Heading to mississippi

megalomaniac said:
100,000's of acres of public here in south MS...

unfortunately the population density is about 1 tom per 25,000 acres in most of it.
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Seemed like the population in the north wasn't much better lol being our first time there we had planned on locating a bird from the road but both mornings we went we were unable to ever hear a gobble. Checked several locations and nothing. Not sure if the birds weren't there or if maybe they just weren't within hearing distance. We saw plenty trucks parked so makes me think there had to be birds in the area. Unless those guys were like us and clueless.
 
I've never heard a gobbling bird within hearing distance of a drivable road when on public. I'm sure it happens on occasion, but I've never been that lucky. All the birds I found you had to claw your way through nearly impenetrable yaupon and privet to get to spots with more open woods. All at least a half mile from any public road.

I'm hitting public tomorrow, the bird I was hunting opening week right on my property line has shifted further off and I don't have another to hunt on private until he or another shifts back on.
 
Joe2Kool said:
Go get him Megalo! And post some tailgate pics!!
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It's not been pretty...

I have hunted every day of the season except 1 so far... im having a tough time leaving the bird on my line, because he is the most vocal bird I've ever encountered on MS... like 50 gobbles every morning. I got to 40y of the line in the dark, he was roosted 100y away over the line. Gobbled at all my soft talk on the limb, then flew down 80y away with all his hens and gobbled nonstop following the hens away.

We did have a new solo bird shift in yesterday, but he got limb lifted by someone a few minutes after his first gobble. Just after legal shooting time, but was still dark due to heavy cloud cover this am.

Hunted public for 12 hours Friday. On the way out of one spot, I sat down for a break, called and rested. About 10 minutes later a male bird clucked at me 35y away in some horrible thick stuff. I got ready, scratched leaves, and he clucked once more. Made a few purrs and a soft cluck back... nothing. About 5 min later he clucked once more. Waited 30 min, not another sound. I never saw him, may have been a jake. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

Found some old tracks in an area I killed a bird at a few years ago. Will check those 2 spots again on Wednesday when I'm off work.

But I can't really complain... I've heard a bird gobble 7 out of 8 days hunting.... even if he was off the property.
 
Well I'm back. After over 100k steps in 3.25 days I heard 2 turkeys gobble. One at 12:06 yesterday afternoon and got in the game this morning.

The ditches down there are legit, and I had to wait until he was on the ground to make a move because he would have seen me otherwise, and I couldn't call him across it otherwise.

He gobbler 4x.

My experience is that the birds weren't busted up very much, and were not talking. I will be back though!
 
Killed one Fri in North MS. Gobblers were not gobbling , and are still hanging together. Got lucky and had two gobblers together answer me, and called them in "like they were on a string".

Actually missed one Thu at 20yds. I have no idea how i missed , but I did 100% flat out miss a gobbler at 20 yds. he never gobbled either, was just coming to my calling.
 

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