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Hunting turkeys in autumn #2582608
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Any of y'all hunt turkeys in fall? Something like 42 or 43 states have seasons.


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Re: Hunting turkeys in autumn [Re: Clem] #2582639
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I haven’t, but you can bet your butt I will this year. Moved up to TN and the counties I’m hunting allow you to take a tom during bow season. There’s also a week long shotgun season in October I believe.

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Never have, but I'd like to. The handful of times I go deer hunting every year I usually go somewhere where I think I can see turkeys. I really enjoy hearing them in the Fall.

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I did when I had access to land with good turkey populations. would go a few times every fall. I had rather spring hunt tho and the past few clubs I've been in haven't had a lot of birds so I just hunt them in the spring.

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I have in several diff Alabama counties. Used to do it a lot in Wilcox till they changed it.


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I used to when we had turkeys in the counties I hunt. Killed several over the years. I love talking to a flock in the fall.


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Re: Hunting turkeys in autumn [Re: Clem] #2582869
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I've shot a couple of gobblers in the fall. I was in my 20s, so it was a long time ago. It felt about like shooting a big buck in May when he doesn't have antlers. Or at least I think it felt that way; I've never actually shot a buck in May, so I can't be sure. smile

I'm sure there were some ethical fall hunters back then, but the ones I talked to were all outlaws. Get them to talking and they would admit they killed as many as they could and shot the hens right along with the jakes. I was glad when Coosa county did away with the fall season.


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Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher


I've shot a couple of gobblers in the fall. I was in my 20s, so it was a long time ago. It felt about like shooting a big buck in May when he doesn't have antlers. Or at least I think it felt that way; I've never actually shot a buck in May, so I can't be sure. smile

I'm sure there were some ethical fall hunters back then, but the ones I talked to were all outlaws. Get them to talking and they would admit they killed as many as they could and shot the hens right along with the jakes. I was glad when Coosa county did away with the fall season.



This ^^^.


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I never saw much outlawing from those few fall hunters I knew back then, but everyday dog deer hunters killed the snot out of fall turkeys illegally all the time.


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I got a place in Clay County I could but never have and have no desire to, I just don’t think it would be as fun as spring time.



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This seems like a trick question. Do we even have an autumn anymore ? We are over halfway through September and it’s 90+.

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True. Autumn may be on Oct. 29 for about four hours, possibly in mid-November for half a day.


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I always liked busting up a group of gobblers in the fall late in the afternoon and hunting them the next day.

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Most good spring hunters don't have the woodsmanship, skill, or patience to kill fall longbeards on a regular basis. Different kind of hunting.


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Originally Posted by BhamFred
Most good spring hunters don't have the woodsmanship, skill, or patience to kill fall longbeards on a regular basis. Different kind of hunting.

So what’s they key to killing them? Can’t say I’ve ever hunted them in the Fall.

Re: Hunting turkeys in autumn [Re: BhamFred] #2583538
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Originally Posted by BhamFred
Most good spring hunters don't have the woodsmanship, skill, or patience to kill fall longbeards on a regular basis. Different kind of hunting.



Cant tell if your serious or kidding...

Granted my experience with it is limited when compared to others, but the experience I do have is that it's the easiest type of hunting there is. Bust the flock, give them 30 mins, start calling, and they will damn near run you over trying to get back together.


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Originally Posted by BhamFred
Most good spring hunters don't have the woodsmanship, skill, or patience to kill fall longbeards on a regular basis. Different kind of hunting.



Cant tell if your serious or kidding...

Granted my experience with it is limited when compared to others, but the experience I do have is that it's the easiest type of hunting there is. Bust the flock, give them 30 mins, start calling, and they will damn near run you over trying to get back together.


Young turkeys will do that occasionally to get back with momma. Long beards may get back together today, they may next week, or may not altogether. If you can bust them up late in the day, seems like the next morning is the best chance at getting a gobbler to come to you. If I can get set up right the next morning, I’ve had decent luck getting one to try to get the band back together the next day. Best eating turkey is a fall jake tho, haha

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Re: Hunting turkeys in autumn [Re: Clem] #2583587
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Yeah. I did a bunch of it in both NY state with shotgun and New Hampshire with my bow.

When I lived in NH it was open season during the bow season for deer. There were more turkeys then deer on our land.

Wed shoot em when we could if they passed a stand. My one friend shot a couple behind my house. Wed all bring a mouth call to the stand or ground blind.

In New York in some areas they use turkey dogs which are great. One of my guides had one named " Kee Kee". She was a beast.

You call them in with a "Kee Kee Run" ( hence her name)

Shed run in and bust the flock. Shed track em like a deer dog on a deer. Then hed have her lay next to him in a camo wrap and we would call after 20 minutes or half an hour.

You bust a flock of gobblers and theyd come in gobbling to the Kee Kee ,and "Jake yelping" a few times.

We busted a flock of 5 gobblers one time and clients killed 2, both gobbling. One within 15 minutes of the other.

They always come back to the site of the bust up.

It was fun but a lot of young hens get killed over all Ive found. There were some boys in Candor NY that were bad arse at outfitting for fall birds with dogs busting the flocks. I forgot their outfit, but they were known for it.

A few Quaker Boy guys went with them a few time. Old Ernie Canderelli if you remember him. He was Dicks Kirbys of Quaker Boys marketing guy back in the day and did "Gobbling Fever" with Ole Dick and Chris Kirby, Mark Scroggins and them.

Talk about a turkey hunting legend. Old Dick Kirby was that for sure. Looking at his autographed box call to me with his strutting gobbler drawing he liked to do ,right now in my office.
What a good dang guy. Im sure you knew him Clem.

But I digress.

We didnt do Fall hunts on my lands as I liked hunting them in Spring and people were paying to come do it so I saved em for Spring Clients when they were roaring.

However, I went with my one guide and helped a bunch on his lands. He hunted Pa too as he lived and owned farm land on the border south of Binghampton NY.

Its fun and allows turkey hunting. And the hens are vocal. The young uns all run in to the Kee Kee or their moms come in looking for each other. Bust a flock and you kill one or two for sure when we went.

Hope that helps. thumbup

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Originally Posted by SouthBamaSlayer
Originally Posted by BhamFred
Most good spring hunters don't have the woodsmanship, skill, or patience to kill fall longbeards on a regular basis. Different kind of hunting.

So what’s they key to killing them? Can’t say I’ve ever hunted them in the Fall.



Fall hens are easy, bust them and call them back up. Hey talk a lot and need to be together. A fall gobbler doesn’t give 2 chits about getting back together with a flock today or next month if it isn’t easy and on his way to his next meal. They don’t care if they see another turkey most of the time until spring comes along again.


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Originally Posted by outdoorobsession
we would call after 20 minutes or half an hour.

You bust a flock of gobblers and theyd come in gobbling to the Kee Kee ,and "Jake yelping" a few times.

We busted a flock of 5 gobblers one time and clients killed 2, both gobbling. One within 15 minutes of the other.

They always come back to the site of the bust up.



Same as my admittedly limited experience


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