Cant seem to figure them out this year. Did not hear a turkey gobble all weekend including this morning. Tried several different areas. I did bump one when I moved around mid morning to another location. I scouted the area that I jumped the gobbler but could find no other sign that any turkeys were frequenting this area. No tracks or nothing. He could have just been there by chance. Anyway, Im going to hunt that spot tommorrow morning.
Weather has been perfect and hunting pressure minimal. I have a feeling its going to be a tough season.

Benhuntin are you by any chance on public land???

Yes, The land i hunt is public but there doesnt seem to be many hunters this year.
I saw one other hunter Sunday about a mile from where I started. In years past the birds would get silent after the first couple of weeks but they would still gobble at dawn. I drove to my hunting area Thursday afternoon and saw one hen within
100 ft of the check station and 2 big gobblers about a quarter mile down the road.
Saturday morning came, NOthing. 7 other hunters checked in but most of those went a few miles down the road. Just seems like a strange year. I do hunt some private land also but my hunting buddy hasnt been able to make it up until this
Wednesday so ive been holding off.

I normally hunt a puplic area that is over 800 acres, and there is a pretty good turkey population there. Thing is, there is adjoining private property that holds birds or shares the same birds as the public land. A couple years ago I was working what I figured to be a hot bird off the roost. I heard hens flying down also with him. After calling for about a half hour after flydown, I heard a shot towards some private property where I last heard him gobble. After a bit I walked the adjoining fence line and discovered his strut zone......on the private property.

My first year hunting there, I had a bird gobbling hard on and then off the roost for 1 1/2 hours. He never came to me but I trailed him to a ridge just across the property line where he was strutting. I finally gave up but came back around 10am. He was gobbling his fool head off right where I had been calling, so I sat down and called again. You know what he did? Made a bee-line RIGHT across the property line and back to that ridge. LOL. Cool thing is, that piece of property is part of the public land now.

I' d try and locate gobbling birds on the adjoining properties if they are timbered. Maybe you can call one over. Don' t give up.

Ben: this is the wost year I have ever seen for them not gobbling.
I have been hunting private land,only two guys and my wife on 2500 acers.
we have not heard a bird yet.
on opening morning I heard what I though was a jake gobble off the land on the river,(was not sure).that is it.a bunch of hens came to me and he was with them.I took him after about 30 min.he finally came to a gobble.he never said a word.
no one is hearing anything,in my area.usually we will hear several birds every day.
were goining again in the morning to try again.

just keep trying,maybe they will start up soon.

Hang in there buddy. I' m sure if there have been turkeys there in the past then they will prob be there this season too. They might be in your area the next time you go out...

Ive heard from several other people in the area that are hunting private lands and they arent hearing much either. Thanks for the suggestions and votes of confidence. I' ll keeep on huntin em.