New Mexico

[Hevi-5]

I hear you about the 4-wheelers.  We went to the Gila a few years ago and couldn't work a bird for people driving up on you.  But on a positive note, if you fell off the mountain and broke your leg, if you could Gobble, help would ride up in a matter of minutes. 

[Kcurtisjr]

I hear you about the 4-wheelers.  We went to the Gila a few years ago and couldn't work a bird for people driving up on you.  But on a positive note, if you fell off the mountain and broke your leg, if you could Gobble, help would ride up in a matter of minutes.

That's funny. Lol

[HartClemson99]

QuackAddict, a fellow Clemson Tiger is turkey chasing in NM as well.  Hunting north of Santa Fe in the morning.

[quackaddict]

 Hart, is he from Scducks too?

[HartClemson99]

It was me.  Hunting public land near Coyote. 9,000 elevation.  Birds all henned up.  Left and went to TX.

[Kcurtisjr]

Slow weekend once again.

[GobbleNut]

I figured at some point in the season the birds would start talking, but it appears that is not going to happen,...at least not in the area of the Lincoln we hunt.  The gobbler numbers are obviously down this year. 

My conclusion is that there are so few two-year-old gobblers around,...the ones that like to gobble and get the older birds active, as well,...that the birds just have not been stirred into gobbling much.  In places where in the past where a guy could count on hearing several birds, it has been difficult to stir up even a single tom. 

The windy weather certainly has not helped things, either, but even on the few calm mornings we have had, I have been amazed at the silence in places where, in a normal year, a person would hear several gobblers going off.

The good thing, though, is that there appears to be a lot of jakes this spring, which bodes better for next year's hunting. 

[Kcurtisjr]

I agree in the large number of Jakes.  We saw several groups  of multiple Jakes