Picture from an undisclosed location in the Missouri woods I took this morning - Spring is here but the season isnt open.
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I am heading up to southern MO this weekend to do a little scouting in Texas and Howell counties. Were these pictures taken in northern or southern MO? Just wondering if they are gobbling yet in the south so I will know what to expect.

There's nothing better than seeing such a site before season, gets the blood flowing.

Nice but I woke up to 4 in of fresh snow on the ground.

Yep, It's spring here in Southern Illinois too. I saw a big gobbler and 3 hens at the end of my driveway this AM.

Rich Elliott

Justin
The pictures are from Southern Mo. - Taney County near my home. They are gobbling but not at the peak of it.
You should have good luck in Texas and Howell counties. Ive done a good bit of turkey hunting in Howell county. Its great.

Hello Palmer,

I've been watching 73 in one flock out my front window all Winter!!! Can't wait for April 21st!

They are gobbling here but not much. We have so many hens that the boss birds usually roost with hens and maybe gobble a couple times and that's it.

Fried turkey breast, fried wild mushrooms, and fresh crappie filletts make the dreary winter blues seem months behind you.

Hawkeye47

Palmer,

Thanks for the info, hopefully I can provide a scouting report when I get back. Hope to hear some old toms talking in the morning. It will be my first time to hunt in MO. Hoping for some beginner's luck.

Your picture kinda looks like my front yard.
Turkeys here in middle Tennessee have started gobbling during the last week, well at least they have started gobbling here at the house.
The toms are are also more interested in things other than grain when they come upon a bunch of hens at our bird feeder.
One poor tom was out there a bit ago and started to strut only to have me show up instead of the local hen population, and he headed off up into the pasture in deflated disappointment!
This time of year the front yard is like sitting back and observing the interactions in "one of that kind of pick-up bar".
Season here starting next weekend and I have commitments I can not avoid.

LouisB

It will be great for the next few weeks to look out in the morning and see up to 5-10 toms strutting in the driveway as I get ready to go to work. The year before last they gobbled up until the second week of June, but last year pretty well stopped by mid May.

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This spring is shaping up as one of the most beautiful in recent memory down here in Texas. Lots of good rain, trees and grass looking bright green, wildflowers sprouting out everywhere.

Justin,
Keep an eye out for these creatures while you are scouting for turkeys. These and the grey "dogpeters" should be out when you are here. The temperature and rain has been just right to set up one of our best seasons for mushrooms.

Then if you can beg a few crappie fillets from Hawkeye you will have made the drive up here very worthwhile. There is absolutely nothing that can compare to a meal of crappie and morels.



This picture from the following website which is worth reviewing if you are unfamiliar with the stalking and capture of wild morels. http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/