tuesday i had an awesome day...gobbling wise atleast...i cant count the number i heard on the roost..you guys wouldnt believe the number if i could counted them all anyways! lol..worked a few off the roost...none came in....so i run and gunned the rest of the day....and shocked a couple birds with the crow call.....one got shot by another hunter....the other never said another word...another one wouldnt say another word but could been the same one that got shot or shot at...today...back to the same spot...i went to the FAR ridge instead of my normal ridge..always hear them over there on the roost...figured id set up there for a change....and it seems alot of the birds on the normal side go over there anyways...heard ONE gobble a good 1/4 mile away back on the normal ridge...but way at the top of the ridge...i hunt the bottom..that was IT for the day....i cant figure it out.....i would heard them if they gobbled i was in a good spot to hear them for a mile away....but nothing....no shockers..nothing....im stumped and looking for a reason.....weather was almost identical...yesterday had a few showers..but last nite was clear/cloudy..no rain or wind....todays only diffrence was its a little muggy...humid out...and i thought a storm was blowing in when i left...but it just sprinkled for a minute on the drive back...i thought i heard thunder in the AM..but the sky was blue and sunny....maybe a few clouds ran into eachother! lol.....anyone have any clue as to why ALL the birds were shutdown? beatiful day if you ask me.....i cant figure it out...i didnt spook them or anything....yesterday there may have been a hunter back there...but he couldnt spooked EVERY bird back there lol......any ideas?? just one of them days or what?? thanx...just frustrated...i hate silent tight lipped turkeys!

I have a theory....Remember when you were younger and spent the night out all night chasing women....The next day...you would kinda take it easy....maybe they were just "hung over"...

ahaha could be.....could be....kinda makes sense on a serious note though....they get sick of it and some days are just more active then others...guess it makes sense....but i cant understand ALL of them shutting down that hardcore...hopefully next week they are fired back up for me.......

ps.....im 19...so i guess i AM younger lol.....im at the age i SHOULD be chasin women and chasin shots.....but its MAY.....its time to chase TURKEYS! lol....im actually at college...last night almost the whole dorm floor went partying....me....i was in bed before midnight.....and up when they were going to bed...they are just waking up! lol...headed home tomarrow....hunting the honey hole at home saturday.....hopefully the birds i spooked last saturday are there and ready to play....im ready to send a load downrange!...mid first week and im sleep deprived and loosing my mind already.....this is going to be a LONG season....why the heck did i buy that second tag?!?! that just means ill be hunting even HARDER...

Mauser,

Although weather systems can shut birds down, strong pressure systems often bring drastic changes. I believe you probably had the remnants of the low system that pushed in off the coast, which would have reached you sometime last night/early this morning. This can quiet down the birds.

May also indicate the post-breeding lull. I've noticed that many PA hunters are noting bachelor groups, which would indicate most of the hens have been bred and are beginning to devote large amounts of time to nesting. If that's the case, by the end of next week those boys will be rested and ready to resume "action"...

PS> Come to CT and hunt...we get 3 tags with our private land permit...I hunt everyday until they're filled (but like you, we get Sunday's off courtesy of the State regs [:@] )

thanx strut....yesterday was a little diffrent day weather wise..guess that had an effect....and strom clouds blew in and out all day after i left...sprinkled a few times..but never cut loose.....checked the weather....tomarrow, tomarrow night and saturday all look GOOD....nice lows...highs not TOO much higher....im headed to the honey hole saturday morning....got busted there last week...but i got a new setup....if i can get them to go that direction someones coming home with me!! hopefully its a good hunt....we shall see....it just killed me to have awesome gobbling sat and tuesday...then today to go out and hear ONE danged gobble....the gobbler that didnt get the memo saying they werent ALLOWED to gobble today lol.....oh well thats hunting...found lots more sign today.....another thing driving me nuts...cant pattern them.....cant figure them out......sign is danged near everywhere....but i think i got that one bird patterend up here...gobbled on the point at around 9am tuesday...today there were fresh scratchings there around the same time......we will find out next week on him! pretty bad when im going to STAY at college to turkey hunt! lol....with gas prices im not going to beable to make it back up passed here to hunt after i go home so after next week im stuck with little woodlots at home....and the honey hole of course.....theres enough birds in the honey hole for me to take both there....we will see....seasons early yet.......

I was out this morning, and this past teusday, and both mornings the woods were asquiet as a Church!! Strange for the first week of the season here in NY??? Usually that happens in the middle of the month!! Well hopefully, this "gobbling lull" won't last long!!
I have to work this weekend, but will be off after tuesday!! Maybe by then things will start to pick up.

No lack of gobbling in my neck of the woods Mon,Tues, and Wed... Birds were gobbling all day all 3 days

Your probably hunting private land, right Ken?

i had turkeys gobbling all around me opening morning...had two real nice longbeards come into my buddies range and he went home with a dandy...even the hens were getting aggressive...lol..

maytom?...what part of new york do you hunt?...