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Started by krm944, March 24, 2023, 01:08:04 PM
Quote from: ChesterCopperpot on March 27, 2023, 07:02:46 AMI don't get to travel much. I hunt two states with seasons that coincide so that means about one month of hunting per year. I won't miss a day. Too short a season to let weather affect what I love to do. As far as the birds, like most will say when it's raining I'll try to push close to field edge and larger openings. I've never noticed the cold to shut them down at all. In fact some of the best gobbling I've ever heard has been on cold snap high pressure mornings. Seems to be some correlation between clearing fronts and gobbling as well. If it's three or four days of crummy low pressure, low cloud ceiling mornings and then it breaks to bluebird it seems to really get them hammering. About the only weather I dislike hunting is high wind. Seem to move to the openings during this as well, but it's just a hard hunt most the time. Like others have said they're out there regardless and they've got just as limited a time span to get done what they're trying to get done as we do in hunting them. Weather ain't going to stop that, but it sure affects where they'll be and whether or not they'll be vocal. +1 somedays it just doesnt cli kI hunt in illinois and only get to hunt 5 to 7 days per season so I hunt rain .....wind ... it doesn't matter Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Brillo on April 18, 2023, 08:37:01 PMYesterday in Michigan I was reminded that I hate hunting anything in driving sleet and 33 degrees. I don't know what the turkeys are doing in those conditions but I am not seeing any even today at 40 degrees and diminishing wind. Can't imagine them doing much that does not involve laying low. Season opens here Saturday and weather looks to be ugly again. Ugh.
Quote from: krm944 on April 19, 2023, 06:00:37 AMI am learning/observing tons this season as I become a more serious Turkey hunter. This weekend I had the worst day of the season. It was foggy and overcast, mid 50s. The day before I was on 5 separate birds and put a bird to bed on the roost. I have been very conservative in this area so far and have amazing gobbling activity. The rain and fog had the woods DEAD quiet. I ended up getting to within 75 yards of my roosted bird. He soft gobbled twice on the roost, pitched down within sight but was never seen or heard again. Historically I was hearing gobbles at 6 am. It was 6:30 this morning. Usually they are on the ground by 6:15 or so. This guy pitched down at 7:15.