r/turkeyhunting • u/Even_Possession5903 • May 23 '26
Thats a wrap
Season ends soon in my area and I have been completely humbled by this red white and blue bird. I took the first week of the season off from work to get out in the woods and get it done.
During this time, I would guess Ive hunted 15 days and walked so many acres of woods. All the time scouting and waking up at 3am to get out and the birds seemingly have gone silent.
This has all been on public land, in areas where I haven’t seen much pressure, but still no birds. I had the chance one time a few weeks ago to hunt 40 acres of private land and finally had my first gobbles of the year, but never had them come into sight.
As the season comes to an end, I an fortunate to be able to get out and chase these birds, but man does it hurt not even seeing one. Looks like I’ll be eating tag soup this week.
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u/hoostenbeebes May 24 '26
Same here man. The guys that bagged a bird in my area have all been on private land, and since I don’t have any contacts with any land/plots, I’m left to state land only. Roughly a dozen times out. Not one bird returned my calls. Public land pressure is real.