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Old 05-04-2007 | 04:34 PM
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is it just my area or have the birds just shut up?i hunt mostly wood,not many fields in my area.but i havent heard a gobble at sun up or at sun down or any time in between for that fact.i have seen some toms in fields in the evening but there henned up and dont answer to calls.we can only hunt till noon here in mass which bites.the first 2 days they were active and loud but the last 3 not a peep.what do you guys think?

p.s hardly an pressure at all.
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Old 05-04-2007 | 05:48 PM
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Same exact problem here in NY. Read my post "warm weather gobblers." I'm stumped!!
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Old 05-04-2007 | 06:08 PM
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We ran into that in SD this spring, we went out for merriums and couldnt get them to gobble at all, they would gobble in the morning like 3 maybe 4 times if we were lucky and that was it, they all had a dozen hens with them..I just dont think they need to gobble when they are roosting with the hens and can see them 2 limbs over they dont have to gobble at all...Plus if they get pressured they know to keep quit or get lead in the rump...Just my thoughts no expert by no means...Good luck hopefully you can get a poke at one...
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Old 05-04-2007 | 06:44 PM
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ive never had a problem to get birds or a bird to respond.theres no pressure at all.i mean none.just me and i only go out a few hours in the morning like 2 or 3 times a week.plus i go with a bow.so no blasting to scare them.i hope things change next week im getting baffled.
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Old 05-04-2007 | 06:52 PM
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Opening day in CT was wet, but the birds were gobbling. Today, 2 days later they gobbled a couple times on the roost, then shut up. I made a rookie mistake thats gonna cost me...I heard a gobble offa little further awayand since it was getting pretty light, I figured the birds I had roosted that shut up had actually moved off. I went to get after them and found that they were still there, just being quiet. I ended up watching them fly off to the next county after I bumped them. Just got off the phone with the landowner, no turkeys roosting in the usual spots tonight,in fact, they didnt see or hear any birds all day. Very unusual.
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