Morning members----my posts here are really just for novices and there might be just a few here on this site with all the turkey hunting veterans. If you have alot of money as well as time and have taken 200-400+ turkeys mostly on private land--- my posts are not for you. But for the novice looking for gobbler #8 or #1 on public land----I am here for you.I have yet to take a private land turkey myself and my scouting time might be as much as some of the veterans here.
For instance, I am rereading my 1998 Fall turkey scouting journal. My first scouting day was 6/6/98 for 5 1/2 hours. and my last morning was on 9/20/98 for 4 hours. All told, I scouted for 83 1/2 hours for that Fall season. And I estimate that I scouted nearly 300 hours over my first 5 Springs just to bag my first Spring turkey in 1994. I also estimate from looking at my 50+ journals that I have scouted over 1,500 hours in 26 years-Spring and Fall or 52 turkey hunting seasons. And only my 27th Spring is coming up on Monday. Hunting hours are probably more then this. I hike and hunt as much as my girlfriend allows-lol. Even in July and August- I am scouting.
And so, while I don;t have as much knowledge as all the turkey hunting veterans on this site-- I have some that I will continue to share unless I get tossed off site.
