Finally found a bird in Alabama
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Finally found a bird in Alabama
The part if north Alabama I hunt has been rough this year. Finally got on this one at 11:00 today. Hoping Kentucky is better.
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Re: Finally found a bird in Alabama
Shazaaaam! Whatta beard!
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Awesome! Congrats!
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Nice bird, good luck on the next ones.
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Re: Finally found a bird in Alabama
Awesome double beard. That would be worth the wait for me. Congrats.
Re: Finally found a bird in Alabama
Good bird dude. Congrats. Good luck in Ky. What county in Ky?
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Perry. Between Hazard and Viper.
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Awesome Turk!!! His nick name was for sure Sherwin Williams with a paintbrush like that!!!
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oh yea. East ky. Ok thanks.
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Congrats on your Gobbler!
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Re: Finally found a bird in Alabama
Don't know what part of Bama you're hunting in where they aren't always tough.
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Re: Finally found a bird in Alabama
Alabama where I hunt has been really hard this year. Bird population seems really down.
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In south ALABAMA too. I normally kill my limit every year and I haven’t worked but two birds this year. It’s been rough.Turkinator wrote: ↑April 6th, 2018, 11:27 pm Alabama where I hunt has been really hard this year. Bird population seems really down.
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Was this expected? Have you had poor hatches recently? Just curious if any of the other southern tier of states are experiencing this too....
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They are still being stubborn, but I found 2 and killed both this weekend.BrowningGuy88 wrote: ↑April 7th, 2018, 7:16 amIn south ALABAMA too. I normally kill my limit every year and I haven’t worked but two birds this year. It’s been rough.Turkinator wrote: ↑April 6th, 2018, 11:27 pm Alabama where I hunt has been really hard this year. Bird population seems really down.
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I hunt in west-central Alabama, had a decent early season but much tougher the last two weeks. Despite a good number of birds, improved habitat, reasonable hunting pressure, and no notable change in predators, we have noticed a definite decrease in gobbling over the last few years. Our birds are either very hot for a day/two or very quiet. This makes hunting even more difficult for us weekend hunters and can change the age structure with more older birds that tend to gobble less. Many opinions on potential causes but no easy solutions. I am hearing the same from the south west part of the state.
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Re: Finally found a bird in Alabama
I hunt in west-central Alabama, had a decent early season but much tougher the last two weeks. Despite a good number of birds, improved habitat, reasonable hunting pressure, and no notable change in predators, we have noticed a definite decrease in gobbling over the last few years. Our birds are either very hot for a day/two or very quiet. This makes hunting even more difficult for us weekend hunters and can change the age structure with more older birds that tend to gobble less. Many opinions on potential causes but no easy solutions. I am hearing the same from the south west part of the state.
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Thanks for the update.....we have all seen 'those' periods where it seems like there isn't a gobbler in the county. I had a year when I hunted an area I had hunted for years and knew there were birds but when out 9 different days and never heard a gobble within a mile....then on the 10th day the woods exploded and I saw 6 different strutters within gun range.
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in my area they are getting shot and that is causing people to hear less gobbling. At the first part of the season we hear more because there were more to hear. The few stragglers that are left travel further in search of other turkeys and don’t come back to the same roost every day. The population is steadily declining and It is going to be a disaster.Cowanortho wrote: ↑April 10th, 2018, 1:38 pm I hunt in west-central Alabama, had a decent early season but much tougher the last two weeks. Despite a good number of birds, improved habitat, reasonable hunting pressure, and no notable change in predators, we have noticed a definite decrease in gobbling over the last few years. Our birds are either very hot for a day/two or very quiet. This makes hunting even more difficult for us weekend hunters and can change the age structure with more older birds that tend to gobble less. Many opinions on potential causes but no easy solutions. I am hearing the same from the south west part of the state.