Originally Posted by Phil from Maine

There are times that they just will not gobble period and I do not know why that is.. What I did last year was concentrate on the hens.. 2 Toms came in and I nailed the one that looked straight at me while I was trying to see which one was the biggest. They never gobbled not even once.. I am thinking it is because of predators being in the area?? I really have no idea why they do this at times though.. perhaps they are henned up and you have to wait them out?

You may also want to check out under the sticky for Thoughts on Working Birds as it is a great read and has some decent ideas..