Did your season reflect harvest numbers in your state?

[falltoms]

I had one of my best seasons, I hunted 8 states,  I did see some hunters , but heard very little shooting

[rgref522]

we had our best season ever and barely saw anyone else hunting.  majority of our birds were public, but i haven't looked at overall state numbers

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[Turkeyman]

As we all know, statistics can be misleading. For instance, let's take 100 turkey hunters...hunting a particular WMU.  Ten who kill a bird every year, 90 who very seldom kill a bird. At season's end there are ten dead birds...all taken by the ringers. So your chances of killing a bird in that WMU are 10%...NOT.

[Cut N Run]

Not even close for me.  Hunter and harvest numbers were way up, especially the number of jakes taken.

I saw more hunters than gobblers.  I did not get a mature gobbler in range the entire season.  A swift kick to the crotch would have felt better.  I hunted more than usual, but I also had more hunters set up and kill birds closer to me than usual.  Discouraged ain't enough word for it.  I live to turkey hunt.  Even though I had fun & enjoyed being in the woods, the outcome was soul crushing.

Jim