Late morning hunts?

[JellyHead Key]

What's up guys. I work 24hr shifts at the fire department and I get off at 8am. I like to usually get out there about 530 when they come off the roost and locate them like that. But, with my work schedule I can't get out there until 830 some mornings. Is hunting late mornings not a good way to go? The Toms I've seen here in NC the last 3 days have been henned up

[DirtNap647]

Late morning hunts can be great hens leave gobblets = dead bird

[cphill]

I have killed most of my  birds between 9 and 1 a lonely Tom is way easier...here in middle Tennessee got the same problem with the hens

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[BigAL64]

I would say I have killed 75% of my birds between 10 and 1. If they are henned up I may not even go out till 9.

[mossyhorn9]

The first bird I killed this season was at 10:45. He gobbled early from the roost and didn't make another sound until 10:30.

[WildSpur]

Go for them.  I have done well late morning as well.  I have timed out on birds as well.

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[ridgerunner]

Killed many birds later in the mornings and many in the afternoons..I prefer later hunts

[RutnNStrutn]

Without a doubt! Mornings are fun because you get to hear a lot of gobbles. But the gobblers are often with hens. Late mornings aren't as exciting but are often more successful!

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[Tommy Strutsalot]

Shoot man, that's a great setup actually.  I love hunting late morning/early afternoon.  When I first started turkey hunting I would leave at like 9 thinking it was game over.  Very very foolish, it's just gettin started.  Go get em.

[Kywoodsman]

To me it seems like mid morning hunts are some of the most successful hunts I have. In fact just this past Sunday I had a group of 4 toms that I tried to work for 2 hours right after daylight and couldn't get them away from the hens. I left them and came back at 1 after the hens had left them and within 20 minutes of getting there I was packing one of those very same toms out of the woods. Got to love toms without hens.

[JellyHead Key]

Awesome! This is great to hear. I'm a new Turkey hunter and I've learned SO much just in 3 days of hunting. I've noticed they don't gobble as much in the late morning like they do at first light. They move around quietly and it's much harder to locate them in late mornings. Do y'all suggest to set up with some decoys in the evening or go after them hoping they gobble?

[Bigspurs68]

Everyone is right about this! Just get out there and cover some dirt. Chances are, a fired up bird at noon is a dead bird. Gotta love lonely longbeards.

[ALfwlmth]

Shoot man, that's a great setup actually.  I love hunting late morning/early afternoon.  When I first started turkey hunting I would leave at like 9 thinking it was game over.  Very very foolish, it's just gettin started.  Go get em.

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[ridgerunner]

Awesome! This is great to hear. I'm a new Turkey hunter and I've learned SO much just in 3 days of hunting. I've noticed they don't gobble as much in the late morning like they do at first light. They move around quietly and it's much harder to locate them in late mornings. Do y'all suggest to set up with some decoys in the evening or go after them hoping they gobble?

Do some scouting and watch what direction the birds go after flydown. Set up where you know there are birds in the area and do some soft purring and clucks about every 20 minutes..they may not gobble much but many times they just appear. I've killed a lot of birds late in the day. Many time I set a blind up on a field where birds frequent and call lightly every 20 min. trying to imitate a feeding hen....soft purrs, clucks..nothing aggressive, just soft calling like a content hen.

[2eagles]

Shoot man, that's a great setup actually.  I love hunting late morning/early afternoon.  When I first started turkey hunting I would leave at like 9 thinking it was game over.  Very very foolish, it's just gettin started.  Go get em.

I used to leave way too early, but I saw the light.  Yesterday the bird gobbling at me at sunrise hit the ground came my way, but was sidetracked and lead away with a hen. At 2 PM a tom came in absolutely silent.  (I missed him, but don't tell anyone.  sshhh)  Then just after 6 PM, I got a bird fired up. Came all the way to me.  We can hunt all day in Iowa.