Which game critters offer new hunters the best entry into the sport? From spotting to taking down with a clean shot, we cover America’s most feasible options. Posted on 09/24/2020 7:03:58 AM PDT by w1n1
Which game critters offer new hunters the best entry into the sport? From spotting to taking down with a clean shot, we cover America’s most feasible options.
When getting into the hunting game, it's best to start with some lighter or easier prey to help you practice. Of course, before you head out into the wilderness, you need to do some target practice to ensure you know how to use your weapon properly. Once you can easily hit a target that isn't living, you can start hunting animals. The general rule of thumb for hunting is that the smaller the animal, the easier it'll be to shoot for a beginner. This might seem counterintuitive because a larger animal would give you a bigger target. However, they are usually a lot more dangerous and would not be a good idea for your early hunting trips.
FEATHERED QUARRY- Birds are a great place to start when it comes to learning the ropes for hunting. Yes, they can take flight to get away, but they are usually fairly easy to shoot down from the sky. You can see why practicing with your weapon before you head out on your first hunt is a must.
A WILD TURKEY makes for excellent prey for a beginner. The birds are large, giving you a good-sized target to aim for. They also tend to gather in big groups, meaning you have a selection if you miss your first attempt. The birds are fairly slow, making them easy to catch. However, you may have to walk quite far to get to where they are, so make sure you’re wearing comfortable clothing.
DUCKS MIGHT BE the quintessential creature for hunting, and a perfect choice for a beginner. For starters, you usually get a large number together, so it is far more likely that you’ll get one. Another reason that ducks are the best choice is that they come to you. It can be a bit of a waiting game, but there are a lot of tools you can invest in to bring the ducks around quicker. Read the rest of hunting for beginners.
“I question whether the author has hunted many wild turkeys.”
Either that or he can creep really fast.
rwood
We have a lot of protected Turkeys in our gated community. they are table size and quite beautiful. They seem slow when they wander back and forth in your yard but when spooked they take to the air quite quickly. Not with the fanfare of quail or pheasant, ( which startle the hunter) but I could imagine a nice wild turkey would be good for the beginning hunter. We have a tree that they all like to line up on at night.
Recently wild pigs have moved in for grubs in the lawn — what a mess they make, but I have never seen one, so I suspect the hunter needs to stay up past my bed time.
Actually, I am so out of shape now that I gave my bow to a younger member of our family — maybe he will get more use than I.
My wife and I always planned to go bow hunting for carp — somehow a turkey sounds better, but carp definitely fit the slow part, unless they are being fed, then they get very agitated. Then we moved and never got back to that bow hunter club.
My real advice is to get out and do it before poor health interferes, because one day it will.
She won’t do my squirrels either, not even in a nice hasenpfetter like this
https://honest-food.net/hasenpfeffer-recipe-dumplings/
Dahm that looks good. . .she does do a killer venison Guinness stew with dumplings. My daddy taught me to keep your mouth shout, eat and say thank you, thank you if you have got a good cook.
Interesting point about the skeet before bird hunting. My son, who is in college, recently was invited to go skeet shooting and eventually join a hunt for doves. The skeet shooting will be this weekend. Our family knows nothing about firearms, but I got him an introductory class for Christmas a few years ago and he practiced shooting in my brother’s farm last summer. So this is a new adventure for a suburban boy.
Friend of mine has one of those (don't know which version), with a high-powered laser mounted on the rifle. Says the laser burns a hole through the target a split second before the bullet arrives, and the bullet zips right through without actually touching anything. That way, he doesn't have to worry so much about bullet construction...
;^)
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