turkey shoot

noun

: a marksmanship contest using a moving target with a turkey offered as a prize

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But as turkey populations have declined in many places around the country, hunting is getting tougher, and these perfect turkey shoot scenarios are happening less often. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 22 Apr. 2026 Could this also have been the site of Brillat-Savarin's turkey shoot? Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025 The Meadowbrook Golf Course will host a turkey shoot starting at 8:30 a.m. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025 Netanyahu is not engaging in some turkey shoot against innocent civilians. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024 Rushing four a lot was a mistake vs. a QB who loves unchallenged turkey shoots. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023 This jacket was warm enough for sitting in a blind to hunt mid-season deer and antelope, and for a chilly, early-spring turkey shoot for one tester in the Wildcat Hills region of western Nebraska. Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022 The event includes a turkey shoot, vendor expo, hayride, touch a truck, silent auction, gun raffle, music, games and prizes. Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2022 The Times reported that police had held a turkey shoot and were providing 150 families with turkeys. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of turkey shoot was in 1812

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“Turkey shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turkey%20shoot. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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