Quiet Birds

[nickhrp]

What do you do on days they just dont gobble but you know they are there

[Garrett Trentham]

Find a likely spot, get comfortable, and wait them out.

[nickhrp]

Last season I hunted a private farm owned by family had multiple birds on camera and seen them scouting but hunted 3 weeks and never heard a bird gobble two other family members hunting same farm never heard one so I throw out two ground blinds one in edge of field and one off a logging road in the hardwoods seen alot of birds and took two but not one gobble on that farm ?

[Uncle Tom]

Last year was an unusual year in many places and could be in many states as far as that is concerned. Was it the early warm weather, too many hens, breeding cycle thrown off a bit, you never know. We heard few gobbles first of season and not too much later on. The birds are there whether vocal or not.. ..sometimes this is good if you have other hunters moving in on you while working a bird. Just do your thing and don't give up...that is exactly what those old wise birds are doing..their thing and not giving up till the last hen is bred. Where you at?.....up here in N.C.

[outdoors]

SAME DOWN HEER , FL
WE KICK IT AROUND IN CAMP
AND THINK ITS GOING TOO BE A
LATE BREADING SEASON , WE KEEP
GETTING A COLD FRONT EVERY WEAK
THE BIRDS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK
IS GOING ON ? ? ?   
                   

[nickhrp]

I'm in middle Tennessee right on the river

[wvcurlytop]

Patiently set and blind call in some areas I know turkeys like to pass through or hang out in.  And don't go into some long calling routine, if they're not gobbling chances are the hens aren't talking much either.  Keep alert and stay positive, and remember you can't kill them at home, so don't ever give up until the final bell rings!! 

[Uncle Tom]

Amen! wvcurlytop

[redleg06]

I hate hunting them like deer hunting but I know you can do that in areas where you KNOW they are going to come to on a given day.  If i've scouted one out and KNOW he's going to be there at some point then I try real hard just to get comfortable and wait them out.

BUT, more often that not, I'm trying to creep around and see if I cant see one and then get a game plan together.  God gave us the gift of hearing AND seeing so I try to use either/both whenever possible. If hearing them isnt working that day, seeing them is probably my best bet.

[nickhrp]

Thanks for the advice everybody season opens at home this Saturday andI just like to be prepared and ready for whatever those gobblers my try and throw at me

[SCGobbler]

That's when I move to a blind, grab a thermos of coffee and bring along a book to read while I wait them out.

I put my blind up either on the edge of a field I know they like to go to or in the deep woods between their roost area and feeding area.

Patience is key and a book helps.  Its kind like deer hunting at that point.