Do you shoot jakes on public land?

[howl]

I hardly ever hunt private land. I let jakes walk. If there is an issue of having the kill be an accomplishment where you think a public jake is the equivalent of a private gobbler, I put it to you that consistently killing a limit of by singling one out and calling it on purpose is probably as great a challenge as doing the same with gobblers.

Do whatever floats your boat. If you need the approval of others to make your kill a trophy, take up golf.

[Uncle Nicky]

Yeah, I'll shoot a jake unless it's real early in the season and I don't want to use my tag right away. I shoot hens & jakes in the fall, so why shooting a jake be a problem in the spring?

[trkehunr93]

I'll hold out for a mature gobbler but last I checked I couldn't eat the beard.  I fault no one for calling in and killing a turkey. 


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[j.goebel]

I passed over 10 jakes last year on public land. I prefer to shoot long beards. I am excited this year to hunt some of the ones I passed. Just my preference!

[Strutr]

I hunt mostly public land and generally don't shoot jakes (gobbler seed as someone else put it).  I enjoy the hunt too much to cut it short by tagging a jake.  Now, on the last day of the season, I've been known to occasionally accommodate a suicidal jake.