Has Anyone Ever Hunted Turkey With A Luger?

cirelaw · 11-27-2013, 04:47 PM

I don't think Florida allows it! Although with 32 round drum I might injure it! Happy to All~~ Eric

sheepherder · 11-27-2013, 05:13 PM

Funny!!!

Is that a postcard???

ripcord810 · 11-27-2013, 05:15 PM

I have hunted turkey with a T/C but not a luger. I have also hunted them with a bow & arrow. The real challenge to turkey hunting is bringing them in close enough to shoot with whatever weapon you select. For my next challenge I would like to try an air rifle, I have a Benjamin pellet gun from my childhood I want to use.

cirelaw · 11-27-2013, 05:22 PM

"google images" Its great for everything!!

kzullick · 11-27-2013, 07:50 PM

I could have easily got one a few weeks ago when one walked across the range when I was shooting!

Sergio Natali · 11-28-2013, 04:25 AM

Veeeeery funny!

Have a nice Thanksgiving Day!

cirelaw · 11-28-2013, 09:05 AM

Not to forget 'The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot~~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EBemu3T5o

lugerholsterrepair · 11-28-2013, 08:37 PM

Eric, I find your question highly offensive! I raised 200 wild turkey's this Summer..from little fluffballs to big 12-15 pounders! Hundred's of pounds of grain and at the end of Summer I heard them squawking like crazy! I looked out the leather shop and a huge mountain lion was chasing the flock! He/she was either young or stupid..you can't catch a turkey chasing it. They run too fast.

CAP Black · 11-28-2013, 09:21 PM

It sounds as though Jerry's turkey were tame ones. It would be difficult to get even one wild one from the mother hen.
I see the humor in Eric's cartoons.
I am a turkey hunter. It's about the toughest kind of hunting there is. Those birds are tough and smart and wily. Hunting them with a bow is a real challenge. It takes a lot of experience.
thanks
Jack

lugerholsterrepair · 11-28-2013, 09:45 PM

It sounds as though Jerry's turkey were tame ones. It would be difficult to get even one wild one from the mother hen.

Jack, Jack..you don't separate the Mother from the chick! You throw cracked corn out and wild animals come a runnin! Mother, chicks, Tom's. I guess you could call them tame but their wild as a March hare. They have to fend for themselves in Winter..I just help em a little to grow big and strong. I think a lot of them are taken by bob cats when a lot of snow is on the ground. Cats know they have to feed under trees where the ground can be scratched...

cirelaw · 11-28-2013, 09:51 PM

Do wild turkey taste different than Walmart ones...I hope!!! And I complain about tourists!!! The turkey almost became our National bird if Ben Franklin had his way!!!

lugerholsterrepair · 11-28-2013, 10:33 PM

Eric, I don't know..I have never killed one of my birds. I leave that to the tender mercies of a harsh Winter in the high mountains. I have heard from those who hunt and eat them..there is no white meat on a wild turkey?

cirelaw · 11-28-2013, 10:36 PM

You are a True Gentleman!!! I hate the Swanson turkey dinners!

lugerholsterrepair · 11-28-2013, 10:41 PM

I hate the Swanson turkey dinners! Eric, The picture on the box always looks delicious.

cirelaw · 11-28-2013, 10:44 PM

I also hated them!! You had to wait forever! Cold stuffing and burning cranberry sauce, cold potatoes was the norm!! They appeared during hunting season!!

CAP Black · 11-28-2013, 10:47 PM

Jerry, I read the words that you wrote about raising 200 fluff balls into adulthood. Never mentioned a single hen.
They really taste delicious. Plenty of white meat. If you look at a long beard and see the robust front he throws out for all to see - that is a large breast. And just as good eating as a tame one; must be cooked differently as they don't have fat. Best to cook with some knowledge as to get them tender as they are tougher birds than the tame ones.
thanks
Jack

lugerholsterrepair · 11-28-2013, 10:58 PM

Jack, HAHA! Yes true..I guess I raised the hen the year before! The toms..when they get very mature generally run together. Separate from the hens and chicks. They do an amazing transformation from a normal looking turkey to fluffing up, fanning out and turning all sorts of red and blue colors! They can really put on a display!

Plenty of white meat. That's good to know! I never plan on killing one but you never say never. Bringing them in to cracked corn is one thing but they are very wary and elusive in the woods. When I go on walks in the woods and fields you can't get near them.

Eric! Don't eat that dinner! it's from the 1960"s!

cirelaw · 11-29-2013, 09:05 AM

How old do they get?

MikeP · 12-02-2013, 03:14 AM

Got plenty running about in my timber.
They can fly through brush you can hardly see through.
Hens lay a lot of eggs in big unprotected nests. They are heavily predated.
Most folks here just eat the breast as the rest is pretty stringy.
They mostly use the deep fryer method anymore.
Had a mess of bacon wrapped dove breast a couple evenings aqo.

Olle · 12-02-2013, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Do wild turkey taste different than Walmart ones...I hope!!!

Wild Turkey has a totally different flavor. Gives you a headache too.

