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If you ain't made plans to turkey hunt the eclipse  what are you even doing with your life?!?
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 :D  One of my turkey hunting buddies is passing on our first trip this spring because his "boss" wants to go somewhere in Texas to see the "total" eclipse.  I just shook my head...  Some people just don't have their priorities in order...or maybe they just value their lives a bit more than some of the rest of us...   ;D ::) :toothy12:

it is in the afternoon where i live, plus before the season even starts........  :turkey2:

Before it opens ...   What's that song total eclipse of the heart ....

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas should all be open, I think. Youth season in NC be open. I'll be hunting SC.


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Quote from: Greg Massey on February 12, 2024, 06:20:26 PM
Before it opens ...   What's that song total eclipse of the heart ....

Lol I try to say the lyrics of that one on a slate when a Tom is walking away

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming 'round

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears

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I'm sure I'll be hunting Georgia or Alabama that day, but probably not the time of the day it will be happening.

I plan on killing one that day!  We shall see how that works out!

Nice photo op

I'll be getting back home a day or two before the eclipse.  I live in the 80% zone but my wife and I plan on driving a couple hours north to be in the path of totality.  Road trip!

Opening day of Iowas first season. I plan on being out amongst them.

I've heard of hunting the front, but this?

Will be out amongst 'em. Maybe we get a double fly down/fly up day?

Quote from: blake_08 on February 13, 2024, 12:24:59 PM
Is anyone concerned with traveling around the eclipse time? I had told my oldest son I would take him to Missouri youth hunting if he did good on a project he's working on. Now I'm concerned about having to go back on it as youth season is the weekend before the eclipse. I know the interstates are going to be more busy, but I'd hate to get up there and not be able to buy gas to get back home or something. May be nothing to worry about, but everyone is predicting it to be pretty bad. I live right in the path of totality.

. I wouldn't let it stop me.  Probably heavier traffic on Sunday but nothing real huge I would guess.

Quote from: blake_08 on February 13, 2024, 12:24:59 PM
Is anyone concerned with traveling around the eclipse time? I had told my oldest son I would take him to Missouri youth hunting if he did good on a project he's working on. Now I'm concerned about having to go back on it as youth season is the weekend before the eclipse. I know the interstates are going to be more busy, but I'd hate to get up there and not be able to buy gas to get back home or something. May be nothing to worry about, but everyone is predicting it to be pretty bad. I live right in the path of totality.

I was here in Idaho during the 2017 eclipse and everybody was preparing for, and expecting, the worse. Turned out to largely be a nothing burger. Some traffic issues right after it had passed, but not a big deal at all. I certainly wouldn't change your plans.

To each their own, but... witnessing the eclipse was one of the wildest things I've ever seen. I've got tickets to San Antonio to see it this time around. Just know that you need to be within (and preferably in the very center of) the path of totality. I knew plenty of people here that were like "Ah, it's going to be 97% here in Boise, that's good enough, I'll just stay home". But I'm telling you, it's not. They were all very disappointed.

Wife is on a social media site (sewing) daily that originates in Houston Texas.  Word there is that many motels and campgrounds have added a $$$$ premium to their rates for eclipse time. One claimed the rates have doubled .Be aware.

I'm going to be right in the total darkness when it happens. I wish it would happen during hunting season, then I could roost the bird twice in one day:)

I'm in Tn. Our season opens on the 6th, may have to take that day off work!


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I'll be in the line of totality here in Texas and plan on being out there hunting. I myself am more interested in what the birds will do during this time. I assume they will be thrown off by this event and I would not be surprised if they find a tree to fly up in during the darkness.

I live on the Southern Illinois/ Southern Indiana line along the Wabash River right on the direct path of the eclipse. My first spring turkey season comes in on Monday, April 8th, the day of the event. My favorite place to hunt is some 25 miles away, but I'll probably stay close to home where I can drive the back roads if I need to stay late in the morning.

I'll be somewhere in Georgia