RE: worst season ever for gobblin!
 

The same here buddy......first couple of days were awesome.....after that, nothing. I noticed something this morning though. I had a gobbler gobble a couple of times off the roost. I thought I was in busines....then out of nowhere....WHOO WHEW WHEW.... a hen flew down about 20 yards away from me, and no sooner then she hit the ground, she trotted toward where the gobbles had came from. Then just as soon as she got out of site, that was it...no more gobbles. Talk about " HENED UP!!" [:@][:' (]

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Whew!!Sounds tough Terry!!Silent woods makes for frusterating days let alone a season!![:' (]Got to be a reason though,hens,weather,lack of birds,possibly peaked early or still to come! Got to be something!!We had about a 2 week stretch that the birds went from hot to cold,but I do believe it had more to do with weather and huntin pressure than anything because the birds after being yelped and yawked at opening week and battling some cold wet windy nights they seemed to get more active later in the morning on to the evening than they were at sunrise!!

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Im with you man. I know ive mentioned it in a couple of past posts, but here in NW Florida the birds had the severest case of lockjaw I have seen in 20 years. I know the birds are there, they just arnt talking. Definatly a tough season. [:-]

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RE: worst season ever for gobblin!
 

Rformani, if thats the case(henned up) then the best time to hunt those gobblers is from about 11:00 till 1:00. I' ve killed more turkeys that time of day than any other time. they' ll come to ya, after they have bred those other hens.

Bob, I know it hadn' t been the weather. right after that cold front moved through, we had perfect weather for over 2 weeks. it' s hot and humid now, but you couldn' t have asked for better weather before about last friday.

usually they' ll gobble some on the roost even when their henned up, so I don' t think that' s been the problem. we hadn' t got a lot of gobblers on our lease this year, but I know for a fact there' s still one big gobbler (the one I shot at with my bow), and a jake. seen him monday mornin with 5 hens. I kinda think the breedin perriod is all out of wack this year. I figured those hens would be settin by now, but I' ve seen 6 hens fly off or on the roost in the last week and a half. went this mornin, didn' t hear a peep. our season ends Sunday, so I' ll probly go a few more times and call it quits.:(

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Hang in there Bo! You never know when that big boy is going to land in your lap.

They gobbled really good here, but the hunters were all over this year and after a few days of constant harassment, they shut up for a week and a half. Heard a few get cranked up after that, but every time I got anywhere near one gobbling it was only a matter of time before somebody barged in and ruined it.

I refuse to give up though. :D I' m kinda hard headed that way. ;)

RE: worst season ever for gobblin!
 

Washington state had a very cool and wet turkey season. Don' t know if that had any effect, but in this hunter' s eyes it was a lousy season for gobbling activity.

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They were gobbling very good on the roost and for a little while after fly-down for the first week and a half. It was starting to slow down just before I had to return home from vacation. I had planned to wait a week or two and see if they started back up since the hens would be starting to nest now and they would need to gobble to attract any " leftovers." I' ll call the landowner and see what he' s heard.

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I' ve been hearing plenty of gobbling here in central PA. I' ve hunted 4/26, 4/28, 4/29, 5/1 (best day so far), 5/2, 5/3, 5/5, 5/6, 5/7, and today 5/9. I' ve heard and/or worked birds every single day, just haven' t killed one yet.

Tyler

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This is some of the poorest gobbling I' ve seen here in north-central Wisconsin. I really believe that our tom to hen ration is so un-balanced right now that the toms briefly gobble in the roost and then lock up. In my neck of the woods, I would say the gobbler to hen ratio is about 1:15 and in some cases even 1:25. Maybe someone knows for sure, but isn' t the proper ratio about 1:8?