My experience this weekend is that the all groups just started breaking up earlier last week. Usually when this occurs there is lots of fighting between gobblers. Dominant birds separate the other gobblers out of the flock and gather their hens. So...sub dominant gobblers are hesitant to gobble because they have had their butts whipped. Yelping hens means dominant gobblers around that would whip them, so they lurk around and stay quiet.
The dominant birds stay roosted with the hens. They have no need to gobble to attract hens because they are already with them. They will drum on the tree branch and on the ground. Even though they are with the hens doesn't mean hens are ready to breed so the gobblers follow them around and Strutt all the time.
We heard some gobbles tis past weekend in SC, we got on turkeys all day. We could observe them and this is exactly what we saw and experienced all weekend.
In about two weeks, the satellite gobblers will have forgotten about their butt whipping and the hens will started breeding and leaving for nest. You will start hearing some gobbling because gobblers will have to start searching again.
