What Is the Most Expensive Turkey Hunting Package in Tennessee?

What $1,950 actually buys

That figure is the whole price of the trip — both birds, three days, one hunter. It's listed as a per-animal rate, which could read like $1,950 a turkey and $3,900 for the pair. It isn't. The package name says "(2 birds)" for a reason: $1,950 is the total. Wilderness Hunting Lodge's own inclusions on its turkey packages cover the guide, lodging, dogs, and the license and tags themselves — check what's covered before you compare it to a package that doesn't.

The real runner-up is a different shape of deal: Elk River Outfitters' 3 Day Guided Turkey Hunt, out of Fayetteville, runs $1,500 — but that's a per-person rate, not a flat total, so it isn't quite the same kind of number. Goodman Ranch's Wild Turkey Hunt comes in at $1,495 flat, two days, out of Henderson. Wilderness Hunting Lodge's own second package, the Inside Turkey Hunt (2 birds), is $1,450 for the same 2-bird bag as its record-holder, three days. Nathan Mountain Outdoors' Two-Day Guided Spring Turkey Hunt rounds out the top five at $1,200 flat.

How far outside normal that is

Fourteen turkey packages are live across 11 Tennessee outfitters, and nine of those price in a way that compares hunter to hunter. The middle of those nine is $1,200. Three-quarters run $1,495 or less. Nine in ten run $1,590 or less — and $1,950 clears that line by about a quarter. That's a real premium, not a rounding error, but it isn't the kind of outlier some other Tennessee species show either: it's roughly 30% above the true runner-up, not double or triple it.

Worth one honest note: the price record and the credibility record belong to different outfitters. Wilderness Hunting Lodge holds a 4.5-star rating across 140 reviews — solid, not the top of this list. Nathan Mountain Outdoors matches it on review volume, 140, with a clean 5.0.

Why one Tennessee turkey listing isn't counted here

One $1,500 listing that turns up under "turkey" in Tennessee isn't a turkey hunt at all. It's the annual membership fee at a private quail club, and turkey access comes along with it as a perk for members — the club sells no dedicated turkey hunt at any price, guided or otherwise. It's left off this list and off the $1,950 record for that reason, not because it's cheap. It's also a reminder that Tennessee outfitters routinely bundle turkey in with other species — worth checking what else is on offer wherever you book.