Just got back from Middle Tennessee.I spent 3 days hunting. guiding, jaw dropping in the area and was utterly amazed at the difference in "Spring Green up" and the stage of breeding the local turkey population is in at this time.
Here in East Tennessee, I have been 7 times. 2 0f the 7 times I have heard a few birds gobble on the roost. VERY few.
But in Middle Tennessee, Sumner, Wilson, etc., the turkeys are seemingly EVERYWHERE gobbling, strutting, and responding to calls.
I had many opportunities to shoot, and so did my buddies. The guy who lives there is now done for the year. He barely made any calls and mostly shot in self defense.
The hunting that we do over there is not anything like around these big woods in East Tennessee. It is much more "user friendly".
It is different, just like deer hunting from county to county can be. Some easier, some not. This was definitely easier.
The deer sign was insane. So were the deer sightings.
It was "normal" to hear 10-20 birds gobbling at sun-up. We would move in, set up, and call in multiple Toms to select for the kill, or pass. I literally heard and saw more gobblers than I have here in the past 5 years combined. (and I have limited out several of these 5 years)
Now back to reality here in the East. Little or no green up, little or no gobbling.
Here in East Tennessee, I have been 7 times. 2 0f the 7 times I have heard a few birds gobble on the roost. VERY few.
But in Middle Tennessee, Sumner, Wilson, etc., the turkeys are seemingly EVERYWHERE gobbling, strutting, and responding to calls.
I had many opportunities to shoot, and so did my buddies. The guy who lives there is now done for the year. He barely made any calls and mostly shot in self defense.
The hunting that we do over there is not anything like around these big woods in East Tennessee. It is much more "user friendly".
It is different, just like deer hunting from county to county can be. Some easier, some not. This was definitely easier.
The deer sign was insane. So were the deer sightings.
It was "normal" to hear 10-20 birds gobbling at sun-up. We would move in, set up, and call in multiple Toms to select for the kill, or pass. I literally heard and saw more gobblers than I have here in the past 5 years combined. (and I have limited out several of these 5 years)
Now back to reality here in the East. Little or no green up, little or no gobbling.