turkey hunting in may

[Austin]

Just got back from a youth weekend hunt in rocksprings. They were gobbling but could not get them to commit to calls they shut off by 9 in hindsight mid to late April would have been better I just don’t ever have a free weekend then

[GroceryGetter]

Sounds like great advice

I will say it can be very hot then. Hunted kerrville south fork ranch one yr over 100 degrees in the afternoon
Main reason I prefer very early season.
But bugs ( chiggers, mosquitoes and gnat) and snakes are the other reasons when hunting on the ground. I l

Killed a big rattler here yesterday so I guess that’s already on!

Anytime it gets over 80 degrees and I hear someone tell me they're going turkey hunting I instantly tell them to go buy a snake bite kit from Academy or off Amazon.

[sqiggy]

I went to Kansas a couple years ago and hunted 3 or 4 days on their last week of the season, which ends May 31. I never heard a single gobble the whole time I was there. Saw several hens out feeding but no Toms.
Also I was hunting public land so I just figured they had already been hammered.
Still had fun though.

[chillymac]

you can always sit on a feeder, they start getting hungry in May

[bowhuntingw]

Last year I hunted rocksprings mid April and we killed 3 birds in 2 days coming to calls. We always hunt Easterns opening week and they’re usually pretty responsive and that’s late April. I Got a Merriams hunt the first week of May so this rio hunt will not be before the 10th or so. Guess we’ll see how it goes.

[eradicator]

Anytime it gets over 80 degrees and I hear someone tell me they're going turkey hunting I instantly tell them to go buy a snake bite kit from Academy or off Amazon.

So you stay indoors until December?

[GroceryGetter]

So you stay indoors until December?

Life is always safer next to the AC

[eradicator]

Life is always safer next to the AC

touche'

[CarbonFlinger]

May has always been good for me. Sneaky mouth call will bring the big beards in till the end of May. Funny how they keep fired up for awhile