Worst year in a long time. Heard 4 on the youth hunt weekend and 3 opening weekend one killed one missed. Heard 6 or 7 birds the whole rest of the year 3 of those were behind my house one died to my son and one played with me the rest of the season. Heard one bird at the lease one morning 2 more on the forest.

Had a great year. Heard gobbling every hunt and got to play the game every hunt except 1 morning. Killed 3 but anyone in my shoes with a little more experience would have easily limited out early

You don't live near any public land?

I killed two within the first two weeks, then played guide with the only availability I had left.

I killed 3 in the short period I had to hunt between March 21st & April 8th. I have been offshore ever since and missed the rest of the season and several April trips I had planned. The weather pretty much sucked every day I got to hunt with the exception of a few, so I am thankful for the 3 I did kill. I had to hunt hard every day to make it happen, so those 3 were well earned. I am looking forward to hunting some willing turkeys in the coming weeks if the good lord above sees fit!!

I had a great year. It was a year of first for me, although I will say I had 21 hunts without hearing a single bird gobble. I only had two hunts where gobbling is what I’d say was comparable to a normal year. Starting youth weekend I heard several birds and called in two for my oldest son(10), and he swung and missed on the strutter. That was tough on him. It took several more hunts to even find a bird to get him on and the morning he finally connected he worked his tail off for it. The bird gobbled 3 times on the limb and took him a while to get to us. Nothing will ever replace that first bird for him. It was a celebration. I called in another bird for a good friend who just started turkey hunting this season. Picture perfect hunt and the bird was dead shortly after flying down. He gobbled pretty good. We hunted a total of 20+ hours together after that day and didn’t even come close again. He got a good dose of actual turkey hunting after that first one. Lol.

I was able to kill 3 myself and am dang proud of them each. The first one I called off a group of hens shortly after flydown. Why this bird chose me over them I haven’t quite figured out but it cost him. He gobbled less than 15 times. He had no reason to though. I did find a lonely gobbler three days later that gobbled very well. It took repositioning twice to get somewhere he felt comfortable crossing a big creek, but finally he pitched right across and strutted to his death at 15 yards. He was my first double bearded bird and a dang good one at that. The last bird I killed came in silent but hard. I had no idea he was there until he came running by me in half strut at 15 yards to a hen I had called up in front of me. He died at 12 yards from the 410, my first kill with it. Although I heard less gobbling than any year I can remember I was still able to scratch up 5 dead turkeys for myself and others. I consider that a success.

First time I didn’t kill a bird in 14 years. I called one in for a friend on his place opening day of the north zone, he came to 60 and smelled a rat and that was the closest I came to seeing a turkey get shot. My main farm and a couple smaller places didn’t have a gobbler on them this year. Hunted some new places and heard a few, just never was able to make one act right. Still had fun chasing them, it just gets old not being able to pull the trigger on one.

I repeat...it's karma for killin my turkey last year!! lol at least you have that fine new shotgun to debut next year!

What are yall talking about? I don't understand.

I have always said that one day I wanted to be able to hunt every day of turkey season. Well, I almost accomplished it this year but killed my 5th one in AL on 4/17 and with the travel restrictions, had to cancel trips to KS and MO plus my much anticipated yearly hunt to the Pacific Northwest. It was a strange year for gobbling as turkeys on one part of the club would gobble while others would not. I was fortunate to kill 5 gobbling turkeys with 4 of them being really good birds. I ended up shooting a damn Super Jake on with my 5th tag. He played the part of a long beard and had a full gobble. I had to move on him 3 times to ever get a shot and right before I killed him, he stood in one spot for 4-5 mins gobbling his head off. I never saw him strut and as soon as his head cleared some vines, I smoked him. I’m still proud of him as he acted just like an old gobbler. Not being able to travel cost me a bunch more birds but all in all, it was a good season.

You know how this year's numbers compare to recent years?

I came close on public land several times this season and heard plenty of gobbling but just never did close the deal. I really hope to have some private land next season, but am grateful to have been on gobbling birds and got to play the game. Very frustrated that I didn't get one this season, but I had opportunities. Already looking forward to next season. I covered lots of miles this season

This year will be remembered as the Covid season for me. I have been absolutely slammed at work so I have hunted as little as I can remember in a long time. The two clubs I hunt also got hammered daily by high school kids who weren't in school. And to top it off my travel trip in May got cancelled.

All things said though, I enjoyed every second I was able to spend chasing them. There is absolutely nothing like listening to the woods come to life on a Spring morning, and I've grown to cherish every one I do get to see. I also have seen a pile of jakes so 2021 should be fun. I am pretty excited about my alarm not going off at 330 on Saturday. Its been about 2 months since I slept past 4.

BY FAR, the most frustrating season I have ever been through and its not even close. It went from feast to famine in a hurry. The season started amazing and it was like you turned the faucet off on April 2. For the last month of the season, I can count the number of gobbles I heard on my two hands. Not a single turkey in that month that gobbled on the ground AT ALL. Most all of those mornings I hung around until 10:00 or later and never heard a single turkey sound. Goons EVERYWHERE on public land, in both AL and TN. My private place in Alabama got overtaken by a club member when I’m supposed to have sole turkey rights. I have never done this before, but I skipped Alabama on the last weekend and went to KY/TN instead. I’m glad its over so I’m not tempted to endure more punishment.

I had a good year, killed 3 could have killed a limit but started tryin help others get birds
Called a few in that got missed by friends

Overall is it was a good year. I hunted about average for what I always do and killed several birds one of which had 1.5" spurs and saw a few more birds get killed and one get missed. I hunted around 20 mornings and heard birds gobble on every hunt.

Killed 4 with 2 misses

The year started off great. I killed 2 at my new club opening week and then killed a 3rd on public land on April 8th. After that it was an uphill battle. Like others have said the pressure this season was tremendous. I typically like to hunt public land during the week but this year every day was like a weekend.

I had an average year.

I believe the 2019 results were about 11,000 reported. Unsure of the final number but it was comical, just like this year's number.