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I love chasing rio grande gobblers across Texas. It is estimated that we have more than 750,000 of them in the state. That means Texas has more birds than any other state in the U.S. When conditions are right, you can hear more toms in a single day than many spring hunters hear in a year! I shot three mature birds in one day during 2004, and actually could have shot another, but he was just a two year old tommy. I saved him for YOU to come and shoot in 2005!
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2005 spring turkey hunting update. Another great year! The weather has been perfect for reproduction for three years now, and most of our ranches have the highest turkey populations they have ever recorded. Of course, that means there are lots of hens around, too, and that made the toms a bit reluctant to run to a call. They would stand out there and gobble their heads off, but they were slow to come in. Many times a real hen would show, and then it was over for that one. Everyone that kept after it though, did get their chance for harvest. Most people had multiple chances. My personal success rate on the guided hunts was 100% opportunity again. Every person I took out had at least one chance to shoot, and I did a lot of guiding this year. I didn't get to go hunting for myself until way late in the season. That actually worked out good for me though, because the hens finally started to disappear off to the nests, and even though the birds had been worked hard for three weeks, I was bagged out after just two days. I then put about a dozen gobblers on video. That's even more fun than shooting one, if you ask me!