Turkey hunting forum for turkey hunting tips

I'm new to forums but I am a pretty seasoned turkey hunter so bare with me and hear me out. I've turkey hunted in numerous states and taken a few Grand Slams. I thought this would be a good platform for some feedback on a question I have. I came up turkey hunting with with my grandpa as a kid and have learned a lot from him during that time. I respect everything he tells me as I know it comes from decades of experience in the turkey woods.

He made a comment to me a while back and since then it's really resonated with me. He was referring to a younger generation kid that used the terminology "bird" a lot when talking about a tom he shot and how the hunt unfolded. According to my grandpa he used this term "bird" multiple times throughout the conversation regardless of what type of turkey he was describing. My grandpa said that the kid was being disrespectful to turkeys by calling them birds and that they deserve more respect than that. Maybe that's over-the-top, but think about how that term is casually used by many hunters you know and see on tv. Maybe even by yourself.

At the time I thought he was being too legalistic about the terminology. Since hearing that I've noticed that many turkey hunters, whether talking about jakes, jennys, toms, hens, poults, or just turkeys in general, call most everything birds and leave it to the listener to determine what the age category and gender the turkey is that they are commenting on.

Some examples would be:

We heard 3 birds this morning and after fly down we saw another bird pecking through the pasture
Donnie killed his first bird yesterday.
We hunted a bird hard yesterday.
There are tons of birds in that area.
I got 12 birds on cam and 2 of the birds were strutters
I saw 2 huge birds in the field yesterday.

Right or wrong on my part, the more I hear the word "bird" used by turkey hunters to describe the spectrum of turkeys, the more it has made me wonder about my grandpa's point and it's validity. Should they get more respect from hunters than to be generalized as "birds"? I have noticed that many of the older generation turkey hunters out there don't call them birds, or at least they very seldom do unless speaking very broadly.

Wondered if some of you could really think through this and give me some objective opinions on whether or not you think the term "bird" is disrespectful and/or is overused to describe turkeys that we love to hunt and often get outsmarted by?


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I've never thought of it this way as being disrespectful. In our duck camp we use the term birds, as we had several birds working but just couldn't get them to commit. Even dove hunting we use the same term "birds". So I don't see it as a disrespect.

My opinion, and that's all it is, one guy's opinion, is that using the term bird is acceptable. What I've noticed by reading comments in many forums is that some guys are old school, and some guys are just what I call purists.
They seem to think that you have to hunt a certain way, or use certain terms, and expect that all turkey hunters should do as they do.
No blinds, no decoys, no crawling after a gobbler, no ambushing a gobbler, use certain terms, etc. Well, who's to say that their way is the right way? ???
I personally live by the motto, if it's legal and it makes you happy, go for it. And note that legal is different than ethical. That's a whole other can of worms.

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Goodness! What will people cry over next?

I'd rather they be called a bird than anything with the word chicken in it. After all they are a bird, they ain't a chicken.

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I've probably turkey hunted as long, or close to as long as your Gandpa, and see it no more disrespectful than shooting them in the face with a shotgun. 

When I was growing up in Oklahoma, the word "bird" meant bobwhite quail, and nothing else.  Turkeys - what few of them there were at the time - were always called "turkeys".  Shows how old I am.   It no, calling them birds is not disrespectful

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Well...after all, they are birds...

Quote from: Brad_Colvin on April 27, 2020, 01:57:51 PM
I'd rather they be called a bird than anything with the word chicken in it. After all they are a bird, they ain't a chicken.

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Exactly!!

Quote from: Brad_Colvin on April 27, 2020, 01:57:51 PM
I'd rather they be called a bird than anything with the word chicken in it. After all they are a bird, they ain't a chicken.

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This!

Quote from: RutnNStrutn on April 27, 2020, 01:50:28 PM
My opinion, and that's all it is, one guy's opinion, is that using the term bird is acceptable. What I've noticed by reading comments in many forums is that some guys are old school, and some guys are just what I call purists.
They seem to think that you have to hunt a certain way, or use certain terms, and expect that all turkey hunters should do as they do.
No blinds, no decoys, no crawling after a gobbler, no ambushing a gobbler, use certain terms, etc. Well, who's to say that their way is the right way? ???
I personally live by the motto, if it's legal and it makes you happy, go for it. And note that legal is different than ethical. That's a whole other can of worms.

