Does anyone have knowledge of studies done one how often Tom's gobble? I have heard 4 day cycle, 3 times per spring when they get lonely, and roughly once a week. I'm also curious about aging based on gobble. Was told once that the longer the gobble the younger the bird(they are out to prove themselves)
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I don't think length of gobble has anything to do with age, and if it does, it's the older birds that have longer gobbles. Just from what I've seen with turkeys I've killed
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I do not understand the question? I have not even started drinking yet...
Not an expert by any stretch but don't believe there is a 100% foolproof way of determining a Gobblers age by his gobble! Lord knows I've been tricked by jakes that shook the leaves from the trees !!.
Quote from: steveo on April 24, 2019, 09:34:39 PM
Not an expert by any stretch but don't believe there is a 100% foolproof way of determining a Gobblers age by his gobble! Lord knows I've been tricked by jakes that shook the leaves from the trees !!.
Yep,
Quote from: steveo on April 24, 2019, 09:34:39 PM
Not an expert by any stretch but don't believe there is a 100% foolproof way of determining a Gobblers age by his gobble! Lord knows I've been tricked by jakes that shook the leaves from the trees !!.
Fact. I have called in 2 diffrent jakes this year that I would have bet the farm they were longbeads. The first one I wasted close to 3 hours on and he worked like a old bird.
Quote from: Spitten and drummen on April 25, 2019, 08:47:33 AM
Quote from: steveo on April 24, 2019, 09:34:39 PM
Not an expert by any stretch but don't believe there is a 100% foolproof way of determining a Gobblers age by his gobble! Lord knows I've been tricked by jakes that shook the leaves from the trees !!.
Fact. I have called in 2 diffrent jakes this year that I would have bet the farm they were longbeads. The first one I wasted close to 3 hours on and he worked like a old bird.
Yep, happened to me more then once through the years! You just never know. Gotta just play it out
Nope. But I would be willing to guess that in most cases it's less as they get older.
I like the " rattle" of older birds. I have noticed that jakes gobble much more than older toms, on the average. But all birds are unique, its all a learning experience. :z-twocents:
called in 15 jakes last weekend during the youth season here in NY and I would have sworn the way the one bird gobbled he was an old tom. I think it all depends on the bird, I've heard some pretty funny sounding 3 year olds too
I mainly only shoot super old mature Tom's, like most the time they are so old they've worn their spurs down to about 3/4in and rounded and their teeth are worn down to nothing too.
But I know there are even older birds out there that have gotten so old they started to lose weight, and their beard hair has receded to only a few inches, spurs wore to nothing, and their gobbles become weak and frail and they often are disoriented and act confused at time. You can also identify them by the fact they start to lose length on their tail fan feather around the edges, these are old probably 15+ year old birds.
Ha, but no since you can't really age a dead bird beyond Jake, Tom, and possibly older Tom I don't read into anything on the gobble. Some sound silly and I assume they are jakes, and some boom and rattle and it certainly is fun to interact with a bird that seems to shake the trees with his gobble but i don't assume his age based on that.
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The question was a bit unclear. I think he is trying to determine whether toms cycle their gobbling in a 4 day cycle, gobble 3 times per spring, gobble only when they are lonely or gobble once per week. Maybe I misunderstood his question, again it wasn't worded clearly at all.
Basically I would say no. Don't believe everything you hear or read in a study on gobbling. Just go hunt.
When someone figures out why turkeys will gobble their butts off one morning, then not say a word the next, when weather conditions were virtually the same, please let me know.