Funny about the fighter jet. When I was growing up deer hunting in SE Ohio hills the fighter jets would fly in so low, I could see the pilot in the plane from my treestand. It was a weekly pattern for a few deer seasons.

Zach said to drop who we’d like to see on the podcast here. I’d love to see yall have a discussion with nathan foster, the worlds top terminal ballistics expert when it comes to rifle and pistol ammunition. Love to see questions like “what level of performance are we looking for” “what is the effective speed envelope of a bullet” and “when to use certain types of bullet construction and when to avoid them” answered theres a lot more but im sure those will come out in discussion. I’d also love to see if he has any muzzleloading projectile research he hasnt published yet.

I am a turkey hunter from NY. Another hunter I know hunted a tom for several days that would avoid him, but gobble hard on the roost. He finally heard a hen that he was going to that would yelp just once back to him. He followed suit, and the morning he yelped just one time, and waited..he killed that Tom!

Our season doesn't even start until first week of May. Talk about tough. -Pennsylvania

A few of the best gobblers I got I arrived b4 he did at his strut zone 2010 he gobbled once at 11:35 at 20 yards and I was able to get him on the last Wednesday depends on how bad you want them to deer hunt em

I'm mostly a weekend warrior but I did have a weeks vacation this past year. I hunt public 99% of the time here in Mississippi . I heard gobbling all year was on gobblers all the way up til last day. I didn't kill a Turkey this year 🤷🏼‍♂️ my whole year was plagued with turkeys that had an agenda & I wasn't in the plans. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get in front of them. I did have my safety off 4 different times on 3 different birds. I was so close, but couldn't close the deal . I'm like man I suck, but when your time is limited, it's not hard to go a season without pulling the trigger. Unless you hunt unpressured private all the time.

first week of season here in tennessee they gobbled and came to the call good. after that things went quiet and i haven’t heard a gobble since. i killed one and missed one that first opening week.

You find his"Leck" you've got a good chance on the boss!

Was wondering if you could tell us what pew pew each one of you use for turkeys and the food they pattern with the best?

Hope you get well soon Zach. Keep your head up brother

Thank you guys for all the good content and the hard work that comes with it!!!! Look forward to the next video.

Awesome great video learned a lot from tht perfect timing for my season starts the 13

Hey, I’m new to the podcast channel. I was just wondering why you (Zach) haven’t appeared on the og tho channel? I saw someone else’s comment abt a recovery….?

I remember reading the books from Gene and Barry when I was a kid, and M.R. James. I get my hunting fix on yt from you guys where I used to get it from those legends at the library and Outdoor Channel. Good stuff fellas.

Warb you’re exactly right about Gobblers getting used to the areas where they call up Hens, as the spring progresses they get more and more in a strutting pattern and set in their ways to go to the strutting zones where they have Strutted up Hens. Harold Knight has talked about this for years! Early season they are still establishing where they will meet the Hens, so then they are free agents and will come from a long ways!

I agree 100% with your theory Aaron. Also, once May 6-7 hits here in Ohio, they get easier to get.

I’m a firm believer that turkeys like deer have 3 different phases of the season

I swear, you all are gonna have as much work into this turkey I've been after as I'll have haha. Never knew and old deer hunter could enjoy turkey this much. My kids are having a blast with this also!

This was a great discussion. I hunted a WMA in northern Missouri a couple years back and can totally relate to screw ball turkeys that will walk away gobbling and if you get too close, will completely shut up.

That’s awesome !!! I hope Myles makes more appearances on the hunting public channel!!

This was a great podcast. I listened to it the other day and didn’t realize it was on here. In 2018, Louisiana moved our season to the first full weekend of April. Prior to that, it was usually the last week of March. Since 1980 up until 2018, I rarely hunted in April because I had already killed my limit before April 1st. What I have found since 2018 is that it doesn’t get good here until about the 15th of April. My point is that I think timing is critical. And that last week of March down here can be magical. Our season now opens in that lull period; although, I did kill one opening weekend this year, which hasn’t happened since 2018. Luckily, I have a good place in Alabama that I can hunt the last week of March. Also, I am good for at least one miss per season, regardless of the opening date. I missed one this year and 2 last year. So, it is trending better.😂

Strutting turkey that doesn’t respond to calling is exactly how our birds on the creek bottom on private act I’ve only killed them by out maneuvering them for the most part, they can see the entire creek bottom so they don’t come to decoys or calling. It’s frustrating.

Everything you two spoke about is completely true anywhere throughout the country.....pressured birds are definitely unpredictable and hard to figure out.

That gobbler is meeting a hen there every morning ! I 've seen that happen many times over the years. She will meet him there every day ! I have watched them get together then I would get up and run at the ridge and scare them off ! Wait an hour or two and start calling ! He will think that the hen made it back before him and you've got him ! Be careful because nine times out of ten he will come in silent ! That's thinking outside the box ! IT WORKS !

I tagged out in the first 2 days of season this year. I have never been able to shoot a deer or turkey on opening day finally was able to take a gobbler on opening day this year upstate NY wacked another one the next morning around 10am

I'm from southeast missouri and I have several of the same stories this year...when ya get set up on a bird and call they would literally turn around and walk away. Super frustrating

Dude opening day of my wi season is wrapped up and I’m tagged out! I didn’t head into the woods till 5:15am and I heard at least 50 gobbles this morning!! And I shot my first turkey ever at 630am called in 2 toms. They read the script 🤷🏼‍♂️ it’s the type of thing you dream of! Got as much as I could on film! video coming after I get more b roll

You have to be careful when and where, what calling sounds, to call to the hens or call to gobblers you have to think like them, and talk to them, talk them into your plan . Like talking to deer if you say the wrong thing you're done with that one try another. And always have patience! Turkeys alot of times take there time ! My wife and I got a double opening day of third season lowa at noontime first set took about 15 minutes hers was 7 yards mine was 15 got it all on video! Good luck all! Wish you guys would come to southern Iowa and hunt with me lots of public all around here!

Hey there, just noticed Aaron mentioned a name I recognize, Kirsieski ( not positive on that spelling ). My family owns the property directly to the north of them (Hamilton). I've hunted there my whole life and I absolutely love it. Would love to talk about that with y'all if you happened to be interested. Anyways love watching.

Graham in ninja mode 😂

Howdy ya'll

The older wild turkeys graduated from F -U and are no longer shtoopit !

What would be cool is, if you all could make a graph of turkeys harvested and time of day.

That's texas public get your turkey that first weekend or calling them off private after that is almost impossible in April, never hunted last part in middle May

What’s shaking fellas 🤘

I have one spot I call the hot corner. 600 yards of ditch with a 5 yard grass strip on one side and thick nesting cover on the other. Always hens nesting along the ditch and man they get pissy if they’re with the toms and I yelp from their nesting area. Hens consistently come looking to kick my butt and often drag an excited gobbler with them. I usually miss him but it’s loads of fun getting a hen fired up and having them drag a sex crazed tom with them.

Also the turkeys this year are acting very strange I had one turkey gobble all season was the bird I set up on opening morning since then it’s been crickets

Been rough in ohio, at least for me.

Zach, you have to stop saying "like" so much.