what do you use to hunt turkey? are there specific weapons ie a 22, arrow tip ?

[OPAH]

Have a place with a rafter of 30 plus Turkey, I want to be as gentle and quite as I can bringing a couple home with me.
I do not want to disturb them to much and have them flee the area.
So Two Ideas a 22 or my Bow, so I guess the question is it legal to take turkey with a 22?
Or what head should I use with a bow ?

 

[OPAH]

So Far:
[h=2]Methods of Take[/h] Under the Act, migratory game birds may be taken by any method except those expressly prohibited in 50 CFR § 20.21. Prohibited methods include those listed below. See 50 CFR § 20.21 and 50 CFR § 105.

 

[flytrue]

I'm going for turkey next Saturday with my recurve. I'll be using a two blade, cut on contact broad head. I've yet to take one with this head, but I think it will do the trick. I've taken them with my compound and 3 blade Muzzys. It can be frustrating. I've had a few birds hit well and they still flew off with my arrow in them.
I believe air guns are legal. Not so for the .22.

 

[dthome]

Have a place with a rafter of 30 plus Turkey, I want to be as gentle and quite as I can bringing a couple home with me.
I do not want to disturb them to much and have them flee the area.
So Two Ideas a 22 or my Bow, so I guess the question is it legal to take turkey with a 22?
Or what head should I use with a bow ?

Opah, you should really read the regs before you hunt turkey. Method of take and legal hunting hours are not intuitive.

 

[Chuck buck]

Opah, you should really read the regs before you hunt turkey. Method of take and legal hunting hours are not intuitive.

X2

 

[Revo2811]

What would Opah do?

 

[OPAH]

Species	1. Seasons	2. Daily Bag and Possession Limits
(G) Wild Turkeys	a. Fall Season - The second Saturday in November extending for 30 consecutive days	Bag Limit: 1 either-sex turkey per day, 2 per season Possession Limit: 2 per season
b. Spring Season - The last Saturday in March extending for 37 consecutive daysc. Additional Spring Season for Hunters with Junior Hunting Licenses - The Saturday and Sunday preceding the opening day of the general spring turkey season; and the day following the close of the general spring turkey season extending for 14 consecutive days	Bag Limit: 1 bearded turkey per day, 3 per season. No person shall take more than a total of 3 turkeys during the general, archery, and additional season for junior hunters, combined. Possession Limit: 3 per season (A bearded turkey is one having a beard visible through the breast feathers.)

 

[OPAH]

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

§250. General Prohibition Against Taking Resident Game Birds, Game Mammals and Furbearing Mammals.

Except as otherwise provided in this Title 14, and in the Fish and Game Code, resident game birds, game mammals and furbearing mammals may not be taken at any time.



So unless it says some where in here exactly when where and how, you can not hunt period ?

 

[OPAH]

so here it is

http://www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/current/uplandgamebirdregs.aspx#250

 

[dthome]

This is a quicker resource to find what you need:
http://www.eregulations.com/california/hunting/waterfowl/

 

[OPAH]

[h=4]§311. Methods Authorized for Taking Resident Small Game.[/h]The take or attempted take of any resident small game with a firearm shall be in accordance with the use of nonlead projectiles and ammunition pursuant to Section 250.1. Only the following may be used to take resident small game:

• (a) Shotguns 10 gauge or smaller using shot shells only and incapable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined. If a plug is used to reduce the capacity of a magazine to fulfill the requirements of this section, the plug must be of one piece construction incapable of removal without disassembling the gun.
• (b) Shotgun shells may not be used or possessed that contain shot size larger than No. BB, except that shot size larger than No. 2 may not be used or possessed when taking wild turkey. All shot shall be loose in the shell.
• (c) Muzzle-loading shotguns.
• (d) Falconry.
• (e) Bow and arrow (see Section 354 for archery equipment regulations).
  • (1) It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey by use of hunting arrows and crossbow bolts unless fitted with a broad head type blade which will not pass through a hole seven-eighths inch in diameter. Mechanical/retractable broadheads shall be measured in the open position.
• (f) Air rifles powered by compressed air or gas and used with any caliber of pellet, except that wild turkey may only be taken with a pellet that is at least 0.177 caliber.
• (g) In addition to the methods listed in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) above, firearm rifles and pistols may be used for taking rabbits and squirrels only; except in Los Angeles County where rifles and pistols may not be used.
• (h) In San Diego and Orange counties only, rabbits may be taken at any time during the open season by means of box traps. Such traps shall not exceed 24 inches in any dimension, shall be tended at least once every 24 hours, and shall show the name and address of the trap owner. All rabbits taken under this section shall be immediately killed and become a part of the daily bag limit.
• (i) Electronic or mechanically-operated calling or sound-reproducing devices are prohibited when attempting to take resident game birds.
• (j) Coursing dogs may be used to take rabbits.
• (k) Archers hunting during any archery season may not use or possess a firearm while in the field engaged in archery hunting during an archery season except as provided in subsection (k)(1).
  • (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the lawful possession of a concealed firearm by an active peace officer listed in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3, of Part 2 of the Penal Code or a retired peace officer in lawful possession of an identification certificate issued pursuant to Penal Code Section 25445 authorizing the retired officer to carry a concealed firearm. Nor shall this section prohibit the lawful possession of a concealed firearm pursuant to a concealed carry permit issued pursuant to Penal Code sections 26150 or 26155.
• (l) The use of live decoys is prohibited when attempting to take resident game birds.
• (m) Pistols and revolvers may be used to take sooty and ruffed grouse in those counties only and for the season described in Section 300(a)(1)(E).
• Crossbows, except for provisions of Section 354(d) and (g).
• (o) Dogs may be used to take and retrieve resident small game.

 

[TheGDog]

OPAH... you DO know about pressing Ctrl+F when within your browser window right? Then you type in a piece of text within the current webpage being display you'd like the browser to find and go down to and put that part of the page into the currently viewable portion of the window. After hitting the first occurrence of your search term.. such as "Turkey"... you can press F3 key again to search for the 2nd instance of that search term within the page... and so on.

 

[OPAH]

No I did not, at least not as you have described it

 

[Brnsvllyjohn]

OPAH... you DO know about pressing Ctrl+F when within your browser window right? Then you type in a piece of text within the current webpage being display you'd like the browser to find and go down to and put that part of the page into the currently viewable portion of the window. After hitting the first occurrence of your search term.. such as "Turkey"... you can press F3 key again to search for the 2nd instance of that search term within the page... and so on.
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I know I have no idea what you just said.

 

[dthome]

John, you crack me up. Let me translate what Gdog said:

To search for a word on a web page, hit the “ctrl” and “f” keys simultaneously. Then type in the word you’re looking for. Your computer will show you where that word occurs within a web page.

 

[ChrisAMX]

I'm using shotgun with hevi-shot. I'm really interested in air rifles...not sure how many are having success with those.

 

[OPAH]

I have two
a silent cat single pump and a pump up 2000 psi, both are very accurate quit compared to a 22 and are faster fps than a 22.
My Grand son has taken rabbit with the one lunger, I know they will take a turkey with a head shot
will fine out in a couple of weeks hopefully, Taking both

 

[slowpoke]

Both my boys shot their turkeys last year with my 25 Cal Benjamin Marauder. Very effective with head shots. I plan to try it this year and I have not shot a turkey with anything other than a bow for 10 years

 

[TheGDog]

A .22 AirRifle that does at least 1000fps, and using a good hunting pellet like the Predator Polymags or H&N Terminators I'm sure would work nicely.

 

[OPAH]

Do you shoot for the neck with a bow ?
One would think a body shot would lay waste to much of the meat?