Spring Turkey Season in Texas

[Dee]

Sat in the car on the Walmart parking lot waiting on Linda, and never saw so many camouflaged turkey hunters coming and going.
Asked a couple if they'd had any luck. Answered no.

I could kill a tom every day and not get outta the pickup.
This morning I sat and watched a big ole tom and a hen getting the sorghum seed out of the bottom of one of my empty hay mangers. He had about a 10" beard and hardly looked up when I stopped to watch'em from maybe 50 feet away.

My son smoked one a few years ago and it was too dry for me.

[Ranger99]

I haven't had a place to turkey hunt
in a long time, and haven't pursued
it at all. I'm not going to pay what
they're wanting to go hunt birds
of any size.  I had a lot of fun doing
it years ago, so I have good memories
and that's enough for me.
Where I've been deer hunting, there
are a few birds they've stocked
trying to re-establish a population,
but naturally there's no season for
now. That's ok

[Dee]

I probably see over a hundred a day.

[Ranger99]

One of the places I used to get
to go had rio grande birds beyond
number.  Get on one of the cliff
ledges and sit a while and you'd
eventually see a black wave of
birds working their way across the
ranch.  They were smart enough that
if you were on ground level with
them they would avoid you if you
were visible or made a noise they
didn't like

[Dee]

I could head shoot one of these with a 22 rifle. They're used to seeing me everyday.

[Ranger99]

No telling how long it's been
since somebody hunted them 
They see you working and feeding
and know you're doing business
and not after them.
Used to get the coyotes at my
buddy's place when I would help
work the hay. The coyotes would
sit on the edge of the meadow and
wait for a gopher or rat or whatever
to run out when cutting or raking
and you could ride a 4 wheeler or
walk out beside the tractor and get
within 20 yards of them and unload
on them

[Dee]

I see mostly mulies here, an occasional whitetail. The mulies will stand there and look at 50 yards or less. Come deer season that will be a mistake for a buck.

[oldandslow]

No wild turkeys anywhere close to here but I wouldn't shoot one if it came into my yard. I used to drive up to Cloudcroft and hunt the things. It's cold during turkey season up there and when you get one it tastes exactly like one you can buy at the grocery store and avoid the mess and stink of dressing one plus I don't like turkey anyway. Wife does and if she wants a wild one she can shoot and clean it herself.

[Ranger99]

Depends
I've shot a couple of nice toms
that were so bruised up and messed
up from fighting, they were pretty much
useless for eating.  I guess it's like
everything else.  It depends on how
hungry you are at that particular time