turkey talk
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 108
I think that here in Pa. the below average temps will push back the main breeding season by a few weeks. Last year during our record warm month of March the gobblers were really sounding off by the third week. This year I only heard of a very few gobblers sounding off within the last week. Since our season is a month away I hope that the gobblers will be in their prime during the first and second weeks of the season.
#4
Hoping it does the same here in ny. Although i think length of daylight has more to do with breeding than temperature. At least thats what was told to me. Either way i hope it gets pushed back. Last season was the worst turkey season ive ever hunted.
#7
Colder years around here typically dont affect gobbling as much as other forms of weather, meaning rain/snow. Cold sunny mornings usually means fired up birds, I've killed a lot of turkeys with frost on the ground.
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 470
re-posted
I copied my post from another turkey hunting forum. This was written March 23, 2013.
I took my Lab out today and walked around a public area I might want to hunt when our first season opens on April 15. I was really impressed with the turkey tracks and other sign I saw. I spotted one very nice tom and a dozen hens. There are several food plots that still have corn on some of the cobs and the birds are feeding there. I had another place I was going to try, but now I'm not sure where to go first. On the way home the weather forecast is calling for another 3 inches of snow. There is still a lot of snow in the timber, along with ice from when the creek was high and then froze.
So after scouting today, I'm gonna get out my SNOW CAMMO!
I took my Lab out today and walked around a public area I might want to hunt when our first season opens on April 15. I was really impressed with the turkey tracks and other sign I saw. I spotted one very nice tom and a dozen hens. There are several food plots that still have corn on some of the cobs and the birds are feeding there. I had another place I was going to try, but now I'm not sure where to go first. On the way home the weather forecast is calling for another 3 inches of snow. There is still a lot of snow in the timber, along with ice from when the creek was high and then froze.
So after scouting today, I'm gonna get out my SNOW CAMMO!