Was out this morning calling and two jakes come in to about 15 yards. I swore when they gobbled it sounded like daddy long spurs coming in! It was a real deep throaty mature gobble.
Anyone ever had this happen to them?
Yep. Its really not unusal. I've also killed a 2 year old that sounded just like a jake.
Yep. Happened to me twice last week.
Huh, well that's good to know. I've never experienced anything like this before. I'm sooo ready for opening day tomorrow!
I have had this happen before. Definitely a jake in my face gobbling his fool head off like a mature bird.
I've also had what initially I thought was a jake because of a damaged short beard turn out to be a mature bird with a full fan and better than 1 inch spurs.
Sometimes a wheezy weak gobble turns out to be from a whopper old bird.
The lesson I've learned is don't make assumptions based on the gobble or beard size.
Quote from: TheTwistedOne on April 18, 2011, 11:42:28 AM
I have had this happen before. Definitely a jake in my face gobbling his fool head off like a mature bird.
I've also had what initially I thought was a jake because of a damaged short beard turn out to be a mature bird with a full fan and better than 1 inch spurs.
Sometimes a wheezy weak gobble turns out to be from a whopper old bird.
The lesson I've learned is don't make assumptions based on the gobble or beard size.
:agreed: i had a jake last year who could full strut and full gobble. had i not seen his tail feathers i would have been sure it was at least a 2 year old.