Seems to be the consensus from the public I've been hunting this year .... Where there have been decent gobbling birds in the past, it's dead silent this year. There are some birds there , fortunately for me they do drum..... I managed to kill one of them , and after seeing what he was toting I totally understand the silent treatment . I called Another one up a couple of weeks ago , he drummed one single time right below me , so I put my gun across my knee facing that direction . The woods were very wet that morning so hearing one walk was impossible . He popped up 90 degrees to my right 15 seconds later at 10 yards .... Had to let him walk. Had he kept drumming I may could have figured out where he would have crested the ridge but that's single drum coupled with wet leaves left me defenseless
