Are you a turkey counter ??

[Chordeiles]

Nope

[Spitten and drummen]

I did up to a number. Once I hit that then I lost count. The numbers became less important to me. I know my misses but the screw ups are too numerous to even attempt to come up with a number.

[eggshell]

No I don't

I don't even keep beards or spurs anymore, if you can't eat it I don't keep it. I have some people ask for feathers from time to time for crafts. I bagged up all my fans, spurs and beards a few years ago and set them out for the garbage truck. Even my wife couldn't believe it. For some reason it just came to the point it seemed like a vain and useless thing. I do keep a photo of each bird, but some from my early years were lost, so I could guess with maybe 10-20 but that's about it. .

I will tell you a count that does matter. The number of turkeys that are out there in the woods. The various state agencys have done a wonderful job building our flocks. when I started there were only a few area with birds and if you found 1 or maybe 2 gobblers to hunt you camped out on them. Now you just decide which one to go after and they are everywhere. That is the best number. I kill more in one season than I did in 10 years when I started.

[btomlin]

No, I could probably get close if really thought about it

[Fdept56]

I know exactly how many I have killed but every time someone asks the answer is always "not enough".

[zelmo1]

Old guy here, I can guess and be in the ballpark. But I do keep a journal of turkeys taken, missed, called in to range,  seen conditions and sex/maturity and location. I would need to go through them all to get the exact total. Then forget and do it all over again, lol. I do use the info to determine my past successes and failures in certain areas. 

[davisd9]

I do not know off the top of my head but I do mark each beard with the number on the shell casing I stick it in and add the number to my journal post. To my knowledge no one else besides maybe my wife would know the number. I have photos in my journal of the Gobbler so I can pull the beard out as I relive the hunt in my mind.


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[GobbleNut]

Like others, when I was new to the addiction, I could tell you exactly how many I had killed.  That ended about thirty years ago.  I could take a w.a.g. now, but I would have to think about it for a while,...and thinking is hard nowadays.   

I do admire those folks that have kept a log of hunts over time.  I did that for a while and then stopped,...I wish I hadn't. 

I will tell you a count that does matter. The number of turkeys that are out there in the woods.

Totally agree, eggshell. A lot of my satisfaction nowadays comes in the form of just going to the woods, hearing those gobblers, and knowing that they are out there and doing well. 

[cwb04]

Yes.  How many I have killed and how many I have called up for others which is about a 2:1 ratio.  I keep a log with dates and places. 

[AndyH]

No I do not keep count, But I can remember just about every successful turkey hunt I've been  apart of. I wish I would have kept a journal or log of some sort.


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[Swenny]

I keep a little notebook of the turkey and deer that I've bagged over the years. I also make an entry for when I go wingshooting.

What I don't write down, but what is also seared into my memory are the ones that have busted before I got a shot, not to mention the one that I missed at twenty yards (how the heck that happened still keeps me up and night and makes me shake my head).

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[Swenny]

No I do not keep count, But I can remember just about every successful turkey hunt I've been  apart of. I wish I would have kept a journal or log of some sort.


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Not too late, brother.  Grab a little fifty cent spiral notebook and start with what you remember! Put it in your pocket for when something drops into your memory and pretty soon you'll have a treasure!

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[nebgoosehunter]

Yes, but only because I keep a log.

[wvboy]

As someone else said.. not enough yet..

I am on the No Side .. I have a rough idea, but never kept an exact count. If I counted up my beards I guess I could get within 2 or 3 as I think I have only lost that many over the years.

[redjones]

No,like a lot of guys I have a good idea how many but not an exact number.
All I really know is I enjoyed each and every hunt that I have been on during the time I have chased after them.


   Greg