Does anyone still hunt turkeys?

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tim

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I opened my tail gate this morning and a couple of toms answered.

I guess i worded my questions wrong, does any one "still hunt" or spot and stalk turkeys?
not does anyone go hunting for turkeys. I had a tom all fanned out at the house yesterday morning. The hen did not care.
 
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(to answer your question above "tim")
I have used a combination of moving in on them (still hunting) when they will keep talking to you, but just won't budge. I have had some success with this, but have been busted and just boogered the birds quite a few times. I've found for me, patience works better once they have responded to my call.
 
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As the tips of the tailfan feathers get lighter in color the turkey gets lighter in brain.cells and heavier on gobbling. The rio and merriams subspecies are not stupid critters in the grand scheme of comparison to other species of animals but compared to easterns and.osceolas they are do do birds. There is no tougher quarry that ive ever chased than the easterns that live in my swamp. The only big game animals id give equal difficulty would be mature whitetail buck and bull elk. Ive killed probly 100 turkeys in my life and.not one chestnut color fan bird was easy. A few merriams and a couple rios did gobble themselves to death but more still have given me.a.heck of a challenge. Ill post a pic of my youngest sons 9th eastern in 10 years of hunting them here in se oklahoma. I called in his first and he smashed him at 12 yards with 28" barrel rem 870 20 ga. At 4 years old. This one he got a few weeks ago was 21 lb and 11" beard. Resized_Resized_20230418_200426.jpeg
 
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tim said:
I opened my tail gate this morning and a couple of toms answered.

I guess i worded my questions wrong, does any one "still hunt" or spot and stalk turkeys?
not does anyone go hunting for turkeys. I had a tom all fanned out at the house yesterday morning. The hen did not care.
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We’ve put the sneak on quite a few birds. Not really as hard as people think it would be. Especially when you have a group of toms fighting down in a some low ground
 
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I drove around some over the weekend and found tons of turkeys. Flock after Flock, all on private property
 
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