Where bouts is your place? County-wise.

What are you guys hunting turkeys with? I bought a .17HMR and hoping to use it for turkey hunts.

Can you hunt turkey with a rimfire ?

Maybe I should look into that? lol. Probably important to know.

Cause if you can, that'd be fun !

I just glanced through the regulations and don't see anything. Besides an Archery Only season, I don't see a restriction on guns. I'll keep checking though.

Depends on the county. Eastern areas have only shotgun and archery.

Other county's do not say there is a restriction. But that doesn't mean I read it right.

OnlyForNow said:

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Where bouts is your place? County-wise.

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Gonzales

I don't see a restriction for my county.

Great thread!!!!

What was it kilt with?

My Beretta 391 I got for Christmas at 15.

Were you calling with decoys? I've never turkey hunted….
Missed a few head shots during fall rifle.

Yessir. I put out a spread and call with a wood call. They came running in on that Jake with the fan. It uses a real fan. Hell I could hardly tell the decoy from the real bird when they were next to each other. I have a video of it I'll try to post when I get home.

Never?

Do you have a place someone ( a good TexAger perhaps) could guide you on spring birds?

Never hunted spring turkey. I've got the birds on my place in Atascosa County. Just never hunted them. I guess I need to buy a decoy and a call.

Isn't quite that easy, but ya. Go out one evening before sunset and listen for gobblers going to roost.

If you know the area well enough, set up the next morning (hour so so before sunrise) in an area that has low cover most likely place for fly down, don't sit directly behind or in line with your decoy(s), learn how to use a diaghram or box call and give a few yelps as it gets more day light, listen for gobbling on the roost, and then listen for fly down.

Yelp a little more and see if you get a response, turkey talk minimally (normally) and see how it goes.

Shoot the one with the longest beard in the head/neck.

3 1/2" TSS loads with a full choke are DEADLY up to 55-65 yards, but try to get em to 20-30. Makes it more fun!