RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
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.