Turkeys with cast

[bubba15301]

I would love to shoot one with my .32 muzzle loader and a maxi ball. That's not legal in Ohio, so I'll probably never get to find out.

legal in pa

[TCFAN]

I have never hunted wild turkeys because in Missouri you have to use a shotgun and that is something I just don't want to do and we have lots of turkeys here.............Terry

[bowfin]

Rifles are not legal for turkey hunting in Nebraska.

[telebasher]

I am with the others in that I wish it was legal here in MO to hunt with a rifle. I have talked to the Conservation Commission about a small caliber muzzleloader season. I think a .32 or .36 cal muzzleloader season would be great.

The 32 or 36 round balls do not have enough weight to penetrate the feathers/wing butt on a mature tom. If you wound a turkey with a muzzleloader the track meet is on . Its darn near impossible to get another clean shot at that bird, the coyotes or bobcats will finish the job you started. I know this from experience. My minimum is a 45 or larger round ball and with decent placement your turkey dinner is assured. Here in the northeast Texas panhandle when you call turkeys you just about always call in predators too! This makes the birds extra spooky. But I am a die hard predator caller and it suits me fine either way.

[waksupi]

I have shot turkeys with small bore rifles. Shoot them in the head, and it is a done deal.

[gcsteve]

Can't use boolits in NY.

From their turkey hunting regulations:

You may hunt with a bow.
You may hunt with a shotgun or handgun only when using shot no larger than #2 and no smaller than #8.
You may use a muzzleloading shotgun.
You may not take a turkey with a rifle, or with a handgun firing a bullet.

[popper]

never seen a wild turkey

Try that deserted lead mine on the Buffalo in Arkansas. 20 or 30 in a flock there, but of course it's a no hunting zone. Kinda look like turkey buzzards but don't smell as bad. You think that Amarillo feed lots smells bad, you haven't been near a flock of T B. and the buzzards are uglier.

[Dr. A]

we can't use a rifle legally for turkey in Kansas, and in fact have to buy tags. Can't move around out in the country without bumping into them. They are considered a pest here. I wish we could use a rifle.

[1Shirt]

Like Bowfin said, rifles are not legal for turkey in Ne, but sure wish that they were, at least for the fall season!
1Shirt!

[35remington]

The early settlers weren't dumb. The rifle was preferred over the shotgun when taking turkey, and the real turkey gun isn't a shotgun. Never has been. Only regulation made it the choice for turkey hunting in current times and it is a pretty poor choice, really.

I'd rather have a 25-20.

[Hogdaddy]

Let alot of turkey walk & I mean ALOT. Never shot one guess I never will ; ) PS I'll shoot one with a camera ; )
H/D

[kelbro]

Killed many with an 86gr or 75gr from my 25-20. Grew up in S. Texas and never knew that anyone shot turkey with a shotgun until I saw it on a cable TV hunting show.

[WaywardSon]

Always wanted to take a turkey with a rifle...unfortunately it is not legal in Kentucky.

[**oneshot**]

22Hornet, 60gr(62 with my alloy), mediumfast velocity.

[292]

Not legal in NC either, that would be the best of both worlds.

[Doc_Stihl]

Not legal here in NH either.

[**oneshot**]

We are legal in the fall season with centerfire's and rimfire handguns and rifles. Our spring season is shotgun only.

[blaster]

never seen a wild turkey,so i can't comment but my 25-20 with 72 gr flat points will make a goose flop over,or just go stiff and tip over with a head shot.
they are in the 1550 velocity range.

Hope they were tame geese. Seems dicey to admit to taking a migratory game bird with a rifle in violation of federal law using toxic ammo.

[reloader28]

We can use 22mag and larger in Wyo.
Last year I took my 357 pistol loaded with 165gr FN. Shoots great, but we never seen a bird.
I do know that it is WAY nicer to carry around than my shotgun.