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ok fellas...... Here in NC the weather has been in the 40' s and raining the whole week. The turkeys arent gobbling and i have no idea how to impress that smart old time tomorrow on opening day... What should i do? should i set out decoys as if they were hot and gobbling or what should i do? im so confused about it... if they arent gobbling its gonna be hard as hell to locate em! well fellas please help me out on this one! thanks alot!

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the same thing is going on here also,I just went to where they were supposed to be and after about 2 1/2 hrs. they came by and I go him.
he never gobbled at all.they still arent gobbling here.hope they will start soon.

just put out your decoys and wait.hope you luck.[:-]

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I am hunting in eastern nc and up til today have not heard a gobble all week. But i went to attempt to put one to bed tonight just to say i gave it a try. and heard 2(shockingly) from two different turkeys.so things may be a little more promising for in the morning. What puzzles me is on pretty afternoons you hear no gobbles but after some of the worst weather of the year a few are gobbling.

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Dang I feel for you guys, but I got to say the birds have been gobbling good up here for 2 weeks. We had an ice storm last week and that shut them up a bit but now that the warmer weather is here their getting really fired up.

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When they don' t gobble they are hard to kill, or they are for me anyway. If you know where they like to frequent just set-up there and wait them out. Man they are tearing things up here in Mo. and its just a little over a week away.

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i' m like rigsbee hunting in the foothills of nc and i saw two gobblers and a jake this morning (opening day) but none of them made a sound. they were with the hens so of course i couldn' t get em to break away, but maybe another day. at least i saw some and that is encouraging. i did not even hear the first hen cackle or anything and usually they are tearin it up. at least the last couple of weeks anyway. but have yet to hear a gobble. must be all the rain -- thats the only thing i can figure. oh well

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I saw a lot of birds today but didn' t hear any gobbling at all. They have been pretty quiet for the last week . I do see a lot of the hens off by themselves so that is a good indication they have already bred . This happened last year and it was almost impossible to call one in .

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i' m hunting just below you in good ol SC.... the first opening weekend, it had been warm the whole week. so when i blew my locator call, i had 2 or 3 toms gobbling their heads off. but you have to love this " wonderful" weather we are having (note sarcasm).... since then, i have heard nothing and even worse, seen nothing. i hope the weather straightens out before the end of the season.