Saturday, May 23, 2026

Wyoming Game & Fish bars rifles for Spring Turkey.

Ah crap.


The Wyoming Game and Fish is barring the use of rifles for Spring Turkey Season.

Every turkey I've ever taken has been in the spring seasons.  In the fall I'm hunting something else.  At least in the fall, you are limited to Tom's.

This poses a problem with a shotgun, as you have to be really close.  I don't call turkeys in, as I'm too impatient to do that.  I basically stalk them.  I'm not the only one, but it's fairly rare.

If you stalk them, you are probably going to use a rifle.  You might get close to them, I have, but chances are you are going to be shooting form some distance.  A scoped rifle is the best option for that.

Every single turkey I've killed was with a rifle.  I tired to take turkeys with a shotgun once, and it was an utter failure.  Usually I've shot them with scoped .223s, but not always. I've shot them with iron sights as well.

Well, I guess no more, or I have to added to the list of things to go for in the fall.

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