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by Big Bore. 05/01/24 11:16 PM
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Getting earlier every year
#4071066
01/26/24 11:30 AM
01/26/24 11:30 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,367 Kennedy, al
globe
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Booner
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Kennedy, al
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Seems like the last 3-4 years I start seeing gobblers with hens earlier and earlier. Definitely seems like a change. In my area anyway.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
#4071078
01/26/24 11:42 AM
01/26/24 11:42 AM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,089 Free State of Winston
FreeStateHunter
They Call Me Gator 🐊
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They Call Me Gator 🐊
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,089
Free State of Winston
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Seems like the last 3-4 years I start seeing gobblers with hens earlier and earlier. Definitely seems like a change. In my area anyway. I had a few strutting a week or two ago. Of course I’ve got video of a Tom breeding a hen in November. That may not be strange at all but it seemed off to me
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
#4071209
01/26/24 03:56 PM
01/26/24 03:56 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,231 Lawrence Co. AL
jdhunter2011
8 Point
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8 Point
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,231
Lawrence Co. AL
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I will admit Im not much of a Turkey hunter but I saw Toms strutting with Hens 4 weeks before season opened. When it did open I could barely get a bird to gobble and didnt even kill a bird. You veterans explain to me why season is so late in Bankhead?????
Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
#4071380
01/26/24 07:20 PM
01/26/24 07:20 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,883 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Elmore County
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Seems like the last 3-4 years I start seeing gobblers with hens earlier and earlier. Definitely seems like a change. In my area anyway. I don't find that strange for here . I don't really find it strange that they strut other than spring time
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
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01/26/24 07:27 PM
01/26/24 07:27 PM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,022 Earth
TDog93
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I hav seen tom w hens in November - was odd - but seen it multiple times
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
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01/26/24 09:56 PM
01/26/24 09:56 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,540 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
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I dont know any toms🧐
Last edited by CarbonClimber1; 01/26/24 09:57 PM.
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: FreeStateHunter]
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01/27/24 03:23 AM
01/27/24 03:23 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,883 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Elmore County
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Seems like the last 3-4 years I start seeing gobblers with hens earlier and earlier. Definitely seems like a change. In my area anyway. I had a few strutting a week or two ago. Of course I’ve got video of a Tom breeding a hen in November. That may not be strange at all but it seemed off to me you know the old saying ,,,,, if it stands still long enough some body will hit it . lol
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
#4071687
01/27/24 10:38 AM
01/27/24 10:38 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,154 Black Belt
fourfive45
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My intel suggests it’s starting to warm up as well
Last edited by fourfive45; 01/27/24 10:38 AM.
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Re: Getting earlier every year
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01/27/24 03:42 PM
01/27/24 03:42 PM
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blade
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They definitely start breeding the beginning of February. I've also seen Doves sitting on Eggs the beginning of February. I’ve never seen it that early here. 1st of March here for sure. I’m talking actual breeding not the pomp and circumstance.
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
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01/27/24 05:12 PM
01/27/24 05:12 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,367 Kennedy, al
globe
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I’ve got 3-4 dif properties around here and every place has hens with gobblers on camera now.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: turkey247]
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01/28/24 09:14 AM
01/28/24 09:14 AM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,677 Pelham
Ben2
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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SCIENCE!!
The turkey rut is exactly the same from the southern tip of Florida to the northern tip of Maine. Because there’s not a minutes difference between Mobile county and Jackson county, AL - according to science. Y’all pay attention. If they actually study the hens and when they are bred and when they lay eggs then the science is likely pretty dang accurate.
Last edited by Ben2; 01/28/24 09:14 AM.
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: globe]
#4072241
01/28/24 10:45 AM
01/28/24 10:45 AM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,540 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
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14 point
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She blinded me with si-yunce…great song
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Getting earlier every year
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01/28/24 08:46 PM
01/28/24 08:46 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,883 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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They definitely start breeding the beginning of February. I've also seen Doves sitting on Eggs the beginning of February. Doves will set you 3 or 4 times a year from what I read
Last edited by Frankie; 01/28/24 08:49 PM.
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Re: Getting earlier every year
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01/29/24 02:17 AM
01/29/24 02:17 AM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,717 Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Locust Fork, Alabama
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My turkeys in South Alabama have been strutting with hens since early December.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Getting earlier every year
[Re: jdhunter2011]
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02/03/24 08:53 PM
02/03/24 08:53 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,430 Cullman, AL
AUdeerhunter
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10 point
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Cullman, AL
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I will admit Im not much of a Turkey hunter but I saw Toms strutting with Hens 4 weeks before season opened. When it did open I could barely get a bird to gobble and didnt even kill a bird. You veterans explain to me why season is so late in Bankhead????? I’ve been turkey hunting in western Winston County for 20+ years and it really makes my blood boil that our season opens so late…Nobody can ever provide a legitimate answer to this question!!! If anyone ever tells you “it’s because DCNR wants the turkey population in that area to increase”, then ignore the heck out of them!!! There’s way more turkeys in that area than many other places across the state whose season opens in March 🤬
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