need to use a 12 gage shot gun with at least number four shot on a turkey, and I don't think a six year old is ready to shoot a shot gun. It'll knock him flat on his keester.

[Pale Rider]

Turkey are difficult to hunt, JA. Hours of continuous silence is a must. They also taste different than store bought.

Maybe squirrel hunting would be better for a six yr old if you know someone that will eat them.

I love squirrel. My grandmother used to pressure cook them. My God was that good. They can be hard to cook if you don't know how. Squirrel meat is real lean and tends to cook out dry. Grandma's weren't though. I'd slap the President for another one of those meals.

[LOki]

And I don't how your son, if he's "six," is going to do any shooting. You need to use a 12 gage shot gun at least number four shot on a turkey, and I don't think a six year old is ready to shoot a shot gun. It'll knock him flat on his keester.

Yeah, I'm agreeing with Pale Rider here. You'd better check your regulations. I don't know of any places that disallow children on a hunt, but there may be limits on the age of shooters.

Then there's the gun issue. Though there's plenty of discussion to be had about the approptiate amount of gun for a particular amount of animal--you need to be careful about the amount of gun you introduce a new shooter to. Fear of recoil will cause all kinds of bad habits in a shooter. A .410 is about all the shotgun I'd put in the hands of anyone weighing less than 100 pounds. And with a six year old, I'd even be a little cafeful that the load is not too punishing. That being the case, small soft bodied birds are your only choice for hunting--try Bobwhite Quail.

Quail are appropriatly challenging; you have to walk around, which is better than sitting still for a six year old; they are fast and easy birds to process; and there are plenty of plantation hunts that are reasonable in cost, such that you can insure a certain level of success, AND have a more controlled environment for this first outing.

[Pale Rider]

Yeah, I'm agreeing with Pale Rider here. You'd better check your regulations. I don't know of any places that disallow children on a hunt, but there may be limits on the age of shooters.

Then there's the gun issue. Though there's plenty of discussion to be had about the approptiate amount of gun for a particular amount of animal--you need to be careful about the amount of gun you introduce a new shooter to. Fear of recoil will cause all kinds of bad habits in a shooter. A .410 is about all the shotgun I'd put in the hands of anyone weighing less than 100 pounds. And with a six year old, I'd even be a little cafeful that the load is not too punishing. That being the case, small soft bodied birds are your only choice for hunting--try Bobwhite Quail.

Quail are appropriatly challenging; you have to walk around, which is better than sitting still for a six year old; they are fast and easy birds to process; and there are plenty of plantation hunts that are reasonable in cost, such that you can insure a certain level of success, AND have a more controlled environment for this first outing.

Good advice LOki.

I remember the first time I hunted Grouse. They get up so fast and make so much noise that it scared the shit out of me. Walking along in a relatively peaceful and quite woods, and all of a sudden it sounds like all hell is breaking lose as two or three Grouse get up and fly. You have to get used to it and be expecting it, otherwise you'll never get off a shot if you're not composed in time. It surely is worth it though, because other than Pheasant, I think Grouse is the best tasting game bird. Well Goose it good too. Heck I like 'em all... :D

[Mr. P]

Good advice LOki.

I remember the first time I hunted Grouse. They get up so fast and make so much noise that it scared the shit out of me. Walking along in a relatively peaceful and quite woods, and all of a sudden it sounds like all hell is breaking lose as two or three Grouse get up and fly. You have to get used to it and be expecting it, otherwise you'll never get off a shot if you're not composed in time. It surely is worth it though, because other than Pheasant, I think Grouse is the best tasting game bird. Well Goose it good too. Heck I like 'em all... :D

:laugh2: quail are like that too.

[Jeep Driver]

My son just got his first deer, a nice 8 pt. two days ago.
He was holdin out for a buck ,He had lots of chances for a doe.
I cannot rembember when I started huntin. Just have allways done it.
Sometimes I just grab a rifle and tell my son grab your gun let's go kill somethin. Elk or dove are likely my favs.

[Dilloduck]

Anyone here hunt? I never have before...but my sone (6) wants to try it. He wants us to go hunt our own turkey dinner. I have talked to a few people at work (ALOT of hunters here in the south...) and a couple said I could come along to see what its like. Im kind of excited about it. Anyone have any experience??