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Makes sense to me man!  Good point. I expected most of the responses I've seen so far because I totally get my grandpa has more of a radical stance. I'm likely more purist in my turkey terminology because of who taught and scolded me as a kid but at the same time, I'll do what it takes to kill a stubborn gobbler...I personally though, just won't call him a bird. Southern stubbornness I guess. Thanks for your comment!


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I usually call them a lot worse than that. Most of the time calling them a bird would actually be a compliment. Especially this year.


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because dinosaur was already taken?

Jim

Quote from: Brad_Colvin on April 27, 2020, 01:57:51 PM
I'd rather they be called a bird than anything with the word chicken in it. After all they are a bird, they ain't a chicken.

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I was going to say the exact same thing, that term just bugs me and bugs me more now that I have gotten one. Just seems disrespectful to make him a dumb barnyard chicken.

Shirley you can't be serious.

Quote from: Ol timer on April 27, 2020, 05:50:54 PM
Shirley you can't be serious.

If you're talking to me, yes I'm serious.


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With all due respect, I usually call them *@$#&%G Birds!  :angry9:  Because they're always giving me fit!   :funnyturkey:  I love and respect any game I pursue. They are what he are. JMHO
Happy Hunting
Johnny

I use Tom or Jake when I need to relay their age or male gender, and hen when I need to identify a female.  However, they are birds, so if I'm just being general that is certainly a term I use. 

Quote from: Timmer on April 27, 2020, 06:10:05 PM
I use Tom or Jake when I need to relay their age or male gender, and hen when I need to identify a female.  However, they are birds, so if I'm just being general that is certainly a term I use.

That's the point I was making and my grandads point too. Many turkey hunters out there don't do that, as per my examples. I completely understand all turkeys are birds. That wasn't the point.

When a turkey hunter says I killed a bird this morning. It was the biggest bird on my place.

My grandpa would say that's mostly ignorance for a novice hunter and disrespect to turkeys from a seasoned hunter.

Why's it so hard to just identify whether it was a tom, a jake, bearded hen, crow or cowbird?


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Quote from: Ol timer on April 27, 2020, 05:50:54 PM
Shirley you can't be serious.

Don't call me Shirley

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Quote from: Timmer on April 27, 2020, 06:10:05 PM
I use Tom or Jake when I need to relay their age or male gender, and hen when I need to identify a female.  However, they are birds, so if I'm just being general that is certainly a term I use.

That's the point I was making and my grandads point too. Many turkey hunters out there don't do that, as per my examples. I completely understand all turkeys are birds. That wasn't the point.

When a turkey hunter says I killed a bird this morning. It was the biggest bird on my place.

My grandpa would say that's mostly ignorance for a novice hunter and disrespect to turkeys from a seasoned hunter.

Why's it so hard to just identify whether it was a tom, a jake, bearded hen, crow or cowbird?


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I would suggest that, as in many things, implicit meaning goes assumed outside of formal conversation. If I tell a friend that I went turkey hunting this morning and got a bird, one assumes that I got a bearded male turkey, since that's what's legal and common in my area. Details usually arrive through the course of the conversation re: jake v tom, beard length etc. A bearded hen is unusual enough to warrant mentioning it at the start of a discussion, and I have noticed that many hunters here look upon shooting jakes as something left for children and the infirm - therefore the implicit beginning of the conversation is that a Tom has been shot unless noted otherwise. I don't think it's being done because its too hard as you suggest, or out of bad manners, but a cultural difference and a casual tone of conversation regarding a hobby.

Many folks wouldn't differentiate between a buck or doe initially - "I got a deer" usually suffices and I certainly do not think that it insituates a disrespect towards the animal in that case, and a turkey, in my opinion, is no more deserving of respect than any other game animal - not to say that respect is not paid to a high degree in the first place.

I certainly would never stoop to calling it ignorance or disrespect, any more than a dedicated wingshooter may condemn ground-sluicing grouse when it's been the traditional method of take for a long period of time. At that point it's a No True Scotsman fallacy.

What we have here is the intersection of numerous turkey hunting subcultures that are in various stages of development. No doubt if you had a century of hunting turkeys in Canada, and the northern United States, you would see decorum similar to that of the southern States where they were in continued existence and had the chance to establish traditions and methods of take and sportsmanship for the same amount of time.

