Fall turkey tags

[skein]

Has anyone else gotten a fall turkey tag? I'm seeing lots of them while I am out grouse hunting, and having never eaten one, think this might be a good chance to see if I want to get serious for next spring. There's certainly no shortage of 'em, and wouldn't that surprise the wife if I brought home the "biggest grouse I've ever seen!" :shocked: :grin:

You can still get the tags over the counter, at least until they sell out the quota - 2000 I think.

Skein

[GutshotApe]

Skein - I've shot a few turkeys and can tell you they are good eatin'. Not white meat, not dark meat - its inbetween meat. I shot my first one in Klickitat Co. WA with a 5mm rimfire (was legal then, there) and I've killed several in Oregon with shotguns. Probably the most thrilling hunting experience I've ever had was on a spring turkey hunt near Tiller: First, locate and "put the bird to bed" on friday evening. Up well before dawn, hike up to ridgetop, set up decoy, find blind and get hid. Wait until gobbler gobbles on the roost at 1st light, 250 yds away. Use hen call sparingly. Bird flies and lands in top of tree under which you sit. More cautious hen calls. Gobbler flies down and lands at edge of clearing, struts, moves behind thick reprod 20 yds away. Anxious moments pass. Turkey continues strutting & gobbling, trying to entice decoy to come over into the bushes. By now, turkey is 7 yds away but has moved almost directly behind. Slowly shift shotgun to left shoulder, twist around to the right. The big gobbler's head is just visible thru the brush - hold, hold, squeeze the trigger - BOOM! That was the only time I've actually been genuinely weak in the knees afterwards due to the thrill of the hunt.

[KingFisher85]

Klickitat Co. is closed to all hunting/bikeing/hiking and anything that has to do up in the hills up there.
A buddy of mine and his dad were up trying to get there fall bird. They got fall turkey tags to hunt Klickitat.
They got busted cause the area that they were in was closed do to fire danger. They were on mountain bikes and on foot.
Somewhat stupid if you ask me. The signs up there said no fires and no motors vehicles.
I don't know when they are going to lift this but just watch it people.
I never heard anything about this, the only thing I knew is that there was no fires. Did not know that you could not ride your bikes in and hunt birds.