In the short time I've been here, I've noticed one thing. I know I'm going to open a can of cobras with this but here goes.
A lot of you boys are having a hard time even hearing a workable bird. It sounds to me like you have tons of land but lots of preasure. Some do clubs some don't. Some post 5-9 or 10 kills. I know those guys are dedicated and travel, I'm talking home state hunters here. You have a month and half to harvest 5 birds. Ones that talk about " it's more to a hunt than a kill are the hammers or the nots out there.
Please hear me out. I know some properties are the have's some some are the have not, some travel some don't. We have 5 days to hunt with a 1 bird limit. And I roll the dice on where I'm going to hunt. Meaning. I have no less than 15 birds that I can go in on and expect to kill.
For you guys that kill your 5 birds in state. Your not starving do I know you don't need 5 in the freezer. Why do you kill every full fan that comes into range? It seams like the great hunters/ great area hunters would be very happy with finding the biggest bird in the area and hunting "him". After you put yours on the ground, why do you feel like you have to go out and shoot 4 more?
Seams to me that if most chased birds just got the hunt and not the kill there would be more birds.
Here there is no motorized vehicles allowed on WMA's. But our WMA's are small compared to the clubs "I think" you hunt. I have no clue on clubs, they don't exist here all state lands and timber contracts are open to anyone. No signin no restrictions no joy riders. And I'm covered up with birds with only a 5 day season and a 1 bird limit on state land.
Do you boys think your killing to many birds? Why am I hearing a lot of post about no birds when a lot of you have private clubs?
The "Explain to me hunting clubs will be in the deer hunting section"
I'm not being a azz, I'm just looking for people around the US that are willing to compromise between available tags and quality of turkey hunting.
For me it's all about putting the bird on the ground. I don't grab my rod just to cast it, I expect to put fish in the boat. If I don't harvest my turkey, duck, goose, deer, squirrel, what ever it may be. "I" "didnt do my job in the pre season" Every time I grab a gun I feel 200% sure that my pre season work will pay off.
Explain please??
I dont think we can explain it to you because the way you turkey hunt is so different than what we do in the south. You think you are a great turkey hunter because you can kill an unpressured bird on opening morning right after fly down. Come on down to Alabama and I think the turkeys down here will humble you a little bit.
