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Who has not #3265199
11/13/20 07:36 PM
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Who has NOT killed a Tom turkey? Just curious to see if their were any honest ones out there..

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265204
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Me. I would really love it if someone would take me on their property this coming season

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265207
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I’ve killed lots of gobblers, but few “toms.” The ones I did kill were way above the Mason-Dixon line.

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Zero Toms for me



Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265372
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47 Jakes for me. Still trying for a Tom

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265380
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I got two friends named Tom

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265452
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I have never encountered a bird around here by that name. Toms are typically found in northern climates.


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265520
11/14/20 08:20 AM
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I don't understand the question. A gobbler is a Tom, unless you want to call him something else.
I guess you could call him a bull, or a buck. But those are kinda overused already.


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265550
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I killed a Tom cat once...


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265565
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I’ve killed a few toms up in Nebraska, All the males I’ve killed in Bama were gobblers though. laugh


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Re: Who has not [Re: Out back] #3265589
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Originally Posted by Out back
I don't understand the question. A gobbler is a Tom, unless you want to call him something else.
I guess you could call him a bull, or a buck. But those are kinda overused already.

This ^^^^..... been killing Toms in Central AL since ‘83. Been that way since the late 1700’s too.....Rumor has it that Ben Franklin was mad at Thomas Jefferson for opposing his idea to have the turkey as our National Bird, so ol’ Ben mockingly called the turkey “Tom” after Mr. Jefferson.


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265769
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The correct term for turkey dressing is “stuffing”, be we are in the south - it’s called dressing. And gobblers are NOT Toms. Just the way it is, you ain’t got to like itthumbup

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247’s answer is where I was headed...

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Originally Posted by Ridge Life
247’s answer is where I was headed...

Yup


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265824
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Yankee kin came down to deeaa hunt and seen some Tom

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3265838
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I don’t think Tom is a yankee thing unless y’all calling us hillbillies Yankees.


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Re: Who has not [Re: ridgestalker] #3265866
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Originally Posted by ridgestalker
I don’t think Tom is a yankee thing unless y’all calling us hillbillies Yankees.


Ever been to WV or western Pennsylvania?

Re: Who has not [Re: turkey247] #3265961
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Originally Posted by turkey247
The correct term for turkey dressing is “stuffing”, be we are in the south - it’s called dressing. And gobblers are NOT Toms. Just the way it is, you ain’t got to like itthumbup


Stuffing is stuffed in the turkey. We dress ours around it, hence dressing.but I have had stuffing and I like it too.

Re: Who has not [Re: ridgestalker] #3266060
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Originally Posted by ridgestalker
I don’t think Tom is a yankee thing unless y’all calling us hillbillies Yankees.


Ain’t sayin it’s a yankee term but I’ve never used the term In all my redneck,
hillbilly white trash days of turkey hunting... and bc answered my future question before I asked it..

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3266661
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Many of the newer turkey hunters only know "tom" to be a yankee thing. It is for sure the norm now, but many of the old time turkey hunters from our area used that term more than gobbler.

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Originally Posted by ozarktroutbum
Many of the newer turkey hunters only know "tom" to be a yankee thing. It is for sure the norm now, but many of the old time turkey hunters from our area used that term more than gobbler.


What area? I don’t agree with that. I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to be around quite a few of old school turkey hunters from the south. It was not common to hear, at all - if ever.

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Same goes for the term “jake”, but it’s gained acceptance and widespread use in the last 20 years or so.

Re: Who has not [Re: turkey247] #3266741
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Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by ozarktroutbum
Many of the newer turkey hunters only know "tom" to be a yankee thing. It is for sure the norm now, but many of the old time turkey hunters from our area used that term more than gobbler.


What area? I don’t agree with that. I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to be around quite a few of old school turkey hunters from the south. It was not common to hear, at all - if ever.

I am an old school turkey hunter, from the south, and I've called them Toms all my life.
So did my grandaddy and my dad and practically everyone else I know.


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3266803
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Toms or gobblers is perfectly acceptable in Jackson County. Lots of people I hear call them Toms are the older original turkey hunters that have been doing it ever since we had turkeys. Usually called “Them ol big Toms”.

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3266835
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I've called them lots of things before but never Tom. mad


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Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3266920
11/16/20 12:13 PM
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do toms have longbeards? if so, I've seen close to 200 die slap


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Re: Who has not [Re: BrentM] #3267040
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Originally Posted by BrentM
Toms or gobblers is perfectly acceptable in Jackson County. Lots of people I hear call them Toms are the older original turkey hunters that have been doing it ever since we had turkeys. Usually called “Them ol big Toms”.


Is a "Ol big Tom" the same as a PBT?

Re: Who has not [Re: Ridge Life] #3269174
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Only Bob White's here...

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Dern yankees make my skin crawl...somethin wrong with them...need to learn to talk..or dont...i prefer they dont...carry a pencil an a pad..just write it..id rather read your words than hear you talk...yuk...just..yuk...eww...tom....how dare yeee🇺🇸😁


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I've called em lots worse than that 🤣

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