Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting Excited for fall turkey hunting?

Not really. Fall turkeys are targets of opportunity for me. Would rather hunt deer and small game, but I'm not adverse to taking a turkey if the opportunity presents itself. I've killed more turkeys in the fall while hunting other things than in the spring. Deer, small game and fall turkey seasons here overlap. Fall turkey season here is broken up into three or more segments, IIRC (I always have to look at the regs the day before deer hunting to see if turkeys are in). Always have to be careful when deer hunting that turkeys are legal that day.

Here are the season for fall turkey in the counties I hunt most:

County 1
October 22 through November 4,
November 23 and 24,
December 5 through December 31,
and January 14 through 28

County 2
October 22 through November 4,
November 23 and 24,
and December 5 through December 17

One thing I've notice is how differently fall turkeys act versus spring. A group of fall turkeys will forage below a tree stand or out from a ground stand seemingly unconcerned that there is an orange clad hunter near them. It's always been that way. Sitting in a ground or tree stand wearing and orange vest, only to have a flock kicking up leaves and eating mast work their way in nearly up to the tree.