Hammer
01-01-2003, 11:27 PM
here's an excerpt of an article about Texas turkey hunting from this link http://gameandfish.about.com/library/weekly/aa115201a.htm Note this is from the part 2 link.
I was hunting over a feeder one fall when the timer went off, and in just seconds it became a crowd-control problem. Four adult hogs showed up trailed by some 20 small pigs, doves came in, and two turkey hens were close by; in the brush were a couple of does. I can't remember what I was hoping to shoot that day, but with all the snorting and squealing going on, I just watched the action. I changed to another stand the next day.
If you're hunting over a feeder and turkeys move in, be patient and pick your shot; you want to make your first one count. Don't force things. If you can't get a good, clean shot, let the birds go. If undisturbed, they'll probably come back later in the day, or maybe the next day. You'll get another chance.... Find out where they roost at night, find out in which direction they usually head out in the morning to start feeding. (Make sure you're a good distance from the roost. Remember: It's illegal to hunt a roost. Even worse - because this affects other hunters, too - you could mess up the site's gobbler hunting for years.) Birds start coming off their roost and are on their way before the sun clears the horizon. So you need to be in place, hidden and ready for action before the sun peeks above the horizon. Do it right, and your Thanksgiving dinner will feature your own wild turkey.
I guess this means it's legal to hunt turkeys over bait in Texas??
I was hunting over a feeder one fall when the timer went off, and in just seconds it became a crowd-control problem. Four adult hogs showed up trailed by some 20 small pigs, doves came in, and two turkey hens were close by; in the brush were a couple of does. I can't remember what I was hoping to shoot that day, but with all the snorting and squealing going on, I just watched the action. I changed to another stand the next day.
If you're hunting over a feeder and turkeys move in, be patient and pick your shot; you want to make your first one count. Don't force things. If you can't get a good, clean shot, let the birds go. If undisturbed, they'll probably come back later in the day, or maybe the next day. You'll get another chance.... Find out where they roost at night, find out in which direction they usually head out in the morning to start feeding. (Make sure you're a good distance from the roost. Remember: It's illegal to hunt a roost. Even worse - because this affects other hunters, too - you could mess up the site's gobbler hunting for years.) Birds start coming off their roost and are on their way before the sun clears the horizon. So you need to be in place, hidden and ready for action before the sun peeks above the horizon. Do it right, and your Thanksgiving dinner will feature your own wild turkey.
I guess this means it's legal to hunt turkeys over bait in Texas??