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WHATS BEST WEEK IN TENNESSEE

megalomaniac said:
By FAR, the best week of the season is the second week of April. Birds have definetly broken up from winter flocks and are most vulnerable to calling.

That being said, I gave the second week up a few years ago simply because so many birds were killed opening week leaving around half the number of birds to chase by the second week. For that reason, I always hunt the opener now. But it's a gamble... a cold, late winter could potentially result in a complete bust, though.

That's also why I'm a little pissed about them screwing with opening week dates and opening the season the earliest it has ever opened since I've been hunting. So much for tying the opener to the 'saturday closest to April 1'...
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How long have you been turkey hunting in Tennessee?
Season always starts the last weekend in March
 
Lawrence said:
megalomaniac said:
By FAR, the best week of the season is the second week of April. Birds have definetly broken up from winter flocks and are most vulnerable to calling.

That being said, I gave the second week up a few years ago simply because so many birds were killed opening week leaving around half the number of birds to chase by the second week. For that reason, I always hunt the opener now. But it's a gamble... a cold, late winter could potentially result in a complete bust, though.

That's also why I'm a little pissed about them screwing with opening week dates and opening the season the earliest it has ever opened since I've been hunting. So much for tying the opener to the 'saturday closest to April 1'...
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How long have you been turkey hunting in Tennessee?
Season always starts the last weekend in March
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Since 1988.

Season has never been tied to the last weekend in March... until THIS year. For some reason, the season opening dates were changed last fall.

Season has always opened 'the saturday closest to April 1' which is sometimes in March, sometimes in April. This is the EARLIEST opening day of turkey season on record. They way the season has been set in years past, season would have opened April 4 this year.

The biggest problem with dates so early is that the season opens before most hens have been bred...not a problem if multiple gobblers are in an area, but in sparsely populated areas could result in removal of the males before breeding.
 
megalmaniac,

The season use to always open the last weekend in March. It did for years until they started having the juvenile season.
 
bigdog7mm said:
megalmaniac,

The season use to always open the last weekend in March. It did for years until they started having the juvenile season.
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the week thier in thier prime,i've killed em in rain,snow,and sunshine,
 

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