I'm in the anti chicken crowd. 

Well... they have feathers and fly so they are birds.

Quote from: Cut N Run on April 27, 2020, 04:56:56 PM
because dinosaur was already taken?

Jim

LOL!! They do flat look primitive! No, IMO " bird " is not a derogatory term. Intent is what makes a word derogatory.

Quote from: warrent423 on April 27, 2020, 07:32:50 PM
I come from a long line of old school Turkey Hunters. There are birds and then there are Turkeys. They are always referred to as "Turkeys" where I am from. Calling them birds is pretty much for the new age fags

Ok, so I was trying to be diplomatic, but what you said what how I feel along with the generations that taught me!  Thanks for making it clear and concise Warrent!


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Warrent, while I do appreciate your honesty I'm not sure how using a degrading term for someone's sexuality isn't meant to insult those of us who happen to hold different views on terminology?

This forum is going down hill quickly. The constant name calling and attacks are out of control.

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Quote from: warrent423 on April 27, 2020, 07:32:50 PM
I come from a long line of old school Turkey Hunters. There are birds and then there are Turkeys. They are always referred to as "Turkeys" where I am from. Calling them birds is pretty much for the new age fags

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Truth right here.

Wish I could unsee that...

Quote from: guesswho on April 27, 2020, 01:59:25 PM
I've probably turkey hunted as long, or close to as long as your Gandpa, and see it no more disrespectful than shooting them in the face with a shotgun.

I think this sums it up.

I don't have the years your grandpa does, but I've got 30 years of respect built up.  I've seen plenty of stupid to wonder about, butcalling a bird a bird isn't one of them.

Although I appreciate your turkey hunting heritage. I started hunting turkeys over 30 years ago. I had no mentors. The internet was barely in existence. The only decent read I could find in book stores was Turkey and Turkey hunting magazine. I learned from the school of hard knocks. Trial and error, usually error. I've logged far to many hours sneaking around the woods to be considered sane. I have a few friends from school that I introduced to turkey hunting but have grown apart over the years because of family and work. I stand alone with my own heritage. Your implication that I do not love and respect this animal because of the use of certain terminology considered taboo in your hunting culture is frankly offensive. I am no less a turkey hunter than you. I think I'll leave it at that.

When it gets to the point that we are trying to figure out if its right or wrong to call a bird a bird we may be nearing an era where folks wonder which bathroom to use. Oh crap.. we are there.

Quote from: guesswho on April 27, 2020, 01:59:25 PM
I've probably turkey hunted as long, or close to as long as your Gandpa, and see it no more disrespectful than shooting them in the face with a shotgun.

I hope no one respects me so much that they feel the need to shoot me in the face to express it.

Quote from: strum on April 27, 2020, 10:00:15 PM
When it gets to the point that we are trying to figure out if its right or wrong to call a bird a bird we may be nearing an era where folks wonder which bathroom to use. Oh crap.. we are there.

Bahahahaha!!! Post of the day!

Quote from: Paulmyr on April 27, 2020, 09:45:35 PM
Although I appreciate your turkey hunting heritage. I started hunting turkeys over 30 years ago. I had no mentors. The internet was barely in existence. The only decent read I could find in book stores was Turkey and Turkey hunting magazine. I learned from the school of hard knocks. Trial and error, usually error. I've logged far to many hours sneaking around the woods to be considered sane. I have a few friends from school that I introduced to turkey hunting but have grown apart over the years because of family and work. I stand alone with my own heritage. Your implication that I do not love and respect this animal because of the use of certain terminology considered taboo in your hunting culture is frankly offensive. I am no less a turkey Hunter than you. I think I'll leave it at that.

I simply asked for opinions and I appreciate all of your opinions. I don't think the term should be used as loosely and most of you disagree. That's fine by me. I was just curious to see how other hunters felt about it. I think I have a pretty good idea now. I'm definitely in the minority and that's fine too. Thanks for your input. I hate it if I offended you with my opinions. I'm sure you'll be fine. Just adding some food for thought.


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As a group that was just slightly before my time said,....
Buh, buh, buh bird bird bird, bird-bird's the word....  :)

I'm not sure why this is even a conversation, but I respect your views (OP) and here are mine.

I personally refer to gobblers as birds very often. I also call them gobblers, toms and longbeards. I don't see how any term can be viewed as respectful or disrespectful. It's just a word to describe the critter you're referring to.

