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Jesse's Hunting > Hunting Articles > The Diana Factor (Women in the Field) > From the Blogs - Turkey Hunting is Not So Simple
From the Blogs - Turkey Hunting is Not So Simple
Holly Heyser - JHO ProStaff
- Sacramento, CA
April 05, 2009
ProStaffer Holly Heyser demonstrates that turkey hunting is not as easy as some folks may think. Despite the fact that you see them walking down the road and crowding every park, they tend to be a little less available when you put on the camo and load the scattergun.
Here's a little of what she has to say:
Hunt? How hard is that? Wild turkeys are an introduced pest species. You can see them crossing the Pole Line Road by the cemetery in Davis, and a friend of mine in the foothills has a whole flock that infest his wooded yard. What kind of sport is that? It's like shooting pet dogs.
I knew I'd get a comment like that when I wrote that article about spring turkey hunting for the Sacramento Bee last month. When non-hunters can see wild turkeys pretty much every time they drive within a mile of any lake, river or creek, it's easy to understand how they'd get the impression that turkey hunting is easy. I mean, the birds are just sitting right there!
And even I have to admit my first turkey kill was pretty easy: I parked my butt up against an oak tree in a little woodland area next to a Napa vineyard, and when a turkey just happened to stroll by at at sunrise about 20 yards from me - no calling needed! - I popped him. Done.
I know, though, that I was just lucky. When I did the reporting for that Bee story, I saw the stats: Hunters in California bag just one turkey for every five hunt days in the spring season. And I'd come home empty-handed from my other three turkey hunts, so I was doing only slightly better than the average.
Read the rest of this on Holly's NorCal Cazadora blog!
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