finally heard 2 birds gobble on the limb a total of 5 times. I got on them and set up. after they had flown down I did a little soft calling and a hen started up in the creek bottom. before very long I had 3 hens about 25 yards. they clucked,purred, and soft yelped for 20 min. all around me. I had my gun and my knee and expected a gobbler to come in strutting behind them any second. needless to say , they eventually wandered off. never heard drumming or any gobbles. what im trying to figure out is whats going on with these birds. 3 hens feeding alone this time of the year and no gobblers. anybody got any input on what may be going on. the gobblers really didn't respond to my calling or the 3 live girls that was cutting up. im wondering if they are that far behind this year due to all this un seasonable weather. thoughts?
Our birds here are running behind schedule.
Yeah, its been a looong time since i have seen them this far behind. Maybe another week or 2. Who knows.
maybe tomorrow you never know with these darned birds.
today was the first day that they really responded hear
Where I hunt I've heard 1 bird gobble in the last week. The bird I killed 2 weeks ago never gobbled. On the other hand my hunting buddy hunts about 3 miles from me, I went with him last week and we heard 6 different birds, I don't have a clue what's going on.
sounds like there acting strange everywhere
Middle TN, Saturday:2 birds gobbling on roost, Sunday 13 birds Gobbling nonstop till 11am, monday and tuesday maybe 10gobbles total and I was out there all day both days.
they been quiet as church mice for the most part here in westmoreland today was the first day we had a good gobble goin
believe they are a little behind in pa as well
A quick follow up for this thread. Eased in this morning and heard 2 gobbling on the limb about 200 yards apart. They hit the ground and continued to gobble. I got in about 60 yards from one. A little soft yelps, clucks and leaf scratching and they seemed to not even acknowledge me. Two hens walked by me at about 15 yards. They were yelping and cutting but the 2 gobblers paid them no mind. They would answer each other but nothing else. They never went to each other, each stayed on their own little ridge. It was like the hens wasnt paying them no attention and the gobblers wasnt paying them any attention. Finally they stopped gobbling around 9. I stayed with them until 2 this afternoon and never saw either one. I cannot figure out what is going on. Anybody got any idea?
Nothing strange...they are just being turkeys.
The gobblers may have thier own hens.Lots of lady birds out there.!!!!!!!!!!1
They seem a couple weeks behind schedule here in Missouri too. Not much gobbling. Did see a couple strutters on my way home from work last night. Years like this I'm kinda glad our season opens as late as it does. Means they should be acting right by time season starts. Maybe
Quote from: contagious on April 06, 2014, 10:51:39 AM
The gobblers may have thier own hens.Lots of lady birds out there.!!!!!!!!!!1
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! I should have thought about that. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
Budtripps, thats what i was kinda wondering. Just wanted to hear everyones opinion if yall think the birds are behind schedule and running late everywhere else. Guess i should have just asked that without throwing in info from my hunt.
I stayed after one from 7am until almost 1pm today. I saw him 4-5 times, was within 80yds of him a large part of that time. He was up one huge ridge and then straight to the bottom and straight to the top of another nearly all day. I bet he gobbled 200 times and he had a hen with him. I felt sorry for that hen, she followed him all over creation and he never even paid her any attention. She was yelping, clucking and cutting the whole way. Weirdest thing I have seen.
He was a big mofo too so I'm sure he knew what he was doing, I on the other hand was dumbfounded.
Not much gobbling here , crows everywhere and lots of shock gobbles which helps. They seem to be looking for a fight could care less about hens right now? We killed two Saturday with a strutter and saw two different pairs fighting.
Quote from: hs strut on April 03, 2014, 09:43:10 PM
sounds like there acting strange everywhere
they are acting strange everywhere
way behind down here