Quote from: stockers53 on October 25, 2021, 09:56:43 PM
My son and i are venturing to new state in the spring for Turkey. Interested in Tenn. Any recommendations on good outfitter to use? Appreciate it
Do not use any young guys near Shelbyville!
Man what a cluster I got into last year.
Contacted one I found last year and made a deal for 3 of us to hunt. Drove up from south Ms and within 15 minutes of arriving get a text about "if you haven't left don't come". No money had exchanged hands yet, but still.... I had my family with me and the other 2 guys were coming from a hunt from another state and meeting us there. I had the address, so I went to the guy's parents house because I knew they owned the farms we were supposed to be hunting and I had kept text messages with the address from months back. Long story short, the Mom read the text strings on my phone and explained they had been going through a lot of trouble with their sons. Had no idea they had agreed to sell us turkey hunts on their farms and let us hunt for free. Trouble was, the place was shot up. One guy found 3 dead gobblers thrown in the woods that looked like they were killed the day before we got there.
This Summer on the news I saw where the oldest son was murdered in Nashville, and then his girlfriend was shot too. I feel bad for the parents because they were/are obviously dealing with a terrible amount of trouble and no one should have to bury their kid.
Moral of the story, I always feel like I do my diligence on checking places I'm paying to go hunt. Apparently I don't do well enough on my checking. Make sure you check it out good and remember you always get what you pay for. This wasn't going to be cheap, but the price was on the lower side.
