This Thread Can include Fall Turkeys as well. So which State do you think has the most Residents experts with 100+ Kills to their credit.
I am thinking a South Eastern State. Since,I have both of Gene Nunnery's and Otha Barhams book and had + sold Jack Dudley's book, I am thinking Mississippi as, I now know that States Turkey History.
Really no way to gauge this though and perhaps it is " neck + neck with Alabama,Georgia,Mississippi,+ Arkansas .
What do you all think?
I'd say a state like Alabama with a liberal bag limit. But I don't think 100 kills necessarily qualifies anyone as an expert. I know a couple people with 100 plus kills that couldn't kill one on pressured land in a years time. And I know people with less than 50 that has far more skills than those with 100 plus. And if you include fall I'd have to think Michigan has some high number guys.
As long as I'be been a member on here, I am astounded at the kill numbers for some of you guys, at least those that are willing to share it. I grew up hunting Pa where it was a 1 and done for the season. I would say anywhere in the Northeast, hunters, unless heavily travelled, will not have the kill numbers of some of you Southern guys.
I would say Alabama, Mississippi or maybe Georgia guys would have the highest numbers on average in the country, especially if they jump to neighboring states.
Well put- guesswho. I myself have never taken a Private Turkey. All 100+ were taken on Crowded Lands in PA,N.J. + N.Y.
I am sure that plenty of Hunters living close to the Alabama/ Mississippi Border take their 8 Birds a year.
I'm guessing Texas. Lots of hunters, lots of turkeys, liberal bag limits, and it's legal to sit on a corn feeder and "hunt" them.
Quote from: Mountainburd on March 23, 2021, 01:37:06 PM
. I grew up hunting Pa where it was a 1 and done for the season. I would say anywhere in the Northeast, hunters, unless heavily travelled, will not have the kill numbers of some of you Southern guys.
I would say Alabama, Mississippi or maybe Georgia guys would have the highest numbers on average in the country, especially if they jump to neighboring states.
Exactly. It's a lot easier to get to 100 or more when you have the opportunity to kill three, four, or five (and perhaps many more a year if you state-hop) than it is when you can only kill one or two. Counting total bird numbers a guy has killed is mostly more a matter of opportunity than skill in many cases, I suspect.
Then again, I'm not sure where those of us that have had little opportunity and little skill and still made it past 100 come in to play. I suppose old age has something to do with it. :D ;D :angel9:
I'm sure some of guys in South Carolina would fit the bill.
I've killed 2,538...........................................see, wasn't that easy?
Mississippi,, most of us can't read hunting regulations to see what the limits are ????
Quote from: quavers59 on March 23, 2021, 01:57:09 PM
Well put- guesswho. I myself have never taken a Private Turkey. All 100+ were taken on Crowded Lands in PA,N.J. + N.Y.
I am sure that plenty of Hunters living close to the Alabama/ Mississippi Border take their 8 Birds a year.
Quote from: quavers59 on March 23, 2021, 11:14:37 AM
This Thread Can include Fall Turkeys as well. So which State do you think has the most Residents experts with 100+ Kills to their credit.
Which Members have taken over 100+ Turkey's
Really do you think people want to come on here and boast about how many turkey's they have killed ,so they can claim to be a Resident expert on turkey hunting ???
As Joe would say
"Come on Man"While I have had the opportunity to hunt many states while serving in the military for over 20 years (Alabama, Tenn, Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Michigan & Texas) and have been able to harvest plenty of Turkey's. Because I didn't harvest them in one state, I think that I am disqualified from being a "resident expert", and the fact that I hunted mostly private lands, some public land also may disqualify me.
I know tales of guys who could probably come close in Texas just shooting them for fun over feeders while deer hunting. Doesn't make them bad guys, they just don't care to play the serious turkey hunter game. I asked a guy how much skill that involved with his deer rifle. He simply stated, "when you pull the trigger on your shotgun at 50yds you have a couple hundred bullets going to the bird at one time. When I pull the trigger, i have one bullet for a tennis ball size target at 3-400 yards, you tell me DUMMY!"
Arkansas and Alabama, I know of a coupe guys from each state that ignore any laws and limits regarding game and fish!
Texas is my thoughts
An old timer once told me, "if your still counting you ain't killed enough". I was a young cocky guy then, now I'm an old guy and I understand what he was saying. I would be hard pressed to tell you within 10 of how many I've killed, unless I get out the photo album and count, even it's missing a few. Some have asked me and I gave a number but it was a guess. I ain't killed as many as a lot of guys, but more than some. I know this, I plan to kill as many as I buy tags for this year.
In my opinion a pass kill is a dead turkey, it's the next one I'm trying to kill, that i have his number. Us old times will tell you numbers has nothing to do with, we don't count them we just hunt to kill gobblers.
