It's killing me I haven't been turkey hunting yet. My old man has been hunting them for 2 weeks back in MS. He's called up 4 good toms so far. Our season opens here April 1st. Can't wait. I dropped a nest egg on turkey hunting crap last night in Cabela's and got all my TSS stuff in the mail to start reloading. Plan on patterning it next week after work. Hope it's as deadly as all these guys claim. If so, I might have to try some of this stuff thru a 20ga on geese.

Curious if the rest of you guys turkey hunt? I'm normally on the lake chasing a SAL, but I've gotten the turkey bug again this year. Plan on hitting OK and KS besides TX maybe MS if all my plans work out this year.

just gettin' into it dis year!

been seeing a bunch of jakes & hens. had a tom located on de roost last week. tried workin" him down but, ended up spookin' him away. seems like dat last lil' cool front shut 'em down for now. will be back at it in a couple of weeks!

I chase turkeys up here in wisconsin. I also go to North central Nebraska. Wyoming and South Dakota. Wyoming is second to none for Merriams. Our season starts the 15 of April

What I knows 'bout Sprang TurkeyByrd season is .... is the fellers that I know that went the first time gots a life long addictions to it !!!! One of mines partners gots a Hen decoy that he calls Miss Sally and she done 'caused the deaf of over 30 Toms !!!!

I'm gonna go one of these days .... I'm kind of like you said .... generally durin' the sprang I gots other thangs goin' on and I don't really thank I can mentally handle another addictions !!!

Good deal Sandman, sounds like you going for a grandslamb with all the states you're hunting in.

I love to turkey hunt also - at my lease in Liberty, MS. Getting jammed up with work but should be out there in April.

Coon, where you huntin' at?

They are strutting like crazy here in Indiana and Western Ky. All over the place. Nothing finer than a a big gobbler kill in the morning and finding a bucket of morels when walking out of the woods... except a maybe a 70 pound flathead....or a cooler full of crappie

Randy

There's no turkeys in MS! You phags should be hunting in LA. Kill one of them big 'ol swamp chickens.


No grand slam here. I'm waiting for the old man to retire. Turkey hunting is his thing. I'd like for us to take one or two weeks to try and complete the slam one year.

I go once or twice a year. I like it a lot. Actually, having a bird come through the mountain laurel gobbling and spitting and drumming and his head is changing colors like some psychedelic trip is about the most exciting thing this side of nekkid time. It's too addictive.


Plus, I usually fill most of my tags in the fall shooting hens for lunch.

Crappie are biting and stacking up under the docks, shad are running, catfish and rocks are right behind them then the Drum come into the bay and then the cobia and spades and AJs and flounder and trout and the smallmouth get right on the river and the flatheads turn on

Then it's dove season.

Patterning results from today!

Believe everything you read and see about the TSS shot.

I was skeptical until I shot some myself this afternoon. Impressive is an understatement on how this stuff patterns. This was the first run and only thru one choke. I'm sure we could dial it in even more with different chokes and straight 9 or 8 shot to increase our pellet counts.

First was a 1 5/8oz load of 1oz of TSS #9's and 5/8oz of Hevi-Shot #7 1/2's. 559 pellets in this load total. 286 in a 10" circle at 40 yards.



Next was a 2oz load of 1oz of TSS #9's and 1oz of TSS #7s. 527 pellets total in this load. 327 in a 10" circle at 40 yards.



I can't wait to dial up some 5 shot for geese this winter.

2nd pic, is that a duplex load 9x7's?? That's a damn good pattern for duplex if it is.

WOW !!! Thats is diffently a pattern. What choke and what gun ? and What is TSS ?

Man I likes learnin' new thangs !!!! Thanks !!!!

Here is how I feel about turkeys: I would take EVERYTHING I own deer and duck related and THROW it all under a fast moving semi to hunt turkeys!!! I live to turkey hunt. My son and I doubled on opening day ( his first ever!!!). I have hunted almost 20 days thus far and have many more to do. Headed to Missouri first of May to help a buddy out with his hunting show, call for him and promote my turkey calls while I am at it. And hopefully get one of my own while I am there

nice birds man! I aint never been turkey huntin. My dad almost ran a couple over on the atv this deer season.

Skip it. If you duck hunt, fish and like women, you really have year-round suffering covered. I know misery loves company, but dammit you have to draw the line somewhere.

Get up at 3am, walk around in thorn thickets until the sun comes up, then go find a chigger nest to sit in and maybe find a snake to bite you. Walk 50-11 miles and pretend like the bird walked off with hens which is what happens most of the time anyway. Now you are a turkey hunter.

Then one of those ugly, stupid simbitches double gobbles at about 15 yards inthe laurels and you just come unglued and it's as good a flock of ducks pitching in your decoys or a 10lb bass stomping a spinnerbait 10' from the boat. Then you're ruint.

Stay away.

Finally got on some birds and got to use that TSS 2oz of #9 and #7. Killed two birds in one shot. More than impressed with the results. These birds came in strutting, gobbling, running, etc. I bet they came from 500-600 yards as my buddy and I were working another bird in the field. They were about 300 yards away when they entered the field and we could see them. Took them about a minute to close the distance. Awesome hunt!

sweet redemption!

good luck!

we have 1 w/e left for de season & i'm on call, so look's like it'll be next year for me!

switchin' gears and lookin' for June 1st so we can go kill sum endangered "red perch" & other bottom dwellers

SandyMans .... You just too much !!!!

Querston ~ Did it git you exited when you called 'em in ??

Heck Yeah !!! I gots exicited just readin' the story !!!!

Like I posted earlier ... I ain't never gone sprang TurkeyByrd huntin' ... but it do sound like a hoot !!

Forgot all about this. Went hunting for 3 days, got all sleep deprived, and forgot to post some pics. I'll thru to throw them up tonight. We killed 6 in 3 days. It was freaking awesome. I didn't pull the trigger, but I got to call in 4 or the 6. Pretty neat stuff to watch two buddies lay down 4 toms! The old birds were still henned up and didn't want to play. Sure wish I could go back this weekend.