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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4878337" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>First, congratulations on killing your first turkey!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I certainly won't give you much grief for shooting a jake, especially since you've never before killed a turkey.</p><p></p><p>But to answer your question,</p><p>killing a jake is somewhat akin to killing a yearling spike buck.</p><p>Totally legally, totally good eating.</p><p></p><p>But if you want to increase your own odds of killing either an older buck or a longbearded turkey,</p><p>the best strategy is to give the younger bucks & birds a pass.</p><p></p><p>Just me, but I can honestly say I enjoy the hunting more than the killing,</p><p>although some periodic killing is a requirement to justify that "hunting".</p><p>The question is, "How often do I need to kill something?"</p><p>. . . . . . to fully enjoy my hunting to the max.</p><p></p><p>My very first turkey kill was a jake,</p><p>about four decades ago.</p><p></p><p>At my stage now, I just enjoy being able to go hunting, period.</p><p>It was great Saturday, just being out in nature, taking it all in,</p><p>gun in hand, hunting.</p><p>Sunday was better because I finally heard a turkey gobble less than a mile away.</p><p>And that bird was willing to play, putting on a spectacular show of spitting & drumming & strutting,</p><p>to the point, I didn't even want to shoot him, as that would end the show.</p><p>But I did shoot him, icing the cake of another good day of "hunting".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4878337, member: 1409"] First, congratulations on killing your first turkey! I certainly won't give you much grief for shooting a jake, especially since you've never before killed a turkey. But to answer your question, killing a jake is somewhat akin to killing a yearling spike buck. Totally legally, totally good eating. But if you want to increase your own odds of killing either an older buck or a longbearded turkey, the best strategy is to give the younger bucks & birds a pass. Just me, but I can honestly say I enjoy the hunting more than the killing, although some periodic killing is a requirement to justify that "hunting". The question is, "How often do I need to kill something?" . . . . . . to fully enjoy my hunting to the max. My very first turkey kill was a jake, about four decades ago. At my stage now, I just enjoy being able to go hunting, period. It was great Saturday, just being out in nature, taking it all in, gun in hand, hunting. Sunday was better because I finally heard a turkey gobble less than a mile away. And that bird was willing to play, putting on a spectacular show of spitting & drumming & strutting, to the point, I didn't even want to shoot him, as that would end the show. But I did shoot him, icing the cake of another good day of "hunting". [/QUOTE]
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