Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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04/25/21 09:16 AM
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any one do this ?
one of my 4-H kids has gotten into it , has filled a few tags with it also
H took my son for a short trip the other day , a hen busted them and ran off the toms but my son thinks this is the coolest.
lots of leg work to get properties that work for it , but incredible when it works and shoot you could use plane old trap loads for how close they get in
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Re: Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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04/25/21 06:00 PM
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what part isn't legal in PA
holding the decoy?
moving the decoy during the hunt ?
using a decoy?
the way my son an his friend were explaining it , find birds in a hay field , enter so the birds can't see you , work your way out belly crawling while holding the fanned out Jake.
Big Tom sees Jr and comes in ready for a fight at 15-20 yards sometimes less you pop the turkey
fanned decoy black hooded sweatshirt camo pants
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Re: Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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I tried It but the crawling part Is out of the question. LOL
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Re: Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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I tried It but the crawling part Is out of the question. LOL 17yo boys have a lot more crawl in them he dad said he crawled in on 1 for 800 yards , a half mile I am sure his laundry has never been easy but you have to figure if you just crawled across a half mile of hay those pants are just going to stay green
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Re: Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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the boys are using a gun , and are really only trying to get them close enough to shoot 20 yards is about perfect
maybe what they are doing isn't true reaper style turkey hunting. I just hadn't heard of it till this week.
they get one week here per tag , between work and school they count there time in minutes
you apply for your tag in march-april for the next year so you guessing at choice weeks and it is a lottery for what week you get a-f
then you can buy bonus tags in march of that year to have extra weeks
it always seemed kinda odd how the DNR did this and I have to admit I don't know much about turkey hunting , always been too busy in the spring to participate but I get a license when I buy my conservation patrons as does the boy the youth conservation patron
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Re: Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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04/25/21 11:00 PM
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It works really well later in the season and later in the day once the big toms have claimed strutting areas. Drive around and find them out in the big green fields. Slip in close and let him see the fan. Can even add a little calling if he doesn't react right away. I have shot some of my biggest birds doing it.
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Re: Reaper Turkey Hunting ?
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04/30/21 03:25 PM
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You guys that are crawling across open fields must live where sandburrs don't exist lol. I did a lot of sneak hunting or ambush hunting on turkey when I was younger but as I got older it got less and less enjoyable after a morning of hunting to spend the evening digging stickers out of my knees and elbows. sand burs used to be a thing here almost completely gone , the fields they are crawling through are like a carpet of green hay about 8-10 inches deep.
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