Gobbling Situation in IL?
02-24-2004, 06:10 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 461
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.
03-08-2004, 12:56 PM
#3
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: West Central Illinois
Posts: 863
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.
03-14-2004, 05:30 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
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!
03-14-2004, 06:59 PM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Princeton, Illinois
Posts: 595
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.
03-19-2004, 09:53 AM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Chatsworth IL USA
Posts: 5,012
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.
We heard plenty of hens that day, but gobbling.
03-21-2004, 08:41 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
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.
