Random thought :)

[REN]

Buddy mentioned to me today "you ever wonder how many miles we walked with a shotgun on our back after all these years"

Not sure I've ever thought about it but man 30 years of turkey hunting I'm not sure I could even put a number on it

 

[Carlos]

You could always check your health activity on your smartphone, for an average year- and do the math for a SWAG.

 

[muddyboots]

I have checked my phone last few years. Just mine day though. My biggest day ever was 8.9. Boy I was work out. Most days between 3 and 5. In the old season I would lose about 20 lbs and eat everything under the sun. I'd get ripped. Now with the delayed season not as much.

 

[Boll Weevil]

I'm a runner…average 45-50 mi a week when I'm healthy. Mileage on my feet almost doubles during turkey season.

 

[Wooden Arrow]

Not sure I've ever thought about it but man 30 years of turkey hunting I'm not sure I could even put a number on it

i'm pretty sure i don't WANT to know...

 

[REN]

I'm a runner…average 45-50 mi a week when I'm healthy. Mileage on my feet almost doubles during turkey season.

Same but I only get in about 30 a week

Just different is all as I have gotten older. In my teens and 20s I'd hunt all day every day I could and wasn't very efficient at it lol.

As I got older and kids and other priorities it wasn't an all day thing anymore

 

[Carlos]

Same but I only get in about 30 a week

Just different is all as I have gotten older. In my teens and 20s I'd hunt all day every day I could and wasn't very efficient at it lol.

As I got older and kids and other priorities it wasn't an all day thing anymore

I'm almost in my mid-forties, and I still stay out after 'em all day 3 out of 4 hunts. I only hunt public- so they aren't usually easy to come by.

There's quite a few guys who seem like they intentionally booger up the birds, I've never understood that.

 

[Wrangler95]

A whole bunch for me,I started hunting in 1966!

 

[REN]

I'm almost in my mid-forties, and I still stay out after 'em all day 3 out of 4 hunts. I only hunt public- so they aren't usually easy to come by.

There's quite a few guys who seem like they intentionally booger up the birds, I've never understood that.

Same age. I still take the first week off and go full at it but even then I got soccer games or swim meets to be at late in the day. The change in limit has actually helped my family time at this point haha

 

[Carlos]

Same age. I still take the first week off and go full at it but even then I got soccer games or swim meets to be at late in the day. The change in limit has actually helped my family time at this point haha

I may have bought a Mossberg turkey gun from you years ago, can't recall for sure though…

 

[Gravey]

I didn't start hunting them until I was in college and killed my first one when I was 19 or 20. I'll be 51 next month so a mile or three in those 30+ years.

 

[Setterman]

Between turkeys a grouse I've probably walked enough miles I could've walked across the country a few times

 

[Bgoodman30]

One of my favorite things about turkey hunting is the exercise I get during season. I don't really like running on pavement but I do try and condition myself before season. I used to shed a few pounds back before I had kids games every weekend. I have been hunting more out of state than in TN the last few seasons. The only way I get some time to hunt is to travel. I use the health app to track looks like my best day last year was 23k steps.

 

[deerhunter10]

Lots of miles.

 

[mike52]

Forrest Gump couldn't hold a candle to me in my early years. Now I'm not as mad at them as I used to be

 

[megalomaniac]

I actually track it, not really to see how far I go in a season, but moreso for how many miles per bird killed.

It used to be if I walked 5 miles without killing a bird, it was a BAD day (because there is no need to walk when you are on a gobbling bird).

The past 7 or 8 years, it has become more of a 10 mile per bird thing.

But the past couple years, it's taking me around 25 miles covered to kill a bird.

Last year I walked 150 miles. 2023 I did 170 miles. 2022 was 160ish.

 

[Soft Talker]

Never have been one to walk 50/11 miles a day to Turkey hunt. I've paid enough attention over the years, to figure out that some of the best hunting is within 400yrds of the gravel roads. I strategically sit, way more than I walk. I may hunt 5 different spots a day, and not walk a mile total.

 

[Iglow]

I had itchy feet with the best of'em back when , 40 years let a lot of the steam outta the ole engine.

 

[knightrider]

Never have been one to walk 50/11 miles a day to Turkey hunt. I've paid enough attention over the years, to figure out that some of the best hunting is within 400yrds of the gravel roads. I strategically sit, way more than I walk. I may hunt 5 different spots a day, and not walk a mile total.

What? And here we thought you were a "real" turkey hunter, how lazy of you

 

[Wooden Arrow]

Never have been one to walk 50/11 miles a day to Turkey hunt. I've paid enough attention over the years, to figure out that some of the best hunting is within 400yrds of the gravel roads. I strategically sit, way more than I walk. I may hunt 5 different spots a day, and not walk a mile total.

THIS ^ being in the right spot is the best "call". scratching in the leaves helps...