Looking to get a Gobbler in Texas, Any advice?

[Sweetnsassytngal]

Hey All,
I’m a looking for a place in Texas to do some turkey hunting. I live in Tennessee and looking to start my grand slam. I don’t figure I will be able to make it this year but if your a turkey Hunter you know, it’s more than just a passion it’s more like a disease. I have limited out on Eastern for several years. I know there is not only Rio but also Merriams there in Texas and some even say Goulds also….. I’m just finding that hard to believe. I would like to hunt public land, but I figure it would be smarter for me to get a guide for the first hunt. I am almost positive I want to come to Texas and hunt before I go to Florida to hunt the Osceola. I would like to hear any advice on where to hunt public lands or best guide service as there are a lot of scams and sorry guide services that I have heard about. If anyone has land and would like to trade a hunt for hunt here in Tennessee. This gal would like to talk about it. As we got a huge population of Eastern.

 

[MountainGirl]

LOL thanks mod for putting this in the right forum; thought I was hallucinating.
First it was there. Then it wasn't. Then it was.

 

[Grumps21]

Haha, given the current events and our moral collapse as a nation, this automatically came to mind when I read the gobbler title. My apologies, I see that OP is asking about a turkey. Carry on….

 

[Sweetnsassytngal]

Haha, given the current events and our moral collapse as a nation, this automatically came to mind when I read the gobbler title. My apologies, I see that OP is asking about a turkey. Carry on….

No Bud light in my shopping cart

 

[Sweetnsassytngal]

Looking for this kind of gobbler LMAO

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

Hey All,
I’m a looking for a place in Texas to do some turkey hunting. I live in Tennessee and looking to start my grand slam. I don’t figure I will be able to make it this year but if your a turkey Hunter you know, it’s more than just a passion it’s more like a disease. I have limited out on Eastern for several years. I know there is not only Rio but also Merriams there in Texas and some even say Goulds also….. I’m just finding that hard to believe. I would like to hunt public land, but I figure it would be smarter for me to get a guide for the first hunt. I am almost positive I want to come to Texas and hunt before I go to Florida to hunt the Osceola. I would like to hear any advice on where to hunt public lands or best guide service as there are a lot of scams and sorry guide services that I have heard about. If anyone has land and would like to trade a hunt for hunt here in Tennessee. This gal would like to talk about it. As we got a huge population of Eastern.

Public land is much more scarce down here than it is up North. Its also highly pressured. With that said, TX is enormous. Good luck.

 

[Vaquero]

Hey All,
I’m a looking for a place in Texas to do some turkey hunting. I live in Tennessee and looking to start my grand slam. I don’t figure I will be able to make it this year but if your a turkey Hunter you know, it’s more than just a passion it’s more like a disease. I have limited out on Eastern for several years. I know there is not only Rio but also Merriams there in Texas and some even say Goulds also….. I’m just finding that hard to believe. I would like to hunt public land, but I figure it would be smarter for me to get a guide for the first hunt. I am almost positive I want to come to Texas and hunt before I go to Florida to hunt the Osceola. I would like to hear any advice on where to hunt public lands or best guide service as there are a lot of scams and sorry guide services that I have heard about. If anyone has land and would like to trade a hunt for hunt here in Tennessee. This gal would like to talk about it. As we got a huge population of Eastern.

Bump this next February. If el Nino works like I expect, I might take you up on a hunt trade.

 

[Coyote9]

Hey All,
I’m a looking for a place in Texas to do some turkey hunting. I live in Tennessee and looking to start my grand slam. I don’t figure I will be able to make it this year but if your a turkey Hunter you know, it’s more than just a passion it’s more like a disease. I have limited out on Eastern for several years. I know there is not only Rio but also Merriams there in Texas and some even say Goulds also….. I’m just finding that hard to believe. I would like to hunt public land, but I figure it would be smarter for me to get a guide for the first hunt. I am almost positive I want to come to Texas and hunt before I go to Florida to hunt the Osceola. I would like to hear any advice on where to hunt public lands or best guide service as there are a lot of scams and sorry guide services that I have heard about. If anyone has land and would like to trade a hunt for hunt here in Tennessee. This gal would like to talk about it. As we got a huge population of Eastern.

Ive got some turks on my place. Rio Grands...it
is in Wheeler County. What season? 2 hunters max!
Will accept some fine Tennessee Whiskeys in trade

 

[vmax]

I'd had nice group of Tom's on my place but they were roosting on a neighbors place
.this was taken 1 week prior to opening day.

Avoid the LBJ Grasslands near DFW (public land) they have been doing controlled burns there since 2021 and I scouted a few places 2 weeks ago and saw very little sign.

You might find a very reasonable Rio Grande guided hunt on a ranch here if you look around

 

[vmax]

So this thread is dead? Ok..
That was fast..lol

 

[seeker_two]

Don't know any butcher shops or barbecue places taking advance orders this far out, but you could always ask....

 

[NikelATX]

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I'd had nice group of Tom's on my place but they were roosting on a neighbors place
.this was taken 1 week prior to opening day.

Avoid the LBJ Grasslands near DFW (public land) they have been doing controlled burns there since 2021 and I scouted a few places 2 weeks ago and saw very little sign.

You might find a very reasonable Rio Grande guided hunt on a ranch here if you look around

Seems like all the guided hunts are around $800 or so which to me seems like a ton of money to shoot a turkey.

 

[vmax]

Seems like all the guided hunts are around $800 or so which to me seems like a ton of money to shoot a turkey.

I agree..I would think $500 tops for a turkey..but I'm not in that business

 

[deemus]

She’s got a couple offers for a hunt on the table. Maybe she will circle back around.

$500 seems high but who knows.

 

[Eastexasrick]

Seems like all the guided hunts are around $800 or so which to me seems like a ton of money to shoot a turkey.

A while back, 6 years ago, one of our clients wanted to show appreciation so he set up a hunt for several of us with Roy Wilson at the Krooked River Ranch. It was a 3 day affair. Hogs, quail, chucker,
and a few exotics.

He had about 6,000. acres that he owned or leased all lumped together between Lueders and Haskel. While out there I saw dozens of long beard gobblers, so I asked. At that time, a one day guided turkey hunt was $500.00.

 

[deemus]

She has two members here that have offered up non-cash hunts. Seems like a good deal.

Well, the whiskey would cost cash.

 

[Sweetnsassytngal]

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I'd had nice group of Tom's on my place but they were roosting on a neighbors place
.this was taken 1 week prior to opening day.

Avoid the LBJ Grasslands near DFW (public land) they have been doing controlled burns there since 2021 and I scouted a few places 2 weeks ago and saw very little sign.

You might find a very reasonable Rio Grande guided hunt on a ranch here if you look around

 

[Sweetnsassytngal]

That’s what I’mma talkin bout!!! Bet they got some hooks

 

[Sweetnsassytngal]

Ive got some turks on my place. Rio Grands...it
is in Wheeler County. What season? 2 hunters max!
Will accept some fine Tennessee Whiskeys in trade

That would be well worth it!! Be me and my old man

 

[Sweetnsassytngal]

That would be well worth it!! Be me and my old man

Homemade or the commercial version