Poll
Question:
How Many Turkeys do you kill? each year?
Option 1: 0-3
Option 2: 4+
Option 3: Op is a Genius and can have all my hunting stuff.
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Just Curious...
Not enough
One less than I'd like to.
I like a bird to eat now and then, but I get a bigger kick out of calling a bunch of different birds and just spending the time outdoors with them these days. That wasn't always the case, though.
Bob
Sometimes 1 its good to be out there chasing them Gobblers. :firefighter:
The OP is a genius and can have all my hunting stuff... ;D ;D
Bob
Usually 2 - 4, but I've ranged from zero to 6. Pretty much every year I threaten to quit and sell all my hunting stuff
Much depends on work 2-6 is a safe range, most years 3-5.
Depends on how much I get to hunt. 2 is probably my average. Thinking I will get more time to hunt this year so that's good.
It varies with where I get to go hunt. Usually two or three, on a good year 4-5.
Quote from: OldSchool on January 21, 2016, 01:41:56 PM
The OP is a genius and can have all my hunting stuff... ;D ;D
Bob
Yeah, it's odd that one isn't getting any votes (yet) ::)
Normally only hunt in MD and its a 2 bird state.
I hunt a bit... About 20-25 days a spring now and hunt with a number of "new" and "new to turkey" hunters, youth hunters, friends and a Learn to Hunt program. Looked through my (Turkey Book) for myself 4-5 birds and will call in another 9-10 birds for others. It took me 5 years to really learn my game and did pretty good for the next 8 years after that with about 7-8 birds a spring. Been pretty lucky over the last 12 years with an average of 13-14 birds a spring with a high of 21 and a low of 10 and a total of 161 birds in that timeframe, last year was my 25th season!
MK M GOBL
Quote from: MK M GOBL on January 21, 2016, 05:17:55 PM
I hunt a bit... About 20-25 days a spring now and hunt with a number of "new" and "new to turkey" hunters, youth hunters, friends and a Learn to Hunt program. Looked through my (Turkey Book) for myself 4-5 birds and will call in another 9-10 birds for others. It took me 5 years to really learn my game and did pretty good for the next 8 years after that with about 7-8 birds a spring. Been pretty lucky over the last 12 years with an average of 13-14 birds a spring with a high of 21 and a low of 10 and a total of 161 birds in that timeframe, last year was my 25th season!
MK M GOBL
That is really good. We can have a max of 2/year here in Iowa. 2 can be a challenge the last several years. Congrats on getting the kids out to hunt.
I usually tag out. but i get more fun out of calling in birds for new hunters and good friends.
There are bonds built in the turkey woods while standing on the head of a Old Gobbler that can not be broken easily
Quote from: guesswho on January 21, 2016, 01:17:57 PM
One less than I'd like to.
:icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: At least!
I kill one bird a year off my small place but I only started killing a bird a season five years ago so it took time to become consistent but some years are better then others. Any day in the turkey woods is a good day
Fortunately I get to hunt 3 or 4 states each year. I usually kill 6-7 birds and call 10 or more others to the gun.
Quote from: chadly on January 21, 2016, 06:55:15 PM
That is really good. We can have a max of 2/year here in Iowa. 2 can be a challenge the last several years. Congrats on getting the kids out to hunt.
Thanks!
I hunted Iowa for a few years but for a non-resident you can only get 1 bird and with the $200+ a year (tag/license/habitat stamp) it got a bit expensive... but back home I have some fun calling birds in, when you come play my game it's 15-17 yards with the shotgun and 10-12 yards with the bow!
MK M GOBL
i like to take one normally i have killed 2 in a season in the past. i have no reason to take more than 1 or 2 myself. i didnt connect last year but i did work a few. i also called a few jakes in but as dad said good things come to those who wait so i let them walk.
Usually on a good year probably 2. Had one year though I never came close to clicking off the safety though.
Shoot for my limit of 3 here in VA. Last year was a blast with killing 1 in GA and getting my 3 in the first week of VA season. Then I got to help family, friends, and a wounded warrior during the reset of the season and ended up watching 13 die.
Louisiana has a 2 Bird limit. I also try to make hunts in couple more states if I can get the time off.So I get my 2 in LA every year and 2-4 more depending on year and time available. This year Lord willing I'm going to Miss. and back to Texas and then Kansas
2-4 depending on work and weather.
I got skunked last year in Missouri. Only killed one here at home in Louisiana.
It's hard to explain how I could hear so many turkeys Gobble and not kill one! Lol I'm sure it would be a lot easier to explain it to everyone on here though!
I did miss one the first morning. So I did at least have the opportunity. Too far. The bigger birds and hilly open big timber, terane lead to my miss judgment of distance.
Usually 2-3 but have ranged from 0-7.
All public land hunting
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Kentucky bag limit is 2 in the Spring. Most years I tag out, but not always. Only been skunked once in 14 years.
