Thanks for the info. I went to the NWTF site and got a partial answer that seemed to confirm this view, although it didn' t come right out and say it. Also, my hunting buddy reminded me that some of those turkeys are probably " Jennies" --sexually immature hens (like " Jakes" are sexually immature toms)--and so some or possibly all of those roosting hens might not be nesting/laying.

I guess I needn' t feel frustrated, then, when I have roosted (via flapping wing sounds, only) turkeys at night and don' t hear/see a gobbler at the roost site/at flydown in the morning, as there may not have been a tom with the hens and jennies. I thought it was me, and that maybe the toms just didn' t want to play/didn' t like me. Now I will conclude in similar situations that the turkeys I heard fly up were all female.