There are many things I would be willing to do for the sake of my hunting brethren. I promise you that will NEVER be one of them. 😬🤣

You are just getting whiny and boujee the older you get 😁. Ain’t it hard to kill a turkey with that top hat and monocle? 🤣🤣

There will be a time that the DCNR cuts our limit down to one. It’s not an if, it’s a when. When that times comes, I’ll hunt that perfect bird. But for now, I’ll kill them without discrimination.

Just older and a little and a different stage of life is all ol son. Eventually, your turkey blood thirst is most likely gonna wane too, you’ll know where a turkey is that you’re rather certain you could kill, and you’ll be in the exact same scenario I’m in. IE Concluding it aint a sin to let some of em live that most likely would be a dead ass if you made up your mind to bring it to pass. And that every minute spent trying to kill one that won’t act right is a minute that could be invested trying to find one that does. The truth is….ain’t neither one of us gonna starve with a few less turkey breasts in the freezer. 😁

I think you are right about the limit eventually being 1, and it will probably get to the point of having to draw for a permit. Other states do it and use it to make money, so no reason to think AL won't. And more restrictions are certain to mean fewer turkeys. As folks have fewer opportunities, their interest in turkeys goes down and they will be less willing to spend the money to produce them.

I enjoyed hunting the first week of the season, but after that I gotta admit that my interest level went down. I've always done most of my hunting in March, and most of that is gone now and it's likely that all of it will be soon. April hunting just isn't as much fun, and May will be even less for the few who stay at it. I'm not talking about north AL; I have never hunted there. The later season may be ok for you folks.

Perhaps you are right Chad. When Henry gets old enough to start, it’ll change. But until then, I’m gonna kill them without discrimination for as long as I can.

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Most of my opportunities always seem to be within 45 yards predominantly - Bird i shot at 46 steps w bow this year my longest shot in last 3-4 years - don’t remember my last long shot

Worst year in the last dozen on my place. No sign, no photos, no gobbling.

And on public land - change your noise level way down and do lot less of it - power yelpers we’re abundant when I hunted public - out of the way spots worked bettr too

Jlbuck - I am hearing that from some of my out of state buddies too - less turkey

thx man - i learned to “like” silent birds from the start - my 1st bird never said a word ... most times when i go out w/new turkey hunters, i spend the majority of my time “breaking” them from wanting to hear gobbling ...

YouTube, in more ways than one, has ruined turkey hunters - at least AL hunters - ole Sawbriar posted a hunt w/a bow & i nearly fainted at how his birds acted! 🤣😂😃 mine dont do that much at all ... like i told a buddy, my birds usually come in like a prostitute at a police convention!

This was in Bibb Co.

The 2 places I hunted in Florida were loaded this year with birds that wanted to die. One public, one private. Killed on the only 2 mornings I hunted

I ambushed one the first weekend. Then I have struggled to get them to move. If I hear a gobble, and they respond, they sit tight. I got one on a field that showed up again yesterday, but they half heartedly gobble and thats about it. It was definitely better early in the season.

I dont quit til they quit ans i can usually still find a responsive bird in july…they are super easy to kill

This. I cut my teeth on Osceolas for 15 years. If you were waiting for a gobble youd be screwed. Heck if you hear one gobble in the Palmettos there he is usually already in sight and can see you even better . And I found they just did not gobble as much as other birds. But they love to spit and drum so you learn to listen hard for that.

I always tell people a Gobble is a sound a turkey makes less than .01 percent of his life. Luckily it mainly happens the most in the mating season or spring. But I hunt a 20 pound bird, not a sound.

I love a gobbling bird and will chase them like crazy when I hear them but if they arent gobbling I will slowly prospect around looking for sign and calling every 100 to 150 yards. If I see fresh scratching, I drop my butt to a tree and will set up and blind call for 45 minutes to an hour. Many times Ill just have a bird ease in and hear drumming sub consciously and then realize what it is.

Sometimes they just sneak in and gobbler cluck or contact cluck when they get there as if saying "Im here, where are you?" You have to learn to listen for just those contact clucks and spitting and drumming . That will help you kill birds.

I dont get caught up on gobbles. And even when I get one gobbling I try not to make him gobble much as to not attract other hunters or hens. I just make him gobble enough to shoot him.

You’ve just gotta keep trying to kill them. This is the best time of the year

I’ve had one of the toughest seasons I’ve had in 10 years…killed past 2/3 hunts. Don’t give up. Keep at it gentlemen.

I’m just like JUGHEAD I reckon. I love turkey hunting more than anything and it doesn’t bother me a bit to walk around all day in the spring and look at GOD’s creation even if I don’t get to sit down to a turkey. I just don’t care a thing in the world about shooting one that didn’t gobble though.

If they don’t gobble I don’t have fun and I hunt to have fun.