Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

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.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

I take it no Gobbling in Illinois yet! I went out and heard one gobble way off in the distance but I heard what sounded like quiet a few hens.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

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.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

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!

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

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.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

Hey they are starting to gobble, that is pretty exciting news.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

Me and my dad had a big gobbler within about 75yds of us and he was gobblin hard on our barred owl call and that was just last weekend

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.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

haven't heard any my permit is for 3rd season starting april 16 in southern Ill won't be long now.

RE: Gobbling Situation in IL?
 

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.