In the sense of turkey flocks as a whole, I also call them birds sometimes. I don't refer to hens or Jakes as birds nearly as often, unless I'm unsure of what sex or age they are at the time.

My explanation for this, I don't have one. Any reason why I should or shouldn't call them one thing or another, I can't come up with one. A tom is a gobbler is a turkey is a bird. Call em whatever you want. Respect for the animal comes in the form of fair chase.


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Well, they are birds after all.  We call alligators, gators. Sometimes lizard.  But when we shoot dove, we call them birds also.  Never really thought about asking their age.  But I will try to find out how they wanna be described. If I hear 3 birds in the morning gobbling on the limb, they remain birds unless I actually put my eyes on them to identify what they are, then they become big birds or little birds.

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As already said a "bird" in hunting terms in the South is a Bobwhite Quail. As also noted, I have heard the Wild Turkey Tom or Gobbler called "Thunder Chickens". I do not like the term, because it does not denote a term of endearment to me. I love these wary, proud & majestic sharp-eyed "birds". Call 'em what you want, but always treat them with the RESPECT they deserve. I always remember the 1st Wild Turkey I killed in 1992 & how beautiful he appeared walking through the pines. They look so beautiful to me when they are alive, but after they are dead & motionless they no longer seem so pretty. I think it may have been Ben Rogers Lee that said something to the effect that once he shoots one he wished he could bring it back to life again to hunt another day.

I'll call them birds, gobblers, toms, and longbeards but I don't call them chickens, always loathed the term.


MK M GOBL

Quote from: RutnNStrutn on April 27, 2020, 01:50:28 PM
My opinion, and that's all it is, one guy's opinion, is that using the term bird is acceptable. What I've noticed by reading comments in many forums is that some guys are old school, and some guys are just what I call purists.
They seem to think that you have to hunt a certain way, or use certain terms, and expect that all turkey hunters should do as they do.
No blinds, no decoys, no crawling after a gobbler, no ambushing a gobbler, use certain terms, etc. Well, who's to say that their way is the right way? ???
I personally live by the motto, if it's legal and it makes you happy, go for it. And note that legal is different than ethical. That's a whole other can of worms.

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X2 and agree ...

Quote from: MK M GOBL on April 27, 2020, 10:43:53 PM
I'll call them birds, gobblers, toms, and longbeards but I don't call them chickens, always loathed the term.


MK M GOBL

X2 on this one also... agree

Quote from: TravisB on April 27, 2020, 04:31:31 PM
I usually call them a lot worse than that. Most of the time calling them a bird would actually be a compliment. Especially this year.


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LOL!!! :D

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Quote from: Ol timer on April 27, 2020, 05:50:54 PM
Shirley you can't be serious.

And stop calling me Shirley!!! :D

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Quote from: RutnNStrutn on April 27, 2020, 01:50:28 PM
My opinion, and that's all it is, one guy's opinion, is that using the term bird is acceptable. What I've noticed by reading comments in many forums is that some guys are old school, and some guys are just what I call purists.
They seem to think that you have to hunt a certain way, or use certain terms, and expect that all turkey hunters should do as they do.
No blinds, no decoys, no crawling after a gobbler, no ambushing a gobbler, use certain terms, etc. Well, who's to say that their way is the right way? ???
I personally live by the motto, if it's legal and it makes you happy, go for it. And note that legal is different than ethical. That's a whole other can of worms.

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Makes sense to me man!  Good point. I expected most of the responses I've seen so far because I totally get my grandpa has more of a radical stance. I'm likely more purist in my turkey terminology because of who taught and scolded me as a kid but at the same time, I'll do what it takes to kill a stubborn gobbler...I personally though, just won't call him a bird. Southern stubbornness I guess. Thanks for your comment!


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From one southerner to another, I'm good with that!

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Quote from: TravisB on April 27, 2020, 04:31:31 PM
I usually call them a lot worse than that. Most of the time calling them a bird would actually be a compliment. Especially this year.


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Same here.

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:TooFunny: :TooFunny:

Ive noticed recently people in the south calling a Gobbler a Tom. I never heard that term in the southeast. Gobblers,Longbeards,Jakes or hens a Tom was cat. The old T&T Hunter magazines from the 80's the northern hunters called them Toms New York, Pennsylvania etc. The Thunder Chicken reference is more disrespectful than just about any term used.
      And I don't care for the "shot em in the face", "fed them such and such load", "dirt nap etc". The term bird isn't disrespectful.

