I shot one at 10 yards with a 270 and the wife killed one at about 40 yards with a 223. The 270 actually made less of a mess than the 223, but would not recommend either, turkeys ain't meant to be shot with rifles bigger than a .22 mag.
Edit: And what everyone else said too: It's no fun and...
The fellas from Meateater's The Element just got some tickets from their Texas public land nilgai hunt for not wearing orange when moving and not getting public land film permits. They put a half assed apology on their last podcast and edited the youtube video.
I hope you're the best trainer in the world if you think you'll be able to check all those boxes with one animal, regardless of the breed. There's versatility and then there's futility, scratching my head at the choice for a pointing breed for predominately non-pointing requisite work. I think a...
It makes sense in my head when looking at it this way:
Stagnant or decreasing license sales with an increasing population means that hunters are a decreasing percentage of the population. As the wildlife and public lands are managed by the states and federal government, there is a drive to keep...
I'm far from an expert in the field, i just spend too much time looking at hunting pages on the internet.
There's some household names selling landowner tags/services like Huntin Fool. They may be a good place to start if you don't have much of a plan put together yet.
Prices are all over the board, but from what I remember seeing on various FB groups recently I'd expect to pay $1500-$2500 for an average quality landowner voucher with nothing else included. Guided hunts with landowner voucher included are another couple thousand on top of that, $4500-$5500.
Lets see... We took our daughter on a weekend of New York ruffed grouse hunting at 6 weeks old, numerous PA pheasant hunts between 3-5 months old, bass/pike fishing in Canada at 9 months old, an elk hunt in New Mexico at 13 months old, some more PA pheasant hunts at 14-15 months old, and at 16...
I'm points only this year but when the time comes, if a few hundred dollars extra is what may make the difference between hunting and not hunting I'll be paying it.
I'm going to be brining, rubbing, and smoking a bobcat next weekend. I've been talking about trying it for years, finally gonna send it when I've got a bunch of buddies in town for the outdoor show.
Most states keep DNR budgets safe from general state budgets due to the Pittman Robertson Act. Any diversion of conservation funds make you ineligible for millions in federal grant money.