Heading to mississippi

Joe2Kool said:
You guys are making me jealous! Go git em!

I do have relatives in south Mississippi. Maybe I need to start visiting them in March…🤔🤔
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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.
 
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!
 
my nephew is in Leaksville MS and been keeping me in the loop, said its been tough down there with not a lot of gobbling until this morning but still very grouped up. Im headed down there on Thurs so hopefully that changes a little.
 
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.
 
REN said:
my nephew is in Leaksville MS and been keeping me in the loop, said its been tough down there with not a lot of gobbling until this morning but still very grouped up. Im headed down there on Thurs so hopefully that changes a little.
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Stay outta Perry county.... i thought Sequatchie Co TN had some hunting outlaws... nothing compared to Perry co MS.

I was on public not far from Leaksville last Fri.
 
Andy S. said:
50 miles over 3.25 days is legit. That's covering some ground.
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My watch died Sunday morning halfway through the hunt. I didn't take my charger with me- but even 93000 is a bunch. When I'm running, I get right at 5 miles/10k steps.
 

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Joe2Kool said:
Help me out, what does that mean? Thanks.
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Banks are 8-12' high with water 10"-6' deep. The bottoms are very silty- even on the sand and gravel bars.

I stepped on a gravel bar thinking I could cross easily and sank beyond my knee.

The point is- you may have to travel 100-300 yds to find an adequate place to cross. Pic below was a broken line, seasonal creek.
 

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REN said:
Ms birds suck haha. Had 1 at 8yds yesterday but came silent and behind me so no shot.

Had 2 on roost and got them to 75yds but they wouldn't commit and gobbled walking away.

THICK down here too son
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South MS is harder than north MS for sure

I got on a hard gobbling bird on public Friday am, but he was 300y across the line on private and couldn't even hear me (or at least never gobbled back to me). I gave him till 10a, then needed a shower front sweating down
 
megalomaniac said:
South MS is harder than north MS for sure

I got on a hard gobbling bird on public Friday am, but he was 300y across the line on private and couldn't even hear me (or at least never gobbled back to me). I gave him till 10a, then needed a shower front sweating down
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man it really is tough hunting down there. I was hunting on 1500acres of private property, my nephew lives on it and knows it well. Mostly pine stands with some oak bottoms but geez its just THICK everywhere. Even in the open pines its lots and lots of privite thats chest high with open spots in it. You can see a long ways but due to the habitat you cant see turkeys but they can easily see you, plus there is just not A LOT of turkeys around. Plenty to hunt but nothing like here in TN or where I grew up in bama.

Having said that we were on birds every hunt and had oppurtunities a few times but they always came in silent and due to the pines I never heard them till it was too late or they just wouldnt commit. My nephew was able to finally connect this morning on one so it wasnt a wash and it was fun hunting but man that type of hunting will humble you.

good example. I heard prob 5 different toms in the past 3 days at all times of the day and we covered a lot of ground every day. Hunted sun up to sun down, and in that time I actually saw with my own eyes a total of 3 hens and 1 tom (3 times I had a bird gobbling within 70yds gobbling at calls and never could see them). The rest I could only hear them or find tracts ect. Its obvious they were around but man just getting eyes on them in tough.
 
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