Quote from: LaLongbeard on April 28, 2020, 03:52:57 AM
Ive noticed recently people in the south calling a Gobbler a Tom. I never heard that term in the southeast. Gobblers,Longbeards,Jakes or hens a Tom was cat. The old T&T Hunter magazines from the 80's the northern hunters called them Toms New York, Pennsylvania etc. The Thunder Chicken reference is more disrespectful than just about any term used.
      And I don't care for the "shot em in the face", "fed them such and such load", "dirt nap etc". The term bird isn't disrespectful.

seems we agree on a lot , except maybe louisianna lol. Bird doesn't bother me because at the end of the day they are a bird. I don't like Tom...but there are worse things. I just prefer gobbler or longbeard. And for the love of God the walk out selfies of people holding them by the face.....or sticking a shell in their mouth. My dad would have beat me bloody for doing such a thing. I saw a chick put camo face paint on a gobbler she killed once.....geez louise.

They are birds, calling them a bird isn't disrespectful to me.
Now calling them a thunder chicken that's another thing altogether......

So picking them up by the neck is potentially disrespectful and now calling them a "bird" is too?

Does anyone know how to ask a turkey what their gender and preferred pronouns are?

If you want to respect them, don't kill them.

Quote from: davisd9 on April 27, 2020, 01:53:52 PM
Goodness! What will people cry over next?

Quote from: LaLongbeard on April 28, 2020, 03:52:57 AM
Ive noticed recently people in the south calling a Gobbler a Tom. I never heard that term in the southeast. Gobblers,Longbeards,Jakes or hens a Tom was cat. The old T&T Hunter magazines from the 80's the northern hunters called them Toms New York, Pennsylvania etc. The Thunder Chicken reference is more disrespectful than just about any term used.
      And I don't care for the "shot em in the face", "fed them such and such load", "dirt nap etc". The term bird isn't disrespectful.

Saying I shot him in the face, is a hick term.Very rude, and immoral.

And here I've been referring to them as Gobble Swans, Strut Pigeons, and snoodlers this whole time  :newmascot:


I'm only joking, and I never really put any thought into what people want to call them

Quote from: Paulmyr on April 27, 2020, 09:45:35 PM
Although I appreciate your turkey hunting heritage. I started hunting turkeys over 30 years ago. I had no mentors. The internet was barely in existence. The only decent read I could find in book stores was Turkey and Turkey hunting magazine. I learned from the school of hard knocks. Trial and error, usually error. I've logged far to many hours sneaking around the woods to be considered sane. I have a few friends from school that I introduced to turkey hunting but have grown apart over the years because of family and work. I stand alone with my own heritage. Your implication that I do not love and respect this animal because of the use of certain terminology considered taboo in your hunting culture is frankly offensive. I am no less a turkey hunter than you. I think I'll leave it at that.

That's the way I learned, trial and  error. And 100's of mistakes. Also, I was steered in the wrong direction,  early in my Turkey hunting, by some unethical,  poaching rubes.Those guys were idiots. I still make mistakes,  but I usually tag out on gobblers every year.I think I'm in my 27th year of Turkey.

Hope you're able to get a bird this season Robasse. 

For future political correctness,what is a male dove or quail called anyway? You know just Incase, don't want to sound like a noob or something.

Quote from: PharmHunter on April 28, 2020, 12:15:07 PM
Hope you're able to get a bird this season Robasse.

Already shot 27 birds since the season came in Pharmhunter. 4 gobblers in the turkey woods and 23 eurasian collared-dove around the barn and silos. Thanks for the vote of confidence captain!


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I'm shooting all of y'all a bird.

I wish Bird was here to clean up some of this mess.

Haven't heard that name in a while :TooFunny:

Bird Bird Bird.... Birds the word.

Quote from: guesswho on April 28, 2020, 03:11:09 PM
Haven't heard that name in a while :TooFunny:

Ever see it where someone wished he was back?  ;D

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Quote from: Ol timer on April 27, 2020, 05:50:54 PM
Shirley you can't be serious.

