I like to do both.

I'm either a blessed or cursed man to be in that rare 1% I guess? I'll let the rest of the guys on this thread figure out which one.

Jus me and Nelli, only come across 2 people so far I'd turkey hunt with again.

he doesn't count the times we go together because it's really not turkey hunting....just walking through the woods on a spring morning waiting for a good hot breakfast...

True that...I think I've hunted with someone else exactly 11 times, so it's probably 99.9% alone...Lumpy x 3, bullet x 3, Jughead x 1, Solo x 1, 3 other friends once each.

Mostly alone but I enjoy sharing it with folks when i can. When my daughter gets older I hope she gets hooked on it like me so I don't have to hear Momma complain as much

I hunt 90% alone. I can hunt with or without someone doesn't really matter to me. We are always on my property so they know we are going to hunt my way.

All by myself tried to take people in the past and they think its easy and expect to kill one......it's hard and just because they act a smidge dumb during deer season people think there simple to kill. Wrong my opinion is the wild turkey is the most agile and smartest animal on earth.

Both, I enjoy having company but its easier to be stealthy obviously when there's half the movement and noise

I hunt alone or with my dad. He taught me everything I know so we hunt together most of the time.

I have hunted alone 90% of the time. I love going with my son tho. My goal this year is to get Janet a bird so we'll spend a lot of time out there.

I know one old timer who flat won't take anyone. Ever. Not his friends, kids, or even his grand kids. I've known him for 10+ years and he's killed his limit every year I've known him. I'm sure I could learn a lot from him on just one hunt. Knowing that he is a hermit turkey hunter, I kidded him one afternoon about me going with him one one morning and even offered to not bring a gun just so he could teach me a thing or two. He got real serious all the sudden and looked at me like I had 3 heads. His quote "I don't take nobody to my turkey woods. Period." You had to be there to get the gist of the conversation but it was kinda an awkward moment.

Dr. B

Thats about where I am.

This reminds me of my dad. I had killed over 100 when we first began hunting the same bird side by side. His theory was if there are two sitting side by side there was a good chance one if not both had no confidence in what they were doing. Each one looked at the other to figure out the next move. Most of the killers I know run solo. There are only so many times a gobbler will get within range. They like to shoot em and that's why they are killers. As Tom Kelly says, "A man just can't give away a gobbler"

Alone about 80% of the time. It's a religous experience for me when I'm alone.

I will say this though, my most memorable hunt ever, and personal best bird, was with a good buddy, which made it even sweeter. You just can't buy experiences like that. If I could, I'd be sleeping in a cardboard box under the bridge down by the river and only seeing my kids on holidays.

Bout 50/50. I like hunting alone, but haven't found a good place in north alabama to turkey hunt. I travel down to auburn and hunt with friends and family a couple times during the season.

I'd rather call up a bird for my wife or grandson(or other kid) and see them shoot it than for me to kill one.

My kill numbers would be a LOT higher ifin I hadn't spent so much time toting women and kids, and beginners to kill a bird. But I wouldn't take a hundred birds for the memories of those kills...and misses. Damn I hate misses, esp after I have spent a couple of hours getting one into range.....

I called up a bird for my nephew when he was ten er so. Twenty yards standing still in the old roadway. All day to shoot. I saw the wadding fly five feet over the birds head....I looked at him and said "what the hell was that?"......I had to laugh at the look on his face.

Called up a bird for my wife, two nice birds came in to twenty yards in a powerline. She fired and both flew off . I asked her if she was aiming at that tree she shot in half????

My wife has missed more birds than most of ya'll have killed. It took a long time but now I just put my face in my hands and cry quietly instead of standing up and throwing my gun down... She's REAL hardheaded and just can't keep her head down.

I called up a bird for her one morning that we called Asshole, a fitting name. He NEVER roosted in the same place twice, but always in the same 40 acres area. He never came to any call. I hated that bird. One morning we slipped in quiet in the dark and just flipped a coin and sat down in an old bow blind I had on the edge of a log clearing. As it got light a hen yelped MAYBE 30 yards away and Asshole gobbled maybe 50 yards away on the other side of the blind.

At this point Mel says she didn't chamber a shell into her Benelli. WTHHHH!!! I told her to pull the bolt back and let it go when Asshole gobbled. I yelped..he gobbled..she let the bolt go. Hens kept tree talking and he gobbled again. 5-6 hens flew down and walked by the blind at twn yards to the clearing, Asshole right behind them. He passed by at less than ten yards and strutted into the opening.
Mel was hyperventilating like crazy..I told her to take a breath...still going...I smacked her shoulder pretty hard and she breathed in. She finally got settled and killed that damn bird. A small, sharp spurred little DEAD Asshole.

Sounds like her hardheaded husband needs to put a Fastfire on her gun and save the both of them a bunch of head and heartache.

I'd rather take my wife and Godson but they don't always want to go. So I'm mostly by myself and that's fine too.

I generally hunt with someone because while I have the land and the turkeys, I ain't got much in turkey calling skills. I love your story BamaEyeDoc. A couple of years ago I was talking to my cuz who turkey hunts just about every day during the season and mentioned I had let a friend come over and turkey hunt. His comment, and this is a direct quote, was " Brad, letting someone hunt your turkeys is sorta like letting them borrow your wife for the night."

I hunt alone most of the time but will go with my dad or brother everyday if they asked me. I can't wait till my son is old enough to go. I love carrying folks and sharing the pure joy that God has blessed me with on a spring morning. I absolutely love it when a newbie or a friend kills one that I called in. If I didn't kill one bird in a season but called in a few for friends and family then I would still consider it a successful season. I'm run and gun though so if someone does come with me they are told up front to be prepared to move a lot and spend all day after them if needed to get one in range.