How many members here has taken a nice Jake or Jenny on the wing in the Fall?

[quavers59]

This usually happens when, I am Pheasant Hunting and the Fall Turkey Season is open.  If you are a good Wingshot with Pheasants, a Plump Jake or Jenny is an easy Shot usually. 

[fallhnt]

Yup...they die very easy while flying.

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[nsselle]

When I'm pheasant hunting, I'm not turkey hunting. Typically here in Illinois, what is left of our pheasant habitat, doesnt really hold turkeys.

[owlhoot]

When population was high fun to shoot them out of the air,use to be like a quail shot and have got a lot of toms that way too.
Haven't done it in a long long time , Missouri populations being what they have become.

If you have a good population I say go for it .
When walking or flushing we used 4 shot ,bust wingbone and such.
2 shot was great when we could use it.
Isn't any need for shooting max pellets in the 10 " loads, save those for the calling.

[2eagles]

I did it a few years ago, but somehow it didn't do much for me. Probably won't do it again.

[dejake]

I've never heard of a nice jake.

[guesswho]

Did it a lot in the late 60's and early 70's in South Florida.

[Yoder409]

Shot a couple fall birds on the wing back in the days of #2 lead shot.  Can't use it now, so no more wingshooting.  No need, really.

[Clardh]

My first fall bird was a jake when I was 18 and it was a wing shot. Funny thing...I shot the bird out of the sky and broke both wings and both legs. Other than that, I never touched the bird with any other shot.

[High plains drifter]

I've shot 2 hens flying.One was unretrivable.

[quavers59]

A good pheasant dog will surely flush up a Drove. What, I have done in the past is to not put on a Bell around my Dogs neck until we reach the Pheasant Fields. Then just walk a Woods road on the way to the Fields. This can work when both Pheasant and Fall Turkey Seasons are open. Right now in my area of New York- the Fall Turkey Season got knocked back 3 weeks from October 1st. October 20th this year it opens. Pheasant Hunters will have to hold their fire if their  dog flushes up a flock.   I have Dwain Blains book--- Turkey Hunters Digest. In it is a picture of him stepping out from a old Barn and now in Full view of a flock of now Flying wild turkeys. He had a vintage Muzzleloader Shotgun as well.  He wrote of flying turkeys- Easy Pickings.   That said, I might not take ABBEY out more then a few times and take callers out the rest of the time.