Does Alabama have good turkey populations? Some of the posts in here got me worried. I just moved here from Tn where I’ve gotten my limit of birds on public land for the last 25+ years. Not that I’m good at hunting them I’m just Turkey lucky.

For whatever reason, killing birds in Tennessee is a lot easier. Especially comparing public to public. Don’t know that it’s a population thing.

We have the birds contrary to what Sykes and his cronies think!!

I reckon I’m about to find out. Lol

Tennessee is an excellent place to hunt turkey! Gobblers in Alabama are more harder to kill I must say.

So I keep hearing. I just want to know that there is a good population I don’t want to chase ghosts

There’s plenty of turkeys to hunt in Alabama. It just depends on the amount of effort you put in on how your experience goes. Get out there.

Great population in a few areas, good population in a few areas and average or below in most now unfortunately.

I’ve seen some sign the past 40 years, a few tracks and some feathers here and there, and I’m getting close I believe - I’m thinking any day now.

How many turkeys is y’all’s limit up there? I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed unless you’re hunting in Jackson county.

Cost you 50 to chase a ghost around here

It used to be 4 now it’s 2.
I’ll be fine. Don’t have to kill to have a good hunt. Just want to be able to play the game.

Spent a long day in the wma. Not one single sign of turkey. Hope I heave better luck tomorrow

Spent another long day on a wma. Seen 8 hens 0 Tom’s
0 pigs

Just ain’t got like we use to.

Day 3
7 hens 0 toms, 0 pigs

Right there’s your problem- the only Toms in AL wear their nice pants to Jacks to get biscuits.

Remember you’re looking for ghost sign, gotta get creative. They are tricky, shapeshifter like critters.

Good luck calling tom while you’re turkey hunting

Day 4
1Tom, 1 coyote, 2 pigs.
The Tom came in hard held up about 40 yards and trotted off the other way. We went around him and called him in to about 50/60 yards and he decided not to commit. And went left of us. Never came back in. Never gobbled again. Had a coyote come to the call about 5 mins after the turkey. And we Judie’s two hogs in the swamp on the way out.

Did you live in NY before TN?