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Iluv2hunt
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if going for a slam, how would a hybrid place(or not at all?) and are we gonna be allowed to use 22 lr's or 22 mags, I hope?

If its on one side of the line, its an eastern. If its on the other side, its an Osceola. A hybrid is a generalized term for birds sharing both characteristics.

Ive seen pictures of birds killed in S carolina that looked like they came out of the Everglades

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milkman
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I dont think you can use rifles at all for turkeys this year. Im not trying to ruffle feathers or make any enemies but turkey hunting is about calling them in and tricking them not sniping them with a rifle. You can buy turkey breast in the store way cheaper but you cant buy the experience of him gobbling in your face and drumming, while you have convinced him to do something nature has told him hes not supposed to do. Everybody owes it to themselves to try spring turkey hunting. When you get a bird gobbling in a swamp or river bottom the sounds are absolutely addicting and in my opinion nothing else in hunting can come close to comparing.

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DONY1
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Going into my 4th year of chasing thunderchickens without having been able to close the deal so far. I've come close a few times and can honestly say that when they're going off and you can get them to come to you it is very addicting. I think I actually get more anxious as we get close to turkey season than I do to deer season. :rockon

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Iluv2hunt
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Going into my 4th year of chasing thunderchickens without having been able to close the deal so far. I've come close a few times and can honestly say that when they're going off and you can get them to come to you it is very addicting. I think I actually get more anxious as we get close to turkey season than I do to deer season. :rockon

For me, I think its the fact that you are interactive with the animal. As opposed to deer hunting where you are incognito from them.
When a turkey hunt is on, there is no better adrenalin rush. However when its not on, it can be boring

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DONY1
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Going into my 4th year of chasing thunderchickens without having been able to close the deal so far. I've come close a few times and can honestly say that when they're going off and you can get them to come to you it is very addicting. I think I actually get more anxious as we get close to turkey season than I do to deer season. :rockon

For me, I think its the fact that you are interactive with the animal. As opposed to deer hunting where you are incognito from them.
When a turkey hunt is on, there is no better adrenalin rush. However when its not on, it can be boring

That's definitely a big part of the rush being able to try to fool them to come to you. I happen to really like walking through the woods so when they're not talking I just go on a walkabout and call every 300 yds. or so.

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