3 days of hard hunting. I got home last night after spending 1 day on public land and 2 on private. I saw more birds on the public land on Tuesday than I did on the private land on Wednesday and Thursday. On public land I saw a dozen hens and zero toms. I had one gobbling for about 45 minutes and was working closer to him when it started raining HARD. I never saw him or heard another peep out of him.Tuesday evening I headed to the private land I have hunted for the past couple of years. I checked the usual roost spots and only got one gobble and it was on the next property. In 2 days the only gobbling I heard was on the next property and I could not get that bird to cross the creek and 2 fences between us. I saw 4 hens and 1 jake in the 2 days. The jake was henned up and would not come in or even gobble. I did call 2 of the hens in and got to practice drawing my bow from my blind. That was not worth the $350 I paid to hunt that land. I can go back for another day without paying any more but don't know if I want to waste the gas. wednesday and Thursday on the private land had beautiful weather, sunny with a light breeze and temps in the low 70s. I just knew I would be on birds. Oh well, I have 3 tags left, I'll be going back to the public land I guess!

Sorry to here that man. If don't mind me asking, what public land are you hunting in Texas? I'm planning on hunting Texas some next year, butI'm quite sure where to go.

Hang in there Greg. Better times to come buddy. Better times to come.

I didn't even think there was public land in texas... with all the private ranch and the big money that comes from hunting in your state... I'm sure all the turkeys are on the guys ranch who has the most feed out

The public land is LBj National Grasslands. Texas is 3% public land. The smallest percentage in the nation. Of that 3% I don't know how much is open to hunting. On the ranch I hunt there is no feed put out. There are wheat fields planted. It is predominantly a cattle ranch. The property next door is all planted in wheat with no cattle. The property next door also has more hardwoods and higher ridges so it has nothing to do with putting out feed. That is not a statement in defense of the ranch by any means. I did see more birds on public land than I did on private. Its just the facts. Just because a piece of land is private doesn't mean there are feeders or that birds will jump in your lap. For all I know they may very well have had more pressure than the public birds. I don't know how many hunters have been in either place before me.