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It looks like today, when we finally got some good weather, the turkey harvest went up. It is the first day maybe all year that this years harvest beat last year's, and by a pretty good margin too. Looks like last year on the same saturday of the season the harvest was 604. Today, still with some time to check in, and yes lots of people check in at the last minute, is 882. Saw lots of stories of lots of toms being pretty aggressive. Going out in the morning to try and film a friend before the rain, not that we won't hint in the rain, but my camera is not waterproof. Good luck everybody.


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Agreed as far as the the weather. For many weekend hunters in my part of the state, this was kind of like opening day as it was the first Saturday with weather worth hunting, and fine weather at that, at least up until 10AM. It got pretty windy after that as the stiff southern winds moved in. It has been raining here since 3AM and forecast shows it raining all day long.
 
Birds gobbled and came to calls a lot better in my neck of the woods yesterday. But you also gotta think there are a lot less people in the woods now than there were 2 or 3 weeks ago. So our harvest numbers could have been a lot higher overall if the hunting was better earlier. I don't think the low numbers this year means the statewide population is crashing like some people say, I think the crappy hunting has saved a few birds if anything which should help the areas in decline


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catman529":1zxd8ym4 said:
Birds gobbled and came to calls a lot better in my neck of the woods yesterday. But you also gotta think there are a lot less people in the woods now than there were 2 or 3 weeks ago. So our harvest numbers could have been a lot higher overall if the hunting was better earlier. I don't think the low numbers this year means the statewide population is crashing like some people say, I think the crappy hunting has saved a few birds if anything which should help the areas in decline


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I do agree, i know people who haven't hunted 25% as much as they usually do and now they're fishing. But, like you said, it should only help the population.


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Good Post! The weather has more to do with the low numbers to start the season than anything in my opinion! The birds are getting right and I have seen absolutely no difference anywhere I have hunted this year in the number of birds I have heard. I have been past Nashville to the west and around Knoxville to the East! Now the number I have killed compared to the past that's a different story!LOL
 
4th weekend 2017 - 1,033 birds checked in
4th weekend 2018 - 1,494 birds checked in

To be fair, I have no idea what the statewide weather was like 4th weekend last year. I would have to research that.
 
Andy S.":2k67b1u8 said:
4th weekend 2017 - 1,033 birds checked in
4th weekend 2018 - 1,494 birds checked in

To be fair, I have no idea what the statewide weather was like 4th weekend last year. I would have to research that.

Weather that weekend in 2017 was cloudy rainy some storms northerly winds 8-15 mph and high of 60ish Saturday and cloudy drizzly high 55 Sunday.
 
Andy S.":23byu1qz said:
4th weekend 2017 - 1,033 birds checked in
4th weekend 2018 - 1,494 birds checked in

To be fair, I have no idea what the statewide weather was like 4th weekend last year. I would have to research that.

Curious what the comparison was between 17/18 third weekend? Last year was a monsoon?


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