And stop calling me Shirley!!! :D

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ROGER

Quote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2020, 03:57:22 PM
Ever see it where someone wished he was back?  ;D

That would be a first :D

Quote from: Plush on April 28, 2020, 08:23:50 AM
So picking them up by the neck is potentially disrespectful and now calling them a "bird" is too?

Does anyone know how to ask a turkey what their gender and preferred pronouns are?

no carrying them by the neck...but ive seen some pretty crude ways of people pulling the skin on their face to help create the most %*^& up picture they can make with it because it funny to them. Pulling the beak apart to make them look like they are talking for their kill video , etc....theres a line and many cross it. Of course I realize some people prefer to carry the bird by the neck.

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Quote from: Ol timer on April 27, 2020, 05:50:54 PM
Shirley you can't be serious.

And stop calling me Shirley!!! :D

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Hey aren't you Kareem Abdul Jabar? My dad says you suck!

Hard to believe this has gone on for nigh on six pages now.  We must really be desperate for something to talk about....  :)

Quote from: GobbleNut on April 28, 2020, 10:23:29 PM
Hard to believe this has gone on for nigh on six pages now.  We must really be desperate for something to talk about....  :)

night shift my man

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Hard to believe this has gone on for nigh on six pages now.  We must really be desperate for something to talk about....  :)

x2 agree ...

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Quote from: davisd9 on April 28, 2020, 03:57:22 PM
Ever see it where someone wished he was back?  ;D

That would be a first :D

Bet there are not many left that even know who we are talking about.

Call them what you want. The fact that anybody is trying to call them this or that to fit into a certain crowd is disappointing to the fact that some can't do or say what they want or hunt how they want without being worried about not fitting in or being cool. DO YOU AND DONT WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE! I think we can all agree to call them whatever you want AS LONG AS YOU DONT CALL THEM A THUNDER CHICKEN!  Gah that makes my skin crawl every time I hear somebody say that.

Quote from: davisd9 on April 29, 2020, 09:37:07 AM
Bet there are not many left that even know who we are talking about.

They don't know what they missed.

This thread has turned into an interesting study of humanity and social interaction, likely fueled by boredom and impatience caused by the Covid19 lock-down.  I'm astonished we are 6 pages into the discussion, and I'm adding to it again.  They are toms, gobblers, strutters, etc but still #@%&* birds.  Are you really going to judge anyone for what they call them?  There are more important things in life...why am I still typing about this? 

I call them birds sometimes, And after 2 solid 6 hour days of hunting and hearing only 2 gobblers gobble exactly 1 time each I am giving them the bird. With all due respect of course.

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Quote from: Ol timer on April 27, 2020, 05:50:54 PM
Shirley you can't be serious.

And stop calling me Shirley!!! :D

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Hey aren't you Kareem Abdul Jabar? My dad says you suck!

Under Oveur Oveur Dunn!!

I'm trying to take it to seven.

Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2020, 05:56:16 PM
I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

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Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2020, 05:56:16 PM
I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Birds toms gobblers woodpeckers....whatever terminology you are comfortable with

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Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2020, 05:56:16 PM
I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Almost There.   Sounds like some Golden Earring lyrics.

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I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Come on. Hang in there. We can do it!
Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Almost There.   Sounds like some Golden Earring lyrics.

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I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Fingers crossed!



Come on. Hang in there. We can do it!
Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Almost There.   Sounds like some Golden Earring lyrics.

I'm in Florida,  gobblers are called gobblers , if you ask or talk to friends " heard 4 birds hammering" is common terminology and has been for as long as I can remember and that's been to 1984 when I started Turkey hunting

Jake's are Jake's....hens are hens , I've never heard a Florida hunter refer to a hen as a "Jenny " or even a gobbler a "tom" I suspect it's a more New England terminology , but see nothing wrong with it

The first time I ever heard "thunder chicken " was when flextine used it as a tradmarked name for thier decoy line ...

Now I can't get Radar Love out of my head.  No more speed I'm almost there!

Never really gave it much thought.

Born and raised in Florida (grandaddy had the first phone in Winter Haven at Tandy Mercantile) and the only time I use the term "Tom" is when writing about it and calling a specific turkey Tom as if that is his name- as a joke.  Like Jonathon for a seagull. 

I had one guy on a lease I was on ask me if I had seen any "blueheads".  I asked WTH he was talking about.  We were not talking about turkeys at the time and had never heard that term.

