Elk/turkey hunting?

[mandrroofing]

Well I've herd from some that Turkey hunting is a lot like elk hunting,well never been Turkey hunting before.is there any truth to this?

[easeup]

spring turkey....yes.
the game is like this.... hear, call, move toward the bird, set up listen, call, play again. plan fails; try again; let your guard down; turn and look over your shoulder, there he is...you're busted. play again next day.

[>>>---WW---->]

I don't really know. I have never hunted turkeys. But I know a lot of turkeys that hunt elk. LOL!

[bnsafe]

they are similar. I havnt hunted elk enuf to give you a real perspective. but, for turkeys I think they are a lot easier to find. go to the openings an you will find them, elk tend to hide a lot more. obviously there senses are completely different so have to be fooled in different ways. however, a lot of the same rules apply, don't try to call from where they been, pressure the males, get as close as possible, rake leaves an trees, etc are all the same.
now if anybody wants to start a turkey killing forum im your man there. I can kill turkeys

[Swede]

I have noticed they have a lot in common. They are everywhere before the season opens, and very elusive after.

[twinkieman]

The biggest difference in my opinion, is that while we can make a very realistic elk bugle, very few of us can make a realistic gobble, and there really isn't a really good gobble call on the market. That leaves us making hen sounds, and all turkey sounds have meaning just like elk sounds do.
Paul has given us an understanding of what the individual sounds mean, and I wish I could articulate into words the meaning of turkey sounds. I truly understand the turkey language, and when calling turkeys, I just react without thinking about it at all anymore. When I first started calling to elk (prior to the knowledge of Elknut) I used the similarities between turkeys and elk to call in elk with a great deal of success, without the knowledge of exactly what the elk sounds meant. Like elk and a location bugle, turkeys can be located at any time of the day with a loud coyote howl. This is very effective when birds are still on the roost, but I use it at all times of the day. Using a coyote howl to locate is also better than a turkey sound, because the birds won't come running to a howl, but could start moving to you if you made a turkey sound. You can move in as close as you dare, and setup, then call like a turkey. Another sort of similarity is that we have to beat an elks nose, for turkey's we have to beat their eyes. They see in color, with 8X eyes, and just like one whiff of human scent to an elk, one fast movement to a turkey will send them on their way. I can't tell you how many guys I have taken over the years that thought they could swing a shotgun from their lap to their shoulder, and never even get off a shot. They fight just like elk, and are just as territorial, simulating a turkey fight can also bring them running to you. All of this occurs in the spring as someone else stated above.

[pointysticks]

The adrenaline dump is The same!

[Waygoner]

I started turkey hunting a few years ago as a way to fill in the time between elk seasons. I hunt on the Uncompahgre Plateau in western Colorado, which is prime elk habitat. We usually bump a few elk when we're out. I've only knocked down one bird in about six seasons, but it's a lot of fun and gets me out in the woods. Still have a lot to learn.

[cnelk]

If turkeys could smell they would be the hardest game to get

[twinkieman]

If turkeys could smell, luck would be the biggest factor in killing one!

[Swamp Buck]

I do a lot of turkey hunting and do think there are a lot of similarities. One big difference is home range. Turkeys stay within a square mile or so, elk can cover many miles of hard country, which makes them much harder to locate and move in on. Also agree that the adrenalin dump is similar, but my first Bull (this year) was much more emotional than my first Tom.