Anybody from Illinois been out in the woods yet and heard any Gobbles? I am planning on going out this weekend to look and listen. Just wandering If anyone has done been out there.
i havent heard any gobbling, i need to go out and do a little scouting and listening also; most times i am out in the woods this time of year i'm looking for sheds and have my dog out with me so i dont see or hear much, i am however getting a little anxious for season to start.
My g\f went outside her house this morning and saw 3 toms across the field. She shut her car door and one of them flew up in a tree and one gobbled. She called me as soon as all that happened. Made my day. I didn't know there were turkey there yet. I saw some prints in late January when there was still snow on the ground but I was unsure if it was turks or pheasants. Now I have a couple places to hunt this year!
Last Tuesday morning there was gobbling here along the Illinois River. I have been out once since then and found quite a few sheds but no gobbling. A friend last week also heard Toms around his house in Princeton, IL.
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"I shot em down, one by one and left em on the rails. I use my guns whenever kindness fails." REK
A friend & I had a Tom and a hen within 5 yards and he wasn't gobblin!! We were walking up a hill towards an open field and about 12 turkeys took off flying and running. But these 2 hung out there and were trying to go through the fence...just bouncing off of the fence like a pen bird would. They finally realized they better go a different direction.
We heard plenty of hens that day, but gobbling.
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In honor of hntngirl and 4pt...
Went out and did some scouting on my second potential spot on Saturday. Same result as the first property. No sign anywhere. And didnt' hear a thing. Did manage to find a small 5 pt. shed though.
Gobbling Situation in IL?
