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Post by discgolf94 on Jan 18, 2009 14:31:34 GMT -5
Earlier this year i was out deer hunting and i had turkey come in on me. This was a new thing for me i was unsure if this. Growing up we only did basic hunting rabbit tree rats deer. so turkeys are a whole new world. I have been doing some studying on hunting turkey and i have found there are only 5 types of turkeys. Does anyone know how the turkey grand slam works, what i need to do to qualify for this great award? any info on this would be great
thanks
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Post by discgolf94 on Jan 18, 2009 16:10:25 GMT -5
I also know that the 5th bird is in Mexico.. if you shot the 5th bird its call the royal slam.
what im looking for is there a score i have to be better then to classified for the grand slam. Is there a certain time frame it has to be completed in? how do i check them in for a grand slam. who know i have done the grand slam?
i can go out a shoot turkeys all day long but how do i get credit for the grand slam?
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Jan 18, 2009 17:17:08 GMT -5
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Post by discgolf94 on Jan 19, 2009 16:57:11 GMT -5
ty for the info ill be looking in to this some more to see if this is something that im able to complete.
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Post by mullis56 on Jan 19, 2009 19:03:01 GMT -5
no timeline to get birds. have to get all in all categories they can be any size. used to be that you had to get all killed in one year isn't case anymore. I personally have 2 of them but haven't ever registered a single bird.
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Post by discgolf94 on Jan 24, 2009 11:50:08 GMT -5
may i ask y you never registered them to get your award?
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Post by discgolf94 on Jan 26, 2009 14:28:36 GMT -5
1 Are all of the check en station good enough for the NWTF? I'm reading there site and im not sure how this works?
2 I must have a witness on my hunt. I don't hunt with people on the norm.As a matter of fact i don't know anyone who is a member.
3. Is score important? and if so who scores it? check in or me? prob don't want either to do scoring the guy who checks in my deer hes blind so i don't want him to score anything.
Maybe i didnt read something right and im only 3 months into learning anything about turkeys so maybe i need to slow down.
any help with this i would be appreciated.
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Post by powderfinger on Feb 6, 2009 23:05:13 GMT -5
You do realize you wont find all these birds in Indiana, right?
I would try to get an Eastern before I went running around the country trying for the slam.
Not that easy to kill any turkey.
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Post by mullis56 on Feb 8, 2009 15:09:58 GMT -5
You have to have another NWTF member verify your measurements on an official scoring sheet. Pay money, just not worth it to me at this point....however, when my dad gets 1 or 2 this spring I might go ahead and register he and I both. I hope to have 4 and him 2! Good luck! Powderfinger has a good point, might want to kill on here first! LOL
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Post by Decatur on Feb 8, 2009 16:22:58 GMT -5
i can go out a shoot turkeys all day long I'm afraid you're in for a rude awakening! |
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Post by freedomhunter on Feb 8, 2009 17:04:40 GMT -5
Northern Indiana is a good place to get your first Eastern. I wouldn't start someplace like Kentucky or even far Southern Indiana, you are in for a rude awakening.
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Post by tickman1961 on Feb 9, 2009 15:26:40 GMT -5
Every deer thinks a hunter is a stump, while every turkey thinks a stump is a hunter.
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Post by huxbux on Feb 9, 2009 21:02:40 GMT -5
Northern Indiana is a good place to get your first Eastern. I wouldn't start someplace like Kentucky or even far Southern Indiana, you are in for a rude awakening. Agreed! Big woods are an extremely difficult turkey hunt. If you just want to shoot a turkey, hunt over crop fields. |
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Post by discgolf94 on Feb 10, 2009 12:42:37 GMT -5
i posed a video here a few mo. back showing about 65 birds and i have watched them sence so when i say i could shot bird all day it because they dont leave this 2 acre plot Ill get the eastern here in indiana but as for the rest im not sure yet im looking in to it but it will prob be FL, MO.TX
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Post by danf on Feb 10, 2009 12:50:39 GMT -5
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Post by Decatur on Feb 10, 2009 12:57:42 GMT -5
Amen Danf!
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Post by Decatur on Feb 10, 2009 13:05:02 GMT -5
From : www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-MR_958_Spring_2008_Wild_Turkey_HarvestResults.pdf"Abstract: Hunters harvested 12,204 wild turkeys in 85 of the 91 counties open to hunting. The 2008 harvest was the second highest harvest in 39 years exceeding the 2007 harvest by 1,041 birds (+9% increase). Estimated hunter success was around 22%. The majority of the birds were harvested in the earlier part of the season and the early morning hours. A total of 956 birds was taken during the youth only weekend prior to the regular season (7.8% of the total statewide harvest).
Juvenile and adult weights were up slightly compared to the mean weights of previous years. The proportion of juvenile
turkeys in the harvest was 21% with 52% 2yrolds, and 27% ¡Ý 3 yr olds. The southcentral and southeastern regions supported 51% of the harvest followed by west central and northern Indiana at 18% each." |
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