We are headed down for the opener on Friday and was hoping to hear how the birds were acting in North Alabama. We will be hunting near Anniston. Hopefully they are a little more fired up than they are in north Tennessee. Thanks.
Im about 40 min NE from Anniston. They're hotter than they have been, and should only get better starting Wed. I would say get where they're going. Good luck!
Thanks for the update. Looking forward to opening day.
I havent heard much gobbling yet in west central Bama but I'm sure it will pick up here before long.
I went listening Saturday morning here in central AL, I heard 2 birds gobble once each. But with this warmer weather coming they should be getting fired up.
Southwest AL here and I haven't heard a long beard gobble yet. A jake gobbled at me Saturday morning.
Haven't heard much at all in East central AL.
Went scouting Friday near Camden and heard two. Took my granddaughter Saturday morning and she killed one with an eight inch beard. We heard four gobbling.
Went back teserday morning with my neighbor's son and he killed a jake. We heard none gobbling but wind was terrible.
It should be much better by the end of this week.
Nothing going on in this part of NW Alabama yet.
Not a peep in north central alabama. But i suspect that will change by friday. At least, I hope it does...
THERE ARE NO TURKEYS IN ALABAMA
Quote from: CASH on March 11, 2013, 07:05:41 PM
THERE ARE NO TURKEYS IN ALABAMA
Didn't plan on killing any. Just making sure there still weren't any turkeys. :toothy9:
Saw 4 full strut birds on my way to School at Jacksonvile State University(5 minutes from Anniston). All in different fields and they each had about 5-10 hens with them
This morning
Birds are gobbling very little in central AL (Chilton County). We took 8 kids this past weekend at our place and there were three birds killed. My son killed one bird Sat and another one Sunday. Both 2yr old birds 20 and 22lbs 10 in and 10.25 beards 3/4 spurs and 5/8 spurs. A nother kid killed a huge 26lb bird with 1.25 spurs and 9.5 beard a GIANT!!! None of them gobbled but they sure put on a show spitting and drumming. I've got lots of strutters on my game cameras but have only heard a few birds gobble once in the mornings. Hopefully this warm weather this week will fire them up.
Quote from: Hhayes6 on March 12, 2013, 10:28:57 AM
Saw 4 full strut birds on my way to School at Jacksonvile State University(5 minutes from Anniston). All in different fields and they each had about 5-10 hens with them
My little sister, April Gilbert, is on the basketball coaching staff at JSU. She isn't a coach, she does something with academics I think. She sends me pics of the turkeys in the fields on her way to work. Glad to hear they are strutting. Looking forward to Friday.
It's a small world! Good luck I will be skipping class Friday! Accounting or Turkey Hunting??? Easy choice!!! :fud: :newmascot:
Not much in Washington county according to my Brother N Law. I'll see for myself this weekend anyway. :)
Still slow gobbling in Bama this morning and they arent really "with it" yet...Hopefully this warm day today will get them going.
I got some texts of some dead AL turkeys today.
TRKYHTR
Quote from: TRKYHTR on March 15, 2013, 04:54:43 PM
I got some texts of some dead AL turkeys today.
TRKYHTR
Yep...Facebook is filling up with pics.
We have been on birds on and off. They are quite on the ground.
Whiskey, you gotta get where the're going. :popcorn: Rain and cold had em hush mouth'd for the past few days but they are doing just enough to let you know where they are. Good luck!
I was at Chocolocco WMA this am and didn't hear anything but the wind blowing. Plenty of scratching though.
Quote from: fsu33952 on March 16, 2013, 10:16:21 PM
I was at Chocolocco WMA this am and didn't hear anything but the wind blowing. Plenty of scratching though.
You did better than I did, then. Last two days I hunted all day. May have heard some hens cutting at me from far away one time. No gobbling, no scratching, no stepping. All the wind could have covered up a lot of sound, though. That place was SLAMMED with hunters, though. I don't doubt that had a hand in the silence.
Well we chased 5 toms all afternoon, but couldn't get in front of them. Property boundaries have been hurting us. For some reason they like the neighbor's pasture better than ours. I wish one of those toms would man up and run the others out of the group.