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]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

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.

Immie

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

[Trigg]

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

Immie

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

[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.

[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.

[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.