Just To Pass Some Time

[paintbrush]

8 states for me so far
Easiest would be SD. Love hunting those Merriams!
Hardest for me would be Iowa, didn't manage to close the deal in my one and only hunt there.

[BullTom]

I'm 16 for 16. All public land. Virginia and Kentucky took me the longest to find and kill a bird (3 days). Alabama was the fastest (drove 16 hours, got out of the truck, struck one and 5 minutes later he was dead).

Nowadays, any place thats got a lot of birds is gonna have a lot of hunters and a lotta busted hunts. Spots that were "easy" 7+ years ago are overrun with hunters now. In recent years I've found myself looking for "harder" to hunt spots (fewer birds, rugged terrain, longer walks in, etc.) simply because it keeps the crowds away, regardless of the state im in. It's harder to find/access turkeys, but when I do, I can usually play the game uninterupted.

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[Tom007]

I've hunted 8 states. The easiest birds for me were no doubt Texas. Plentiful population made it enjoyable. The toughest bird was in Florida. They live in very nasty places and are extremely wary. I hunt mostly Eastern's that are in the area I live. They are very wary also, similar to the Osceola. They all have etched memories that I will never forget for sure.

[WLT III]

Hardest gobblers to kill consistently, are the ones that receive the most hunting pressure, regardless of what state you may be in.

[btodd00]

Easiest state for me was Oklahoma, less than 15 minutes on some good private ground with no intel other than a pointed finger saying I usually see them over that way. Texas was right behind it in terms of time

Florida is my home state, ive had some 30 minute hunts here and ive hunted weeks with zero luck

Hardest state for me was South Dakota, I went home empty handed from there. Chased gobbles through some canyons in reasonably rough country for a couple days without ever laying eyes on one. It was a long ride back to Florida with an empty cooler 

[BullTom]

Hardest gobblers to kill consistently, are the ones that receive the most hunting pressure, regardless of what state you may be in.

Very true! I do enjoy yelpin up a late season gobbler after everyone else has deemed him unkillable. I hunt a few spots that I reserve for late season after the masses have called it quits. No better challenge in this sport!

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[Kygobblergetter]

I've hunted 22 states. Killed in 21. Several states could make a case for the easiest. Georgia so far has been the hardest as I've hunted it twice and not killed a bird. Florida public was the hardest that I have killed a bird in.


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[TrackeySauresRex]

I'm a 3 state turkey hunter in the north east. Hopefully soon to be a 4 state turkey hunter. Pa, Ny, Nj.
My toughest state is in Ny, the Catskill region. But it's also my favorite state.

I'm looking forward to this upcoming spring with all you OG-ers.
B-Well
Johnny

[Gentry]

Hunted 21 states with 20 being successful.
Florida was the hardest as it took several years to be successful with adverse weather, I feel was the main reason preventing success.
Kansas in its heyday being the easiest by far. It WAS an awesome place.