Turkey and deer, two totally different animals, except for the fact that they are both delicious. When hunting these animals, there are several similarities and a few differences to the tactics and ruling. Usually, the differences depend on where you are hunting or how you plan to kill them. When it all comes down to it, deer hunting and turkey hunting are similar in different ways. What is meant by “similar in different ways” is, they have some of the same basic strategies and rules, but there are minor differences to them.
For example, while hunting either one you have to be quiet, no talking as talking can spook the animal. But when turkey hunting, you have to call the turkeys in with a mouth call, a box call, or a slate call. For deer,
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After you send in requests for a certain county to hunt, the state will send back your tags. There are two youth weekends, and then five weekends to hunt turkey. You can’t choose which weekend to hunt only where to hunt in a county. The tag will say which weekend you can hunt. You have to kill a bird with a beard, whether it be a jake, long-beard, or bearded hen. On the other hand, you can get deer tags from a nearby Wal-mart or a store like it. You can pick where you want to hunt as long as there are tags still available for that county and the tag can be good for any day of the entire season. You can get a head tag and a leg tag for a buck or just a leg tag for a doe. You have to wear camouflage for both hunts, but during shotgun and muzzleloader season for deer you have to wear orange. You do not wear orange for turkeys because they can see the orange and will avoid your area. You want to make sure you wear scent proof clothing and shower with scent-away before deer hunting because they can smell you. The turkeys will not smell you, so you can shower with your regular soap. Also, the time limitations are different, you can hunt a half hour before sunrise to 1p.m. for turkeys and a half hour before sunrise through a half hour after sunset for
amount of game allowed to kill. Today we have an abundance of deer in Kentucky,
“ Between each hanging garden and the creekside is a moss-paved deer trail, handy for the hunter to follow, and for the flushed grouse to cross-in a split second. The question is whether the bird and the gun agree on how a second should be split. If they do not, the next deer that passes finds a pair of empty shells to sniff at, but no feathers.” (Leopold 104)
The firearm deer season started on Friday, November 15 1996. This was terrible for me because I had to weigh in at two o'clock for a wrestling meet at Muskegon the next day. Even though I had to drive all the way to Muskegon on Saturday morning, I could not stand the idea of not being able to sit out there in the field and just enjoy the outdoors on opening day. I was still determined not to miss opening day, since I had never missed it before. After I weighed in I said the hell with it and hopped in my car and headed for home.
Even tho i did not get an deer i had a great time. I was regretting not shooting at that buck but i am sure glad that i have a friend that takes me hunting now. I had the best night in that
Throughout history, many northern states have gone all out on shooting bucks. Now they realize that just shooting bucks do not equal quality deer herds.
Sometime the buck will be running the doe out of the woods. We have trees that buck had hit when they run through the woods they will be big deer. We got a two point on camera and dad seen it but didn’t shoot it he let it walk.When I go hunting I go to wal-mart first and get some stuff in a can for deer to come out and it works.Last year we killed an eight point out there it's horns from one side to the other side was nineteen inches
The deer are easy to spot. In the summer, it’s coat is reddish-brown and in the winter it is buff. All year around its underside and tail are completely white as well as having a white spot on its neck. The prime deer habitat consists of deciduous trees, primarily cottonwood, ash, willow, elm and box elder. However preferred, the woodland cover is not essential to the deer’s survival.
During the 1600s, when Jamestown’s first settlers arrived, there were between 24 and 31 million white-tailed deer in North America (4). As settlers pioneered farther west, the deer population steadily decreased until a dramatic drop in the 19th century. By the end of the century, less than half-a-million deer were left. In some parts of the United States, there are none. In 1886, the US Supreme Court forced hunters to get licenses and follow certain restrictions.
Since the beginning of time man has been hunting animals for food. Even before fire, man needed to hunt, because hunting was the only way to eat. At first man used things such as spears and rocks to kill its prey. As man evolved, they started using bows and arrows. Next came an early model of what we use today, the firearm. It is powerful yet easy to carry around. It puts the animal through less suffering and is a lot more efficient than previous techniques. Hunting was once a necessity, but now it is a tradition, passed on from father to son as a way to spend time together, enjoy the outdoors, and experience what our ancestors went through in hunting their dinner. Since it is considered a sport some think we are killing off the deer population, when in actuality, “While most other big-game species have declined with the spread of urbanization, the whitetail has been able to adapt to its ever-changing environment. Through the efforts of state agencies and conservation groups like Whitetails Unlimited, wildlife officials estimate today’s whitetail population to exceed 30 million” (www.whitetailsunlimited.org).
There are many different ways in which these hunters killed the whitetail deer in the past and still use some of these objects and methods today. Blunt objects, clubs, spears, knives, axes, harpoons, bow and arrow, traps, snares and guns are some of the objects used for hunting. The Native Americans’ main way of killing deer was bow and arrow. Native American’s methods of hunting were used for centuries. The arrival of the Europeans vastly altered the hunting process. The Native Americans understood hunting, and that is what they did best. Native Americans only hunted what they needed. The entire carcass was used and the other resources were not wasted. From the web site Le Moyne Pictures, a French explorer describes the Native Americans, "The Indians, when hunting deer, used ingenuity such as we had never seen before…” (Le Moyne Index 1994). A clever invention of these Indians was to modify the carcasses of the deer into disguises (1994). This innovation allowed the Indians to get very close to the deer. The disguises made killing them a lot easier with bows and arrows. According to the article, “How the Indians Hunt Deer,” the Native Americans were described as being skillful, “they were able to remove the deer skin and prepare it without any metal knife, just shells, with such skill that I doubt there was anyone in the whole of Europe who could do it better” (1994...
Hunters often reveal that being in nature provides time to clear the mind. In the woods, there is no rush, no schedule, and no deadlines; nature moves at its own pace. This interaction provides a deep spiritual connection with the land, the wildlife, and our planet. Hunting has been around since the beginning of time and has been in many people 's lives for generations, these are some reasons why people all across America continue to hunt. Hunting has many benefits such as reducing deer related car accidents, controlling deer densities in heavily human populated areas, creates jobs, and feeding and supporting families. Thus, deer hunting is necessary for several reasons.
Hunting over bait is a debated issue across the country. Baiting deer has a negative effect on deer populations as well as other non-target species and habitats. The potential for disease transmission between species is far more prevalent in areas where baiting practices are administered than those that are not. These diseases are not only harmful to deer and other species, they can be fatal. Not only is there potential to spread disease, there are certain behavioral, social, and ecological impacts as well.
“On the majority of our WMAs, on the weekend before the regular gun deer season opens, we’ll have a youth deer hunt. The Monday through Friday of the week before our regular gun deer season opens, we have a statewide youth deer hunt.”
The author provides information describing the deer population in parts of New Jersey; yet, he does not include any data regarding the population in the rest of the United States, nor does he include any sources of where this information was obtained. A reader may be more
Others believe that it takes away from the sport of hunting and shouldn’t be allowed. As of September 2015, deer baiting is legal, but there are rules and regulations. The bait that you use to attract the deer has to be in a feeder above ground. The feed has to 100 yards from the stand. Feeding sites may not be hunted for 10 days following complete removal of all feed.