need advice with domestic turkeys?
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Question by eat_slp.fish: need advice with domestic turkeys?
i raised two turkeys with intent of thanksgiving and Xmas dinner ,but with thanksgiving fast on the approach ive grown concerned with the fact that i cant get with in 100 feet of either of them.
to make life more difficult i live in city limits and can only shoot with a shot gun which defeats the purpose of raising them my self,however i do have a pellet rifle with a Velocity of 645 fps would this be efficient to kill the turkey provided i take a head shot?
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I would think so if you do hit it in the head. I shot a rabbit in the head with one about that fps, the rabbit walked about 20 feet and died.
Have you tried leading them into a pen by feeding your turkeys with crack corn. Leave a bit of feed in spots closer to a pen, then leave it in a trail into a pen, in time you should be able to get them on you table without wasting a single pellet.
Good luck and good eats.
mc
June 3, 2012 at 3:23 am
you could claim it was in self defense and you grabbed the first gun available. just an idea..
“It was coming right at me and I feared for my life”
have you considered trying to make a trap? if you could get your tasty friend into a pen and fix the door with a pull string. if you make it, and leave it alone, put food into it, you should be able to gain their confidence and spring the trap at your leisure
ADDED: I almost forgot the most important part. Make sure you place a weapon by the dead turkey or no one will believe you killed it in self-defense
hillbilly
June 3, 2012 at 3:34 am
should do the trick…..or just corral them and wack em with a stick!
Mountain Man
June 3, 2012 at 4:22 am
Turkey are not the brightest critters, just bait them in with a decoy and some good feed set a trap and get your turkey. Or try using a bow it is quiet and effective. Using the Gobbler Guillotine arrowhead you lop off the head of the turkey for a one shot no fuss no mess humane kill.
http://www.arrowds.com/guillotine/guillotine.htm
chris w
June 3, 2012 at 4:47 am
Just bait them into a fence….or bait them close enough and shoot them. A pellet that weak won’t kill a turkey unless its a lucky shot. A head is a small target for a pellet gun .If you miss you will scare them away…maybe for good.
.700 nitro
June 3, 2012 at 5:30 am
Feeding them will work. But turkeys roost at night, just find the tree they roost in, shine them with a flash light and when you get a head shot……..turkeys on!
beedsarefunak
June 3, 2012 at 6:25 am
It should kill them, but not right away.
bigboy6294
June 3, 2012 at 6:38 am