I like your style

9/10 guys hunting public land have all the courtesy and class in the world. But the other 10% make you want to pull your hair out.

You guys get outta the truck on public? Amateurs

If you ever hear a Turkey gobble, keep your mouth shut and don’t tell a soul. Don’t post a word about any public ground anywhere in the state on this forum or any other online place. I will never understand why guys continue to come on here and throw out names of management areas, even if they’re lying/joking.

Y’all don’t know rude until you hunt Midwest public land next to some Amish folk. And their turkey hunting style is........let’s just say, very unique.

Learned this the hard way on deer hunting . Don’t send pictures , I Didn’t see nothing , didn’t kill nothing . Or just ride around and road hunt like everybody else and don’t even pay for a club .

Please tell. I need a good Amish hunting story.




I agree. Opening day last year I got to a spot super early. Had two different turkey hunters that walked up to where I was at. One waited til right at daybreak. They kindly backed out and went somewhere else. I ended up killing a good bird that morning. Had a 12" beard and 1 1/8" spurs. I asked the Good Lord to bless them with a turkey. I can't tell you how many times I tucked my tail and went somewhere else, knowing someone else beat me to a good spot. There are some bad ones, most folks are decent people though.

Parked at the entrance to a small management area in Missouri mid morning. When I got out of my truck I heard a terrible rooster crow. There was an Amish farm house just down the road and I saw a kid sitting on the porch, figured he was messing with me. No, he was signaling to someone across the road in the management area who was on a small plot. I saw him walk at a fast clip and cross the road. I walked in and walked down to the end of the small plot and found corn.
The rooster crow was a signal. They do not feel they have to have a license and apparently poach the edges a good bit according to the breakfast table at one of the local cafes.

It’s a wonder more folks aren’t shot during turkey season on public land over a dispute.

Just smile and wave

I just poop on their windshield

Most clubs around here have more hunting pressure than public land. That’s real drama - when you actually know the “other guy”.

Kinterbish WMA use to be nice - but it does not exsist anymore - people would respect your vehicle and it had birds - I would take multiple birds there a year for years in chocktaw county

I hav been to others that still exsist where people act stupid

You see his profile pic!!

Hunt and don't get shot and don't shoot nobody! Nobody don't look like a Turkey. Otherwise, let the games begin! Oh, beware of the out of state folks, some take off for weeks just turkey hunt here. It is worse than a deer obsession, I think.

I found that true too. And most clubs have rules about showing respect and some will take advantage of them. I had a spot I liked to hunt on a club and one season there was already a vehicle at the gate. The next day he beat me there again. And the next. I was coming home from a meeting that night and decided to ride by there at 10 pm, and yep, vehicle was still there. The guy just parked it there and left it. His spot.

PoorCountrypreacher - crap like that goes on so much in clubs - it’s crazy

I was in club one time - I got there like 4 am to beat the guy in to spot where they were hammering and he had beat me morning before - he was already signed in - I had to ride by the spot where he signed out cause u had to park at main road and walk in - he was not there - I waited on him and he finally drove up - he said U caught me - I signed out last nite - he went home but I offered him to sit w me even though what he did was prick move - he declined

It blows my mind what people try to get away with and doing that stupid crap never enters my mind

Truth. there was a guy from New York hunting one of our WMA's last year the entire season. I saw his truck opening week, once about midway through, and saw it on the last week on the same road I had been seeing him previously.

Damn guys, I was thinking of turkey hunting public land this year, but am having second thoughts. It sounds like your permissible self defense pistol should be a braced AR.

White van? He was there last year all season too.