is there anyone on here hunt around homer louisiana i have had the worst opening weekend ever the birds have went silent on me any suggestions?
i have been hearing birds for about a week at my lease and now that season is open they have went dormant and silent , anybody else haveing this trouble ? ???
I am having the same problem in Homer. But i did get lucky opening morning in Webster parish and killed a nice gobbler.
if you dont mind me asking where do you hunt around webster im from sarepta and have a few spots to hunt around there ?
Birds are silent here in Benton, Plain dealing, and Rocky mount.
Hearing the same story from quite a few guys around North La. I've talked to some turkey killing machines and they've all said the same thing. I was pretty lucky on the first few days of the season, but some days I didn't hear birds til late.
One of my buds sent me a text this morn saying they got a nice tom, but he wasn't vocal. He was on hens and they just happened to set up in the right spot.
IME when they are on hens, they just don't talk much. You might have better luck from 10-2, they get alittle lonely when the hens split off late morn.
Good Luck
Reloader
I know I'm a long way from Homer, but East of Baton Rouge they haven't been saying to much either........
I have a spot around Minden that i hunt.
Quote from: Reloader on March 30, 2011, 01:55:55 PM
Hearing the same story from quite a few guys around North La. I've talked to some turkey killing machines and they've all said the same thing. I was pretty lucky on the first few days of the season, but some days I didn't hear birds til late.
One of my buds sent me a text this morn saying they got a nice tom, but he wasn't vocal. He was on hens and they just happened to set up in the right spot.
IME when they are on hens, they just don't talk much. You might have better luck from 10-2, they get alittle lonely when the hens split off late morn.
Good Luck
Reloader
i will definatly give that a try thanks for the update
i was really beggining to wonder if it was me or if alot were having trouble thanks everyone for clearing this up
Quote from: turkey slayer on March 30, 2011, 01:45:23 PM
Birds are silent here in Benton, Plain dealing, and Rocky mount.
i hunted off of mott road sunday morning till 1 and didnt even hear a hen or anything
good luck to you man i will be back at in the morning
I know where Mott road is. I got a friend that hunts in Carterville.
I am well south of Homer. I hunted in the basin area West of Baton Rouge and we didn't hear any gobbling on the roost. I was lucky enough to kill my 2 birds but this had to be the least amount of gobbling I ever heard on an opening weekend. I killed both of my birds after 11 AM. We were bow hunting deer the second week of February in area 6 and they were gobbling then ? Go figure.
Been mighty quiet in deep East Texas, about 50 miles from Many, LA.
same here in south east GA
acting the exact same way here in central MS.
Hey guys, I am now the LDWF biologist in Webster and claiborne. I killed opening day on Kisatchie, but have not got on birds since. Hope yalls weekend goes good. If you evern need anything let me know.
Quote from: LaBiologist on March 30, 2011, 10:34:59 PM
Hey guys, I am now the LDWF biologist in Webster and claiborne. I killed opening day on Kisatchie, but have not got on birds since. Hope yalls weekend goes good. If you evern need anything let me know.
thanks man
good luck too you also
Toooooooo many hens is one reason. Just like the deer herd up here in NY, 6-10 does for every buck in most places. No need to travel very far or fight.
Hang out in traditional strutting zones and cluck/purr every 10-15 minutes.
CB
Man I hate when that happens....Sometimes you think they just packed up and left.
Quote from: CB on the run on March 31, 2011, 08:34:16 AM
Toooooooo many hens is one reason. Just like the deer herd up here in NY, 6-10 does for every buck in most places. No need to travel very far or fight.
Hang out in traditional strutting zones and cluck/purr every 10-15 minutes.
CB
thanks for the tip cb :thanks:
Quote from: TrackeySauresRex on March 31, 2011, 09:15:13 AM
Man I hate when that happens....Sometimes you think they just packed up and left.
:agreed:
These couple cold snaps may have shut em down a hair too. Hopefully this weekend it will warm back up.
It's been a weird year for me and several coworkers in central la. One day they're silent, the next they're not. I've been going on those silent days but others have had some luck. I'm going to keep after them and you do the same
Quote from: bigjb on March 31, 2011, 10:46:01 AM
It's been a weird year for me and several coworkers in central la. One day they're silent, the next they're not. I've been going on those silent days but others have had some luck. I'm going to keep after them and you do the same
:anim_25: to ya and i sure will
Last year the birds I hunt weren't gobbling at all on the roost, and very little if at all when they first hit the ground. I found out later that if you hang in the woods they were getting fired up around 10 a.m. and the birds that were gobbling at that time were very workable. Stay with it, things are bound to change.