11-27-2013, 04:47 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Has Anyone Ever Hunted Turkey With A Luger? I don't think Florida allows it! Although with 32 round drum I might injure it! Happy to All~~ Eric Attached Images

11-27-2013, 05:13 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Funny!!! Is that a postcard??? __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

11-28-2013, 04:25 AM	#6
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Veeeeery funny! Have a nice Thanksgiving Day! __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

11-28-2013, 09:05 AM	#7
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Not to forget 'The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot~~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EBemu3T5o Attached Images

11-28-2013, 08:37 PM	#8
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Eric, I find your question highly offensive! I raised 200 wild turkey's this Summer..from little fluffballs to big 12-15 pounders! Hundred's of pounds of grain and at the end of Summer I heard them squawking like crazy! I looked out the leather shop and a huge mountain lion was chasing the flock! He/she was either young or stupid..you can't catch a turkey chasing it. They run too fast. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-27-2013, 05:15 PM	#3
ripcord810 User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 139 Thanks: 146 Thanked 23 Times in 16 Posts	I have hunted turkey with a T/C but not a luger. I have also hunted them with a bow & arrow. The real challenge to turkey hunting is bringing them in close enough to shoot with whatever weapon you select. For my next challenge I would like to try an air rifle, I have a Benjamin pellet gun from my childhood I want to use.

11-27-2013, 05:22 PM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	"google images" Its great for everything!!

11-27-2013, 07:50 PM	#5
kzullick Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: East Berwick, Pennsylvania Posts: 239 Thanks: 683 Thanked 104 Times in 85 Posts	I could have easily got one a few weeks ago when one walked across the range when I was shooting!

11-28-2013, 09:21 PM	#9
CAP Black User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fairmont, WV Right here in Mountaineer country and God's country Posts: 767 Thanks: 100 Thanked 174 Times in 96 Posts	It sounds as though Jerry's turkey were tame ones. It would be difficult to get even one wild one from the mother hen. I see the humor in Eric's cartoons. I am a turkey hunter. It's about the toughest kind of hunting there is. Those birds are tough and smart and wily. Hunting them with a bow is a real challenge. It takes a lot of experience. thanks Jack Last edited by CAP Black; 11-28-2013 at 10:39 PM. Reason: typos

11-28-2013, 09:45 PM	#10
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	It sounds as though Jerry's turkey were tame ones. It would be difficult to get even one wild one from the mother hen. Jack, Jack..you don't separate the Mother from the chick! You throw cracked corn out and wild animals come a runnin! Mother, chicks, Tom's. I guess you could call them tame but their wild as a March hare. They have to fend for themselves in Winter..I just help em a little to grow big and strong. I think a lot of them are taken by bob cats when a lot of snow is on the ground. Cats know they have to feed under trees where the ground can be scratched... __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-28-2013, 09:51 PM	#11
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Do wild turkey taste different than Walmart ones...I hope!!! And I complain about tourists!!! The turkey almost became our National bird if Ben Franklin had his way!!! Attached Images

11-28-2013, 10:33 PM	#12
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Eric, I don't know..I have never killed one of my birds. I leave that to the tender mercies of a harsh Winter in the high mountains. I have heard from those who hunt and eat them..there is no white meat on a wild turkey? __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-28-2013, 10:36 PM	#13
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	You are a True Gentleman!!! I hate the Swanson turkey dinners!

11-28-2013, 10:41 PM	#14
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	I hate the Swanson turkey dinners! Eric, The picture on the box always looks delicious. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-28-2013, 10:44 PM	#15
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	I also hated them!! You had to wait forever! Cold stuffing and burning cranberry sauce, cold potatoes was the norm!! They appeared during hunting season!! Attached Images

11-28-2013, 10:47 PM	#16
CAP Black User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fairmont, WV Right here in Mountaineer country and God's country Posts: 767 Thanks: 100 Thanked 174 Times in 96 Posts	Jerry, I read the words that you wrote about raising 200 fluff balls into adulthood. Never mentioned a single hen. They really taste delicious. Plenty of white meat. If you look at a long beard and see the robust front he throws out for all to see - that is a large breast. And just as good eating as a tame one; must be cooked differently as they don't have fat. Best to cook with some knowledge as to get them tender as they are tougher birds than the tame ones. thanks Jack

11-28-2013, 10:58 PM	#17
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Jack, HAHA! Yes true..I guess I raised the hen the year before! The toms..when they get very mature generally run together. Separate from the hens and chicks. They do an amazing transformation from a normal looking turkey to fluffing up, fanning out and turning all sorts of red and blue colors! They can really put on a display! Plenty of white meat. That's good to know! I never plan on killing one but you never say never. Bringing them in to cracked corn is one thing but they are very wary and elusive in the woods. When I go on walks in the woods and fields you can't get near them. Eric! Don't eat that dinner! it's from the 1960"s! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

11-29-2013, 09:05 AM	#18
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	They are huge! How old do they get? Attached Images

12-02-2013, 03:14 AM	#19
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Got plenty running about in my timber. They can fly through brush you can hardly see through. Hens lay a lot of eggs in big unprotected nests. They are heavily predated. Most folks here just eat the breast as the rest is pretty stringy. They mostly use the deep fryer method anymore. Had a mess of bacon wrapped dove breast a couple evenings aqo.

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