Hickman Co. Tennessee???????

[Hanoverian]

Looking for some info bout the quality of turkey hunting in Hickman co TN. I just picked up 2 places in TN for spring turkey hunting only. I got 700 acre place around Kimmins, TN and a 1,700 acre place around Pleasantville, TN. Both places have power lines, pipelines, hardwoods and various stages of pines. I looked online and seen that Hickman co was a top 10 county for bird numbers and harvest for the last couple years. Wondering what to expect from the hunting in this area. Seems like the places should have birds but didn't see a whole lot of sign in the hardwoods. Just wondering what to expect for hunting in that area.

[joshb311]

I have absolutely no idea about that area, but if I read somewhere that it was a top 10 county for harvests then it would lead me to believe that those birds might be pressured hard. Would I be wrong in thinking along those lines?

[pullit]

Don't know about those places but I live in Dickson Co. which is the next county and Dickson is/was the #1 county for turkey in TN. Got a buddy that has a lease at Buck Snort, and he has birds.

[Wingbone]

Pressured is correct. Statistics published about harvest reports in my opinion are good ways to figure out where not to go in most cases. Every county in Tn has turkeys, some more than others, but the counties with the highest harvest numbers=highest hunter numbers. My cousin has a farm in Hickman Co. and he has several birds. I'd say give it a couple weeks before you make any conclusions about your tracts. The birds are starting to talk a little bit here in Tn, but it's still a long wayto go yet.

[Rockhound]

I promise if you need help in hickman county ill be there on short notice

[joshb311]

Pressured is correct. Statistics published about harvest reports in my opinion are good ways to figure out where not to go in most cases. Every county in Tn has turkeys, some more than others, but the counties with the highest harvest numbers=highest hunter numbers. My cousin has a farm in Hickman Co. and he has several birds. I'd say give it a couple weeks before you make any conclusions about your tracts. The birds are starting to talk a little bit here in Tn, but it's still a long wayto go yet.

That's a strategy I'm hoping will pay off for me this year as I will probably be hunting a lot of public land if I get to go at all.

[VaTuRkStOmPeR]

Turkeys are plentiful in top 10 counties.

There may be a little pressure on them in those types of counties but private land offers the luxury of controlled access to abundant populations.

I hunt a top 3 Virginia county.  The pressure is there but I'd rather be in that county than any other during the spring because the opportunity to shoot one or two in the face each morning is very, very good.

If you know how to hunt, pressure is an obsolete consideration in a quality area.  Go kill em boy...

[chipper]

The pleasantville area on highway 100 is loaded with turkeys.

[Hanoverian]

thanks guys for all the replys, i appreciate it alot. im from La so the terrain up there compared to down here is totally different. yes the property is off 100 by pleasantville,tn. rockhound if i get lonesome hunting by myself ill give you a holler, definitely plan on spending alot of time up there, got a couple more properties to check out up there also. got hooked up with a guy from up there and hes getting me more properties than i ever imagined.

[pullit]

I you get over run, I am just a phone call away (less than 35 min from Centerville)

[Wingbone]

I don't mind hunting high pressure counties if you need any help thinning the flocks. I'm about 40 min away.

[wkyhunter]

I need lessons on finding a lease .....  . Been trying to find something in Tennessee not too far from home, western Kentucky, doesn't look like its happin this year.

[joshb311]

I need lessons on finding a lease .....  . Been trying to find something in Tennessee not too far from home, western Kentucky, doesn't look like its happin this year.

Try the websites of local timber companies. Many offer hunting leases fairly reasonably. My buddies and I have had leases with Rayonier and Southeastern Paper in the past. One was obtained extremely cheap because no one else bid on it. It was a really small lease (72 acres) but ended up being the site for my biggest deer harvest ever. Of course, the following year the secret was out on our hidden parcel and it went for three times the previous lease amount.

[wkyhunter]

I need lessons on finding a lease .....  . Been trying to find something in Tennessee not too far from home, western Kentucky, doesn't look like its happin this year.

Try the websites of local timber companies. Many offer hunting leases fairly reasonably. My buddies and I have had leases with Rayonier and Southeastern Paper in the past. One was obtained extremely cheap because no one else bid on it. It was a really small lease (72 acres) but ended up being the site for my biggest deer harvest ever. Of course, the following year the secret was out on our hidden parcel and it went for three times the previous lease amount.

Thanks..... anybody know about the old Westvaco property??? If they still own any in west Tennessee?

[Wingbone]

The old Westvaco properties were sold on the auction block about 12 years ago. We had about 15000 acres of it in my county. Public land turkey hunters took a major hit when that happened.