I usually kill between 5-10. Last spring I killed 8. But I am able to hunt several states.
I just got started last spring. I have yet to kill my first bird.
But I got the fever and I am very hopeful for this spring. :funnyturkey:
I usually end up on a 4 bird average. I have killed at least one over the last 35 years. Most years have been 3 and my best year was 9. A few 7 and a few more 6.
I used to kill 4 or 5 a year than stop. As I get older the number is one or two less. Much of my time is spent helping my kids, other kids, new folks, etc.
Season is short but I'd not trade the time I sacrifice to help kids to double my numbers
Some of you really know how to make a person feel inadequate..LOL!
Seriously, I got back into the game 4 years ago and am truly still learning as I go. I have been fortunate to have gotten an opportunity 3 of those seasons. I do however have some great memories and stories to tell.
I fill my two Kentucky tags and that is usually it.
I am a bit of shut-in, in that I stay on my 200 acres the whole season. That can mean getting shut out now and again, but it also adds an extra dimension to it all. I'm hunting the same birds year after year, and so I can see patterns. To me, terrain and structure seem to dictate turkey personality. As a result, every few years, I get to hunt my arch nemesis, Mister Natural all over again. Silent Bob and the 3 Jakes show up. Blithe, the hen, makes an appearance, and I almost always get to match wits with the Garbage Pit Bandit or the Virginia Rambler.
Quote from: Clif Owen on January 22, 2016, 07:51:40 PM
Some of you really know how to make a person feel inadequate..LOL!
Seriously, I got back into the game 4 years ago and am truly still learning as I go. I have been fortunate to have gotten an opportunity 3 of those seasons. I do however have some great memories and stories to tell.
Way to think. It's not about numbers, it's about the hunt. Many guys call for kids, friends or new hunters. That's great
I always hunt TX, OK, MO, and KS each year, plus one or two more states. Been doing this since the early 1980's.
Gman
Quote from: guesswho on January 21, 2016, 01:17:57 PM
One less than I'd like to.
That sums it all up nicely. :agreed:
Most years I manage to knock down 7 or 8. My best year was in 02 I managed to kill 12 in 5 states.
State limit is 3 and That is usually what I kill
Not enough.
Only get to hunt one or two states a year with the way I need to distribute my vacation.
Would say my general average is 2-4/year.
Hopefully when I don't have to be gainfully employed anymore that number will rise sharply.
we can kill six a year total here in ky,counting the fall season,and for the last 8 years ive been lucky and filled all 6 each year.i like to get after them in the fall too with an excalibur crossbow.this year i didnt get my last one until last monday,the very last day of the season,one of the coldest days we had.
I'd say I average 3, but just recently started hunting multiple states every year, I used to just hunt Iowa which is a 2 bird limit. Killed 5 last year. However, I generally call in as many for others, like my little brothers and dad, as I do for myself. I agree with others, it's not about the numbers, and hunting with family and friends is a big part of why I do it.
4 in the spring and at least a couple in the fall. Past 2 years killed 3 during the fall season.
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not near as many as i want to, whether I'm shooting or calling for somebody else, we always looking for one more, but I have been very lucky for the last few years just being able to kill at least one every year, but my most favorites have been for my son when he was 9, then a neighbors son when he was 12, and his daddy when he was 30, then a young kid of 8, and this year calling up one here in Louisiana for my wife and another in Tenn for her, & just spending time in the woods with people, but always it is the fun of the hunt, when it quits being an almost heart attack experience, and all for numbers, I will quit
Quote from: mountman62 on January 26, 2016, 04:16:48 AM
but always it is the fun of the hunt, when it quits being an almost heart attack experience, and all for numbers, I will quit
:icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: I was having some chest pain when I used my push mower early last summer, so my doctor suggested a stress test. I explained that turkey season had just ended and that I'd been through a series of them in the past month. ;D It turned out to be some torn cartilage between my ribs.
Bob
Quote from: Fullfan on January 24, 2016, 01:31:01 PM
Most years I manage to knock down 7 or 8. My best year was in 02 I managed to kill 12 in 5 states.
That's awesome. Few more years I will start hunting multiple states.
ONE. Because Michigan for some dumb reason allows ONE bird. Yet, you can pretty much kill as many deer as you want buck, doe, big or small. Yet, one turkey.
Some where around to 9-10 a year
Quote from: guesswho on January 21, 2016, 01:17:57 PM
One less than I'd like to.
I like and agree with the answer above as it seems no matter how much time I get to spend in the woods and no matter what level of success we have over a season I always wish that the spring would never end.
Quote from: guesswho on January 21, 2016, 01:17:57 PM
One less than I'd like to.
Best answer possible to such a question. :z-winnersmiley: Anything else is just a whizzing contest.
Although I complained in my previous post about MI allowing one bird, which i still think is dumb, I do know that each bird I shoot is special and I can remember each and every story for every bird.