Not meaning to hijack the thread....but it is related....here in PA i went up to an area yesterday at first light that has been LOADED with gobblers this year.....big public tract, several thousand acres, but despite it being a beautiful morning there wasn't a single gobble to be heard. What this area does lack are openings where the birds can go to strut, etc. (set up zones) I honestly don't know what they do after flydown except cruise around the timber. Has been about 8 days since I was last up there, and was able to work several birds but all had hens.....able to get hens in close but gobblers not close enough for shots. Now, as said, yesterday was totally quiet. Has been raining here for most of those 8 days, don't know if that had something to do with it. Plus foliage has really jumped up. I've found that at a certain point toward mid-late May in every season most gobblers really shut down. Hard to figure that they ALL got the word to shut up on same day, but it sure seems that way!! Anyway, any suggestions or observations on gobbling activity as the season gets late?