I would say I do use the term bird generically to ask if someone heard any birds while hunting - ie gobbler, jake or hen. 

So I would say I am firmly in the No Thunder Chicken and the No Bluehead camp. Other than that, I will probably never think about it again.

Oh yeah.  All soft drinks are "cokes" or "co-cola" (or cold drink if you must).  Where I live, if you ask someone to grab you a coke out of the cooler, they will ask what kind.  You may say Pepsi and no one would think a thing about it.  Never a soda or a pop - (just trying to do my part to get it past 7 pages).   

You did it!   Good job.   Winter Haven, small world.  I grew up around Lakeland.   And my favorite coke is Pepsi.

 :happy0064:

Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2020, 09:36:14 PM
You did it!   Good job.   Winter Haven, small world.  I grew up around Lakeland.   And my favorite coke is Pepsi.

I lived in lakeland in the 80s for almost 10 years. still have family there.

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Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2020, 09:36:14 PM
You did it!   Good job.   Winter Haven, small world.  I grew up around Lakeland.   And my favorite coke is Pepsi.

I lived in lakeland in the 80s for almost 10 years. still have family there.

I lived there from 65 to 93.   My parents still there.  Played a lot of softball there and  in Bartow in the 80's

Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2020, 09:36:14 PM
You did it!   Good job.   Winter Haven, small world.  I grew up around Lakeland.   And my favorite coke is Pepsi.

I was raised in NPR, but we went to the Lakeland Gun Show every year! 

Where I'm from, a mature male turkey is a gobbler and an immature male is a jake. A tom is a male cat or a brand of tater chips.
Thunder chickens are for the guys that use the calls called "the freak daddy nasty rabbit" and such.

Nowadays, even the turkey are easily offended and demanding not to be disrespected....

What a time to be alive.

At this point might as well go for eight.

My dad, who is 71, calls them turkeys, jakes, gobblers, or hens. I don't think I've ever heard him say "bird".

I call them anything(some words that I can't repeat here) but I definitely don't call them chickens!

Quote from: captpete on April 30, 2020, 09:11:17 AM
At this point might as well go for eight.

Y'all helped me, so I'll return the favor.  To me calling them turkeys is just as disrespectful or more so than calling them birds.   

I come from a long line of old school Turkey hunters.  There are turkeys and then there are Wild Turkeys.   They are always referred to as "Wild Turkeys" where I'm from.   Calling them turkeys is pretty much for the people who don't know any better.

You are confused guess. 

Wild Turkey is for after the hunt.  Neat or Ice.  I do confess to really liking it with a splash of Diet Coke in it occasionally.   

Doing my part to help get this post to page 8.

Hell I'll help out too! I call them birds, gobblers, longbeards, stupid a$$ f$%*# bird, and all the like. I do like hearing older turkey hunters call them gobblers just because I feel like that sounds like an old school, what ya hunt, white haired old man telling tales about his hunt kinda name....... Are we there yet?

WHite haired old man telling tails?   Reminds me of somebody, just can't picture who.  Got it be getting close to 7.

And g8rvet, I'm probably the only one I know who can drink Wild Turkey on Wild Turkey Drive after killing a Wild Turkey, unless a guest of mine kills a bird, Er, I mean wild turkey.

I love Wild Turkey!  :drool:

Quote from: guesswho on April 30, 2020, 01:46:20 PM
WHite haired old man telling tails?   Reminds me of somebody, just can't picture who. 

Yeah,...me neither.  Must be some old guy on another forum.  Ain't none of that type 'round heah. :)

I didn't hear a bird gobble this morning. I will be taking a friend after a turkey in the morning. Hopefully he will kill a longbeard.

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WHite haired old man telling tails?   Reminds me of somebody, just can't picture who. 

Yeah,...me neither.  Must be some old guy on another forum.  Ain't none of that type 'round heah. :)

Now I remember.   I was actually thinking about the guy in the mirror, but this is much better.  :TooFunny:

Yay!! We made 8 pages!!

Quote from: Spitten and drummen on April 30, 2020, 03:33:27 PM
Yay!! We made 8 pages!!

I knew a bunch of bird brains, I mean Wild Turkey brains could do it!

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I personally live by the motto, if it's legal and it makes you happy, go for it. And note that legal is different than ethical. That's a whole other can of worms.

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Don't call them worms. That's disrespectful. ;D