re: turkeys showing up

My husband is a huge turkey hunter, he loves it. I'm not much for the hunting but i tell you what, nothing taste better than fried wild turkey breast!

Turkey hunting isn't as hard as people make it out to be. Put out a turkey decoy, a couple sacks of corn, sit in your box stand, boom Thanksgiving dinner.

illegal as shite


Put put out some corn now, and get someone that knows what the frick they are doing to show you the ropes. Lord knows it is not me

I have no interest in doing it, not trying to get into the ethics of it. I want to say that my dad told me it was illegal when I was younger, so I always thought it was. Have never looked to see if it was in the game regulations or not.

Just looked it up, don't see it in there.

Page 47 of 2014-2015 LDWF Hunting Regulations -

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Daily limit is one gobbler, two gobblers per season. Taking of hens (including bearded hens) is prohibited. Still hunting only. Use of dogs, baiting, electronic calling devices and live decoys is illegal. Turkeys may be hunted with shotguns, including muzzleloading shotguns, using shot not larger than #2 lead or BB steel shot, crossbow and bow and arrow but by no other means. Shooting turkeys from a moving or stationary vehicle is prohibited. Shotguns capable of holding more than three shells prohibited. The running of coyote with dogs is prohibited in all turkey hunting areas during the open turkey season.

No person shall hunt, trap or take turkeys by the aid of baiting or on or over a baited area. Baiting means placing, exposing, depositing or scattering of corn (shelled, shucked or unshucked), wheat or other grain, salt or other feed so as to constitute a lure, attraction or enticement to, on or over any areas where hunters are attempting to take turkeys. A baited area is any area where corn (shelled, shucked or unshucked), wheat or other grain, salt or other feed capable of luring, attracting or enticing turkeys is directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed or scattered. Such areas remain baited areas for 15 days following complete removal of all such corn, wheat or other grain, salt or other feed. Wildlife agents are authorized to close such baited areas and to place signs in the immediate vicinity designating closed zones and dates of closures. No per- son hunting turkeys more than 200 yards from a baited area will be in violation of the turkey baiting regulation.

Turkey hunters are required to have a basic hunting license, big game license, wild turkey license (or equivalent combination license), and turkey tags to hunt wild turkey. All turkey hunters, regardless of age or license status, must obtain turkey tags and have them in their possession while turkey hunting. Upon killing a turkey, hunters must immediately attach a carcass tag to the turkey before it is moved from the site of the kill, and must document the kill on the turkey harvest report card. Hunters are also required to report their kill within seven days of harvest by using the kill validation web site, www.wlf.louisiana.gov, or by calling 1-866-484-4805.

No person shall take live wild turkeys or their eggs from the wild. No person shall possess captive live wild turkeys or their eggs, regardless of origin, without a valid game breeder license.

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I can't believe not a single person has mentioned snakes yet. Or all the bugs that come with hot weather. Those are easily the things I hate most about turkey hunting.

But when you've called one off the roost and he's closing in, it gets very exciting.