[JustSumTomatoes]

Was driving by a field about 10 miles from where I live and saw 3 gobblers the other day. Really cool birds.

[armedoldhippy]

a week of 'bama turkey hunting over. saw 5 big gobblers, but heard no gobbling, called in 3 of them, but fired no shots. had great weather (besides the tornadoes and torrential rain), injured my foot, and was eaten alive by ticks. not bad for a week away from work.

[Mtn. Nectar]

"called them in"....."didn't shoot"....not big enough beard....?.....nothing worse than ticks......had my share running hounds for yr's........

at least ya got to get away for a time........
maybe Fall if they have season then...........

[Wendull C.]

Damn hippy, I thought for sure you would get one. But a good hunt doesnt always end with meat in the pot. Or in my case antlers on the wall.

Sure you had a good time. Hope I can make it hunting gobblers this spring. Grow jail is a bitch. At these tickets there is no time off anymore. Though I do make sure my outs come in before 3rd season in Colorado....

[Stoner4Life]

Originally Posted by armedoldhippy

a week of 'bama turkey hunting over. saw 5 big gobblers, but heard no gobbling, called in 3 of them, but fired no shots. had great weather (besides the tornadoes and torrential rain), injured my foot, and was eaten alive by ticks. not bad for a week away from work.

the invites out to join me for some ice fishing next year then, same time frame, can promise the only things biting will be walleye, perch, crappie, etc.......

[armedoldhippy]

Originally Posted by Mtn. Nectar

"called them in"....."didn't shoot"....not big enough beard....?.....nothing worse than ticks......had my share running hounds for yr's........

at least ya got to get away for a time........
maybe Fall if they have season then...........

had them come in silent, from over my left shoulder every time. no way to turn & shoot; i quit trying to "quick-draw" on turkeys years ago, too many birds get wounded/lost that way. VERY long beards, all old turks. 'bamas population is down at moment like lots of other southern states. biologists are not sure what is causing it, bad spring weather after poults hatch or ??? their kill has gone from nearly 50k to under 20k in the last 5 years, a 60% drop...

[armedoldhippy]

Originally Posted by Wendull C.

Damn hippy, I thought for sure you would get one. But a good hunt doesnt always end with meat in the pot. Or in my case antlers on the wall.

Sure you had a good time. Hope I can make it hunting gobblers this spring. Grow jail is a bitch. At these tickets there is no time off anymore. Though I do make sure my outs come in before 3rd season in Colorado....

"a good hunt doesn't always end with meat in the pot". truer words have never been spoken. TN season opens this saturday. "if" i can walk by then, it'll be "game on" once again! rest of states bird population has dropped just like everywhere else, but eastern end of state is still growing...

[Mtn. Nectar]

that's pretty drastic drop......ever tried with a bow....?

here in Cali it's the one game critter one can hunt during strut.......and they are everywhere......

best in TN hunt........

[armedoldhippy]

Originally Posted by Mtn. Nectar

that's pretty drastic drop......ever tried with a bow....?

here in Cali it's the one game critter one can hunt during strut.......and they are everywhere......

best in TN hunt........

yeah, i have TRIED hunting them with my recurves/longbows. missed all 13 shots i have taken. it is disheartening to realize exactly how much space there is around a turkey through which an arrow may pass that do not include any turkey whatsoever...

[armedoldhippy]

opening day has come & gone for me, nothing heard nor seen. a buddy took his wife & daughter with him. set up on a bird that gobbled (they counted, lol) over 200 times in the dark this morning. daylight arrives "BOOM!" some trespassing dickhead crawled up under his roost tree, shot him, grabbed him & ran... i hope his asshole grows shut, and he gets the squirts.