Moonlight Gobbling..
03-16-2006, 08:25 AM
#1
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Moonlight Gobbling..
Heard a Bird this morning at 5:30 am.30 minutes before the crack of dawn,and 1 hour before legal sunrise.The moon looks full,or atleast it's right at it.This is the 2nd bird,in the last 4 years I have heard gobbling well before daylight in the moonlight.How often have you had this happen?
03-16-2006, 11:01 AM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
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RE: Moonlight Gobbling..
same here,I have axcually heard the gobble in the middle of the night when an owl would hoot close to him.we sat at the camp one night around the campfire and listen to one gobble (I would say 50 times) and it was between 10:30 and 11:00 pm.
when it full moon and the moon is setting just befor day break, I have heard them gobble over and over for two hrs. till day break.
when it full moon and the moon is setting just befor day break, I have heard them gobble over and over for two hrs. till day break.
There must not be as many people that are as die-hard as us.Most people areday-breakers.Early bird gets the worm.
03-19-2006, 11:45 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
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RE: Moonlight Gobbling..
always seems that way.......thats why i check the weather like a hawk when turkey seasons in......clear skies and im up earlier....clear skys and a good moon and im up WAY earlier....but they still tend to fly down around the same general time...they just seem to gobble alot longer them days....atleast to me.....it seems i still always think im late....but they stay on roost till around the same time.....they are still very huntable birds.......good luck...
03-19-2006, 02:24 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Leesburg Fl
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RE: Moonlight Gobbling..
ORIGINAL: mauser06
always seems that way.......thats why i check the weather like a hawk when turkey seasons in......clear skies and im up earlier....clear skys and a good moon and im up WAY earlier....but they still tend to fly down around the same general time...they just seem to gobble alot longer them days....atleast to me.....it seems i still always think im late....but they stay on roost till around the same time.....they are still very huntable birds.......good luck...
always seems that way.......thats why i check the weather like a hawk when turkey seasons in......clear skies and im up earlier....clear skys and a good moon and im up WAY earlier....but they still tend to fly down around the same general time...they just seem to gobble alot longer them days....atleast to me.....it seems i still always think im late....but they stay on roost till around the same time.....they are still very huntable birds.......good luck...
