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Just got back from bass pro and picked up some real tree camo for turkey hunting this weekend. I'm excited!
this is a huge first step for me... I've never actually been hunting before. I've shot lots of rodents and critters, but never been on a real hunting trip.
Cograts! Good choice on the Realtree... Mossy Oak sucks butthole.
Remember it isn't the camo that makes the hunter. Guys used to hunt and kill all the time wearing red plaid with blue fleece pants while elk hunting!
Used to? [gohome]Quote:
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Wise words. [Beer]Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper7
Be prepared to get skunked. This is Colorado, there are few places here where Turkey are abundant. Honestly there are not a lot of huntable birds (compared to other states) in this state. Good luck, where are you going to be hunting?
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Originally Posted by buffalobo
Lol!
Thanks. I won't be disappointed if we leave empty handed. It a good hiking opportunity. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Herman
We'll be out by Woodland Park.
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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
RealTree is still my favorite natural camo for the mountains of Colorado. But remember, movement is much more significant than pattern. Be like a tree.
Good luck hunting. Shoot the head, clean it quick and cook it medium rare.
Bleh. Gag me. It doesn't freakin matter. Some of the most successful(record holding deer) wear mismatched half faded camo from 10 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcantar18c
Agree, I know someone who just bought some of that Sitka stuff. I would need to mortgage my house to afford it. I have killed lots of elk and deer wearing my old Carharts, or camo from Walmart. I have a hard time ruining nice stuff in the field. I am also cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh
Now don't get me wrong. I have some nice going out camo. But I don't hunt with that stuff.
I hunt in a loin cloth. I'll post pictures in a bit.
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Originally Posted by sniper7
Personally I wear my wife's sequin ball gown. Deer are on the lookout for people dressed for hunting. Game never expect someone in a ball gown to be a hunter.
[Coffee]
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Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh
This thread just keeps getting better!!Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper7
On another forum, someone asked about scent blockers, which I responded I don't use. Wearing Jeans, a blaze orange pull-over an a blaze orange cap, I had a buck step over my legs before he scented me.
That said, wild Turkeys have excellent eyesight (270 degrees) and do see colors. Depth is important to break up your outline for Turkeys. There are not as many here as some other states, but if you did your scouting, you should be able to bag one even if you don't call. I like to wait a few hours to call in the morning. Remember, the sound you hear may be another hunter, and if you do call, realize some idiots try to stalk turkeys and you need to shout stop if you see another hunter approaching you during legal hours.
Thats because the animals are colorblind. Or else deer and elk hunters wouldn't wear blaze orange. Turkeys can actually see color and movement very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper7
A wise man(a guy who doesn't wear matching trendy camo) once told me - when a deer sees a hunter it thinks it's a tree, when a turkey sees a tree it thinks it's a hunter.
If it's your first time going after turkey, it will be fun. After that, it's about revenge.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
Very cool! I am dying to go hunting in the next couple of months. I need to look up Colorado laws, but I do have some appropriately sized magazines coming for it also.
No turkey for dinner tonight... lol
You didn't stop at the store on the way home ?Quote:
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I should've. [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
I heard there's a lot of turkey around CRC. Not sure how I heard that.
I saw a few different groups of turkeys walking around while Elk hunting last week. I might have been close enough to pick one off with my pistol once. I definitely could have gotten one with a .22 at the range I saw some of them. Good luck.
How was elk hunting? PM me if you don't want to clutter the thread...
It was too warm. That's pretty much the jist of it. I think I posted more in the Elk hunting thread, but not much. Great learning experience all around for outdoors skills either way.