Illegally killed....Kansas.
Idk otherwise but the road hunters who just drink beer and shoot around here need a cane switch
Quote from: eggshell on March 23, 2021, 06:14:45 PM
An old timer once told me, "if your still counting you ain't killed enough". I was a young cocky guy then, now I'm an old guy and I understand what he was saying. I would be hard pressed to tell you within 10 of how many I've killed, unless I get out the photo album and count, even it's missing a few. Some have asked me and I gave a number but it was a guess. I ain't killed as many as a lot of guys, but more than some. I know this, I plan to kill as many as I buy tags for this year.
This....ditto
I stopped counting some years back.
Besides , a gentleman never tells ????
Quote from: Tom007 on March 23, 2021, 06:01:57 PM
Texas is my thoughts
What would lead you to think Texas? The #'s below are just for the spring season and some that is your limit both fall and spring combined.
Few exceptions are the states that allow you to harvest hens during the fall season.
I'm sure I missed some states that have limit's over 3 but not sure.
Alabama has always been 5, up to this year
Texas- 4
Georgia-3
South Carolina- use to be 4 now it is 3
Tenn-3
Miss-3
Kansas-2 or 4 total including fall season
South Dakota- I was not able to figure out
I stopped counting long ago, but I also believe it really comes down to opportunities.
I've always lived in Pa, so for many years it was 1 and done as Mountainburd said and that limited the opportunities.
I've always had access to private land, usually with lots of turkeys and very little hunting pressure, which of course gave me many more opportunities.
For as long as I've turkey hunted Pa has had a fall season, which provides more opportunities.
Due to the one bird tag and my desire to hunt turkeys, it caused me to often take someone else as a shooter or to be very selective about filling that one tag. If they count that's more opportunities.
In an effort to get started sooner, keeping hunting longer or just squeeze in more hunting time, I've traveled to other states in the spring for almost 30 years and given myself many more opportunities by doing it.
The only way i'm ever going to be able to kill 100+ birds is if i go work at a poultry farm!
I'd say those multiple limit southern states would be it. I've got a younger brother who is all about the " numbers". Last year, he killed his limit in a multiple bird state as well in our home state with 3 here. I killed one gobbler here. I wouldn't trade my one for all of his. Quality not Quanity in my book.
Texas or Bama would have legit shots at it.
Alabama, Missouri, Texas those states have had good populations since the 80s and can kill multiple birds in each. I can easily see numerous hunters in each of them having killed 100+ if they have hunted them for any length of time. I seen where someone mentioned poachers so I will tell a little story about them. In the mid 90s around where I lived I knew of some bad people that would consistently kill around 100 birds a year that done this for close to 10yrs. The warden always said he had to catch them in the act before he could do anything about it. Crazy times during that period with a booming population.
Ooooweeee this is getting intriguing now. Anyone heard of the 100" Club?
I never counted, only counts I remember are I once guided guys to 6 birds in 6 hunts over about 2 weeks, that just sticks with ya.
I also remember guiding 21 consecutive days one on one, funny thing is, guess what I did the next day, yep went and killed a bird myself!
Quote from: Yelper on March 23, 2021, 07:34:35 PM
Quote from: Tom007 on March 23, 2021, 06:01:57 PM
Texas is my thoughts
What would lead you to think Texas? The #'s below are just for the spring season and some that is your limit both fall and spring combined.
Few exceptions are the states that allow you to harvest hens during the fall season.
I'm sure I missed some states that have limit's over 3 but not sure.
Alabama has always been 5, up to this year
Texas- 4
Georgia-3
South Carolina- use to be 4 now it is 3
Tenn-3
Miss-3
Kansas-2 or 4 total including fall season
South Dakota- I was not able to figure out
SC used to be 5. I know for a fact.
Pennsylvania gets my vote.
Not likely many or any kill 100 exclusively in this state due to a one bird limit for a long time until increased to 2 spring birds a few years ago.
However this state is full of hunters who travel extensively and love to fill tags. Many are very good at it. In my opinion it's the desire to hunt a lot and a lot of states that pushes the kill numbers up.
SC used to be a 5 bird state.
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I'm going with Alaska.
We're talking about legally killing them, right?
I'd lean toward Alabama due to the limit of 5 per year and knowing there's some sho nuff killers living there. (many who can't count)
Quote from: ccleroy on March 24, 2021, 09:49:54 PM
SC used to be a 5 bird state.
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True, I have 2 complete sets of five tags in my draw..................unfortunately
Quote from: stinkpickle on March 25, 2021, 11:01:53 AM
We're talking about legally killing them, right?
And limb whoopin?
Alabama, but with the bottomless tags in Wisconsin a guy could easily kill 100 in a couple of years if they had the time and places to hunt.