fall hunt with dogs?

[eckum54]

can you hunt fall turkeys with the aid of dogs in MN....spring defineatly says no but i cant find and info for fall...any body have an answer?

[Powerstroke]

Technically you can. They changed the law so that those who have a turkey permit and find a turkey while upland hunting can shoot the bird.

I guess you can use dogs, but I'm not exactly sure how.

[brittman]

I have had my dogs have a few nice points ... on turkeys.

[Archerysniper]

I haven't done it but dogs actually work good for fall turkeys, you use the dog to bust the flock then setup and call them back together.

[DonBo]

I haven't done it but dogs actually work good for fall turkeys, you use the dog to bust the flock then setup and call them back together.

This was the traditional way of hunting them, LONG before spring hunting was ever allowed.

[Powerstroke]

I do see that side of it. I've read about that style, but my now-passed dog would never be able to sit quietly while the birds worked their way back. He woulda sat still, but he whined loudly when forced to sit and stay while watching a bird or critter.

[DonBo]

Many dog hunters take their hounds back to the truck before calling. It sometimes takes a while before a flock begins to regroup.

Others will throw a blanket over the dog so they can't see the approaching birds, guess there's several ways to get around a whinning pooch.

[Borch]

I've seen if where the dogs will crawl into a gunny sack next to the hunter after busting the flock. I remember thinking how well these dogs were trained when I first saw it.

[Gordie]

I saw a show I think it was filmed out west somewhere and they used dogs like they do for deer in the southern states. The hunters were set up on the bottom side of the ridge and then they used the dogs to push the birds to fly over the ridge and the guys below would acctually pass shoot those turkeys.. not excatly how I would hunt turkeys but it was very weird watching this.

Time for a Utube search

[Gordie]

[eckum54]

you actually can't use dogs while hunting turkeys spring or fall in MN

from the turkey hunt rules pdf under the fall lotteries section of the mn dnr web site...

GENERAL RESTRICTIONS

• Wild turkeys may not be taken with the aid of dogs. No person may be accompanied by a dog or dogs while hunting or assisting in hunting wild turkeys.

here is the site where you can find the link

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/turkey/index.html