Texas

[Yelper]

I have been hunting in Texas for a lot of years and this was by far the worst year I have experienced. I hunted 5 days and only heard one bird gobble on the property I hunt (1500 acres) and I was able to kill him. The birds didn't gobble, saw hens without toms and in past years usually I will hear 15-20 birds a day gobbling and usually harvest my 4 birds in 3 days. It was great to be in the field, but it was like I was hunting a ghost town, not sure if the severe cold weather they had in March set them back or not.

[Sixes]

Looks like you needed a Rio call instead of an Osceola. That is probably the issue

[grayfox]

He's got some nice spurs. Congratulation on a nice bird.

[Yoteduster]

Congrats on a nice gobbler

[randy6471]

Nice bird. Congrats!

[wvmntnhick]

Nice looking bird. Love those spurs.


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[Yelper]

Looks like you needed a Rio call instead of an Osceola. That is probably the issue

That's funny

[JeffC]

Congrats on another fine Tom. Just starting my season, 2 days in field, only 1 mature bird heard, did call in 2 different groups of jakes, so area pinned for next. Lot of pressure on public, high winds yesterday, just keep marching on, enjoying the woods.

[Tail Feathers]

Yelper, I have the same gun (SX3 Universal Hunter) and an Albert Paul box call that looks just like that one.  Congrats on the bird.  I was in N. TX for the opener on April 03 and man at the gobbling I heard!

[OJR]

I have hunted central Texas for the past 14 years. The past three have been the worst. Low numbers of turkeys and little to no gobbling as compared to past experience. I still enjoy the trip with my buddies, but times have changed.

[HUNTER727]

I hunted around Childress Texas for several years and boy was it fun. There was a ton of birds. My family and I would.go up and hunt for 3-4 days and we would always come home with turkeys. I miss hunting Texas forsure

[Kansan]

Bird numbers are on the decline throughout their range, so you're not alone. I sure hope they can bounce back soon. What's most concerning, is that populations are going down everywhere, and not just in isolated places. Everyone has a theory, but no one really knows why.

[Sanders153]

I sure hope so to. Surely whatever it is, it can be reversed for our unique American bird

[TXTOM]

Worst year that I can remember. I've hunted several places this year. It just has not been good.

[howl]

Maybe it's cause people kill them all. An awful lot of birds got killed last year due to kung flu. I called up some birds and didn't shoot them this year because there are so few on those properties.