2026 Turkey harvest pics

[Broomd]

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Finally ended my 6 year dry spell with a Jake this morning for Iowa's 1st season opener out at one of the local wildlife areas.

Shooting a 20ga mossberg 500 youth model with federal Grand slam 1 5/16oz #5.

Congrats! I shoot the same gun in camo, wife's little 20g.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Went out this morning trying to help a buddy tag a bird. Ended up calling in 3 coyotes. He shot one at 19 yards in the decoys. I had one to my left at 6 yards. They tried circling the decoys, seemed it wasn’t their first time hunting turkeys.

28 gauge with TSS

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Bummer to waste TSS on a yote!

 

[brockel]

Finally got out this morning

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

April 15th opener was a wet morning. Which means a wet bird. Not the best for pictures! Spotted them before they spotted me. They were feeding towards me so I just set a hen deke out to keep them headed my way and ambushed them.



Got my buddy on one a couple days later. Flew down from the roost into the decoy and put on the full show for us.



Had a couple missed opportunities but overall great trip. Might have to try and get my second bird sometime in May...

 

[Falon]

Managed to get one of my Washington birds this weekend, was a tough season for me. Between lack of birds where I hunt and hunting pressure from others, it's public land I know pressure happens. Super happy to have one down.

 

[RocketRob16]

Got on an opening day Arkansas bird. He roosted about 300 yards away from where he was before season. Headed the other direction from me when he flew down. I was able to use the terrain to cut him off and get 100 yards from him. A little scratching in the leaves and he came right in with a second gobbler in tow. 12g shooting Rocky Ridge #9 TSS. 34 steps.

 

[elkhunter505]

Had too much fun in about 30 minutes of hunting on Saturday. Filled both my tags on Jakes out of the same group. Have some friends coming to hunt next weekend so I figured I’d just be caller instead of chasing birds myself. Prior to being led to these birds by a kind bear hunter, I was watching a cougar hunting some deer. Was an absolute awesome day.