Mike Pentacost - 450 confirmed turkey kills

[campcreekfarm]

Ten a year would be easy if you are strictly after numbers. He can kill five in bama, four in TX and four in TN. That's 13 in 3 states and with the turkeys they got it would not be hard at all on decent property.

Sorry to inform you of this but the limits in these states havent always been this high. I can remember when most areas of TN didnt even have a season and I am not that old.

[campcreekfarm]

I think what most fail to realize is that back in the day, people shot way over the limit on turkey birds. I know a few old school turkey hunters that would kill 15+ a year in MS whether it be with a rifle or shotgun. Most of these were on the river, when it was all big timber and there were no large hunting clubs established over that way. There is no way that guy has killed that many birds in a legal manner at his age.

I think what you dont realize is that back in the "day" there werent that many turkeys around these parts. And I have hunted the river my whole life. I just laugh when I hear this sort of crap.

[JLT]

Ok......throw out Tn and replace it with SC. You can kill 5 there. Certainly not worth arguing about. My point is that I am sure Mike has not always abided by the bag limits to hit those numbers, and if you wonder if I am envious, the answer is yes. I love shooting turkeys! I have not always followed the rules to a T either, so I am the pot calling the kettle black.

[campcreekfarm]

Ok......throw out Tn and replace it with SC. You can kill 5 there. Certainly not worth arguing about. My point is that I am sure Mike has not always abided by the bag limits to hit those numbers, and if you wonder if I am envious, the answer is yes. I love shooting turkeys! I have not always followed the rules to a T either, so I am the pot calling the kettle black.

Actually pretty easy to abide by limits and hit those numbers. Especially if he was hunting some reservations back in the mid 80s and you could kill pretty much all you wanted and they were thick as fleas and even dumber than todays Merriams. Even today if you want to buy up excess tags for some units it is pretty much unlimited. Even a few years ago I bought up 16 tags but only filled 12 between 2 of us.