I've hunted a lot since coming to Texas 30 years ago--deer, turkey, game birds of all kinds, etc. I took son hunting when he was 7 but he just sat in the blinds with me. I took a chance once and let him fire my 12 guage and it knocked him on his ass. I'll never forget how damn bad I felt.

Tip on turkey hunting--if you only have an ass shot -take it. Still knocks em down good and spares the good meat in the breast. And be prepared to be a "statue" for hours if you wanna see one.

[glockmail]

My son just got his first deer, a nice 8 pt. two days ago.
He was holdin out for a buck ,He had lots of chances for a doe.
I cannot rembember when I started huntin. Just have allways done it.
Sometimes I just grab a rifle and tell my son grab your gun let's go kill somethin. Elk or dove are likely my favs.
Last elk shot around here was in the 50's, maybe. The eastern elk was hunted to extinction. :(

[Jeep Driver]

Last elk shot around here was in the 50's, maybe. The eastern elk was hunted to extinction. :(
In my opinion Elk is about the best steak there is.
It is work to get one. But worth it to me.
A true Jeep Driver and a good Jeep is more than handy.
And just in case your wondering I do not use the .50 cal.

[glockmail]

In my opinion Elk is about the best steak there is.
It is work to get one. But worth it to me.
A true Jeep Driver and a good Jeep is more than handy.
And just in case your wondering I do not use the .50 cal.

Never had one. I've had moose and that was quite tastey. Too bad we easteners hadn''t figgered out the correct length of the elk season long ago...

Actually I wasn't wondering about that at all. I figgered you hunted to eat steaks, not hamburger.

[Said1]

We just hit turkeys with our cars up here. :dunno:

[Jeep Driver]

Never had one. I've had moose and that was quite tastey. Too bad we easteners hadn''t figgered out the correct length of the elk season long ago...

Actually I wasn't wondering about that at all. I figgered you hunted to eat steaks, not hamburger.
For steaks we raise Scottish Highlanders. it's cheeper than Elk.
Even though it's a lot more work than Elk.

[Jeep Driver]

We just hit turkeys with our cars up here. :dunno:

Consider setting up a smoker.
Some of the best turkey I ever had was smoked.
I know this will sound bad but if the road kill is fresh, and not too beatup.
A smoker will do a great job. more imporant with wild Turkey.
We have just now got wild turkey back in our part of the world.
I will not hunt them till they are well established.

[Said1]

Consider setting up a smoker.
Some of the best turkey I ever had was smoked.
I know this will sound bad but if the road kill is fresh, and not too beatup.
A smoker will do a great job. more imporant with wild Turkey.
We have just now got wild turkey back in our part of the world.
I will not hunt them till they are well established.
I'm sure some people probably scoop them up and eat them if they can. NOthing wrong with that, I guess.

I'm not sure about this year, but we had an over abundance of them last year. People in the country were actually leaving food out for them! Same with deers.

[Mr. P]

Had Elk once...AWFUL...to be honest I think it was old, frozen along time...so..
I can't honestly say it ALL tastes like chit, just what I had.

[Said1]

Had Elk once...AWFUL...to be honest I think it was old, frozen along time...so..
I can't honestly say it ALL tastes like chit, just what I had.

I tried some kind of dried seal blubber. Ew. Ew. Ew.

[Jeep Driver]

I tried some kind of dried seal blubber. Ew. Ew. Ew.
No Guts No Glory.

[glockmail]

For steaks we raise Scottish Highlanders. it's cheeper than Elk.
Even though it's a lot more work than Elk.

Should I call you hanibal the canibal?

[Jeep Driver]

Should I call you hanibal the canibal?
Sorry ; Scottish Highlanders are a bread of Cow. They do well in cold climates.
And yes I am of Scottish Decent.

[glockmail]

Sorry ; Scottish Highlanders are a bread of Cow. They do well in cold climates.
And yes I am of Scottish Decent. I figgered that. Got some Scots in me as well, along with some scotch later on. Oh, and Irish, English, and German.

[Jeep Driver]

I figgered that. Got some Scots in me as well, along with some scotch later on. Oh, and Irish, English, and German.

I'l be havin a wee bit me self. :cheers2: Keep me from havin Inabitions.