feet, knees and butts
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Re: feet, knees and butts
Old thread, but since it was resurrected -
I usually wear a vest with a cushion and I use it whenever I sit down against a tree. But I’ll move often wherever and however I think I need to, and I’ll shed the vest anytime I need to crawl. This year I have killed 3 while wearing the vest, 2 after shedding it. 1 standing, 1 kneeling, 1 prone, and 2 sitting on a cushion.
I usually wear a vest with a cushion and I use it whenever I sit down against a tree. But I’ll move often wherever and however I think I need to, and I’ll shed the vest anytime I need to crawl. This year I have killed 3 while wearing the vest, 2 after shedding it. 1 standing, 1 kneeling, 1 prone, and 2 sitting on a cushion.
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Re: feet, knees and butts
I am usually always sitting when I kill turkeys. It is a lot easier to get a good rest out of the truck window when you are sitting! But on the other hand I have shot them standing leaning across the bed of my truck!
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I smell what yer steppin’ in!
May I assume you're not here to inquire about the alcohol or the tobacco?
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Re: feet, knees and butts
Where I hunt in Tennessee there are a LOT of timber rattlers. Very big ones. I do sit on a fat boy cushion sometimes but prefer to stand.gophert wrote: ↑February 4th, 2015, 11:44 am I never go into the woods "RAW DOG". I always have my vest on and put the cushin down unless I'm crawling. I shot one 2 years ago from the knees, and one from one knee, but most are sitting from a cushin. Here in TN, you go without a cushin, you will find yourself on a rock and end up being there way too long.
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I would bet most birds I have killed have been on my feet or knees and have killed a couple laying down. I killed one last Thursday laying on my belly. I snuck over a bluff to find they were working up to me. I lay on my belly as I couldn't move or they would have seen me. I waiting until about 8 toms were in view a popped the best tom I saw. 9" beard, 7/8" spurs, and weighed 21lbs which is really heavy for a winter utah rio merriam hybrid turkey.
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Re: feet, knees and butts
I mostly set bare butt to but don't forget about no shoulders under that pine straw
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Re: feet, knees and butts
Need two new hips so hunting without a cushion is not an option. If at all possible for the last 5 seasons been using a Browning Turkey chair which is an absolute hunt saver as I can sit rock still for as long as I need to. I also use a Tidewe Turkey vest with built in back rest seat when I'm certain I'll be running and gunning not quite as comfy as a turkey chair but it works very well.
Shot turkeys form just about any possible position from standing to laying prone on my belly, on knees, and from laying on my left side even laying flat on my back.
Shot turkeys form just about any possible position from standing to laying prone on my belly, on knees, and from laying on my left side even laying flat on my back.
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I’ve never shot one laying on my back beforeRBMTDJager wrote: ↑April 16th, 2022, 10:39 pm Need two new hips so hunting without a cushion is not an option. If at all possible for the last 5 seasons been using a Browning Turkey chair which is an absolute hunt saver as I can sit rock still for as long as I need to. I also use a Tidewe Turkey vest with built in back rest seat when I'm certain I'll be running and gunning not quite as comfy as a turkey chair but it works very well.
Shot turkeys form just about any possible position from standing to laying prone on my belly, on knees, and from laying on my left side even laying flat on my back.
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hoobilly wrote: ↑April 17th, 2022, 8:43 amI’ve never shot one laying on my back beforeRBMTDJager wrote: ↑April 16th, 2022, 10:39 pm Need two new hips so hunting without a cushion is not an option. If at all possible for the last 5 seasons been using a Browning Turkey chair which is an absolute hunt saver as I can sit rock still for as long as I need to. I also use a Tidewe Turkey vest with built in back rest seat when I'm certain I'll be running and gunning not quite as comfy as a turkey chair but it works very well.
Shot turkeys form just about any possible position from standing to laying prone on my belly, on knees, and from laying on my left side even laying flat on my back.
Try it sometime
I have found it to be the steadiest position for shooting roosted turkeys, just have to be quick about rolling out of the way so they don't fall on you
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I’m so glad I finished my coffee before reading thiscrow wrote: ↑April 17th, 2022, 9:36 amhoobilly wrote: ↑April 17th, 2022, 8:43 amI’ve never shot one laying on my back beforeRBMTDJager wrote: ↑April 16th, 2022, 10:39 pm Need two new hips so hunting without a cushion is not an option. If at all possible for the last 5 seasons been using a Browning Turkey chair which is an absolute hunt saver as I can sit rock still for as long as I need to. I also use a Tidewe Turkey vest with built in back rest seat when I'm certain I'll be running and gunning not quite as comfy as a turkey chair but it works very well.
Shot turkeys form just about any possible position from standing to laying prone on my belly, on knees, and from laying on my left side even laying flat on my back.
Try it sometime
I have found it to be the steadiest position for shooting roosted turkeys, just have to be quick about rolling out of the way so they don't fall on you
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May I assume you're not here to inquire about the alcohol or the tobacco?
I am the man from Nantucket.
“Leave the gun, take the cannoli” -Clemensa
When attacked by a group of clowns...Go for the Juggler!!
I am the man from Nantucket.
“Leave the gun, take the cannoli” -Clemensa
When attacked by a group of clowns...Go for the Juggler!!
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Re: feet, knees and butts
This is the only reason I still use a vest is because I like to have a seat cushion. That being said I’ve noticed in recent years I shoot probably 40% of my birds standing up. I love the advantage of standing behind a tree and using it as a rest in the thick hilly woods that I hunt. I try to convince my hunting partners to stand in the thick stuff but they almost never do. And it cost two buddies a bird each that I can think of off the top of my head last year.
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