Turkey killer?

[Oldshooter]

Someone told me today that if a fella wanted to kill several turkeys at one time he could fill a coffee can with small pebbles and corn and when the turkeys come to eat the corn, you shoot the can, I'm guessing with a rifle bullet, and the pebble shrapnel kills the birds. Anyone heard of such? Not a Turkey hunter, so I'm asking the experienced here. Now i dunno why someone would wanna kill more than one or two but it was intriguing.

Not interested in starting an ethics or game law argument here just, the feasibility of the premise.  

[bulletstuffer]

Don't know about the can theory.  I know my 6000lb SUV kills them on impact at 70MPH

Bulletstuffer

[Oldshooter]

NO DOUBT! Prolly takes a while to get the feathers outa the grill though, right? 

[LEO]

I can't imagine that the techique you described would work, probably wouldn't kill a single bird regularly much less multiple birds.  I would think that if you want to kill multiple turkeys over bait then just wait till several are at the bait and flock shoot them with a shotgun like the old market hunters used to do with ducks.  There are much more effective ways of illegally taking large numbers of turkeys but I will not go into them so don't ask.  And no I am not a poacher but I have worked in rural areas my whole career and wind up assisting Conservation Officers fairly frequently and it is unreal the work that some people will go to to kill an animal illegally that is really not that difficult to kill legally.

[Oldshooter]

JUST THE FEASABILITY OF THE PREMISE , BUT THANKS FOR THE LESSON ANYWAY!

I'd bet you would give a ticket to someone for not being able to read a street sign, but you did not read the post, evidently!

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

O.S. I have never heard of killing more than one turkey with a rifle, but it was the thing to do years ago...guys would bait them in with corn or other grain, and when they had their heads in a tight group, blast them with a smooth bore.....I read about this in the book the AMERICAN WILD TURKEY by Davis...Also my uncle told me this was a pratice in the mountains of Pa.  I never saw it , but it was second hand info..

[SHOOTALL]

My grandfather was a market hunter . No not for duck or geese . He sold quail, rabbits and turkeys . They say he sent feed sacks of quail to Richmond on a weekly basis . He had traps for rabbit as the brought 50 cent more than shot rabbits . Turkeys were his thing . Grandma said he had a light and would "nest" a flock then go back at mid-night and take what he had sold. He taught us to kill what we needed and with quail or turkeys leave some for "seed" , never leave a covey with less than 6 in it . During WW-2 shells were hard to get . There was a man in Richmond with a standing order for 12 quail. He traded for a box of shells . Then there was the time grandpa was sick and he got a cousin to get the 12 quail . well he came up short one but got a snipe and filed the beake , the birds were "dressed" before shipping. The most turkeys in one night was 11 , had a big order. I worked with an old guy from the moutians that caught turkeys with a small hook and corn. He said he would keep some soft corn from the table and put the hook in it then hide the line . Next sprinkle corn around and wait. He noted you had better be close as the line would only take so much fighting.
There are other ways I'm sure but what sport is in it ? Like my grand father 60 years ago if you need to do such to really feed your family its one thing but now a days  get welfare .

[Oldshooter]

Good stories guys, Thanks

I really dont think it would work but since i am not a turkey hunter I wanted to see if some more experienced hunters had ever heard of it, or think it would work.

I dont condone it, want to do it or encourage others to try.

I really thought it was amusing, and wanted to share. Dont want anyone to get the wrong idea.

My Father and his Father did some market hunting for Ducks in the late 40's and 50's. I have pictures of mules stacked with ducks. 

For what its worth I think I could figure an easier way to poach turkeys ifn I wanted to. 

[SHOOTALL]

If all had heads in a gallon can and a 3006 hit it if it didn't out right kill some it would stun them so you could grab them . Think about it the can with rocks in it would explode or be pushed away . either cutting necks or breaking them .
I agree a shot gun and a trench full of corn would work as well. Most tricks like this would work on young birds but maybe not old gobblers and hens.
Another way to catch quail is take a whine bottle and make an impression in the snow neck down . add corn in the bottom and sprinkle some around. When the bird eats the corn in the botton it falls in and can't get out as the hole is to small to spread its wings . I don't see anything wrong with exploring what went on in the past . It may save a life some day like other old time skills .

[LEO]

Oldshooter, I read your post, I answered your question and I added some additional comments.  But as you can see you are not the only one who reads these posts and I added the disclaimers for others.  Nor did I imply that you were going to do any thing wrong, or make any personal insults toward you. Also as you can see there are others who added some real neat historical data as well.  There was no reason to scream at me about it (All Caps).

[Oldshooter]

My my, officer LEO, you are a sensitive one.
But my statement stands, as I said, I wasn't trying to start a game law argument, just wanted to share a thought and some fun. Take the badge off and lighten up some. Do you arrest folk that throw snowballs? 

[SHOOTALL]

Oldshooter , some may look at this as history but in fact one might say history is being praticed in places today. The pratical side of this is to be able to pick up on what you see in the woods and either leave or report it. Some old time tricks are plain dangerous like hanging treble hooks baited with meat to catch dogs or yotes. I wish more would share what they have heard on the subject.

[Blue Duck]

It dosen't sound like the guy who told you that was a Turkey hunter either......

[SHOOTALL]

 

[Oldshooter]

It dosen't sound like the guy who told you that was a Turkey hunter either......

Thats right he isn't, We were talking about a ranch we hunt on that has hundreds of turkeys and he recounted that some one had told him that. It was a BS session, Sounds like no one ever heard of one of those here.    

Real serious guys here on the turkey forum, I must remember that!

[SHOOTALL]

BS ?  , Ya'll mean we ain't serious as heart attacks ? 

[Oldshooter]

Some evidently are Shootall