from the way the last two days have been I'm guessing the birds are practicing social distancing. Weather is perfect. Came to s place that had gobblers and hens making all kinds of noise Friday. Today just silence.

same here for the past 3-4 days ... i think the boys announced their presence, and are now "separating" the hens for mating ... no need to carry on like they were before ... just my hunch 'cause all i've been seeing were hens before & the gobs were stlll off by themselves ... i'm not wildlife biologist, even tho i play one on YouTube ...

Missed my SECOND of the season thus far. Hunted prob 5/6 mornings and its completely hit or miss...doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for them gobbling. Keep your head on a swivel though b/c I've had a couple skirt around without a gobble. Keep on em, I'm sure I'll run some lead into one sooner or later. Still great being out in the woods.

Interesting, because I was confused last weekend by seeing lots of lone hens by themselves coming into my calling, but zero gobbling or gobbler sightings. This weekend I still saw some loner hens, but did hear more gobbling. So your theory is that this is due to gobblers trying to still stake out territory/hens?

that's my theory, yes ... my HOPE is that my theory is right & i begin to see gobblers with all the hens i've been seeing by themselves ... time will tell, but the timing is right based on past seasons

Not a gobble heard this morning. Last 7 days are a different story. Really thought this crisp morning would have them going. Most mornings prior to today have been a sauna.

Definitely almost done. Between that and the ridiculous hunting pressure, I'm about tired of it.

Congrats man!

Cool. I have been searching for a way to understand/explain these observations as they didn't fit the narrative that the hens were nesting (because no gobblers seemed lonely) and the gobblers didn't seem henned up (because I Saw hens alone mostly).

this theory ALSO answers the question posed earlier in this thread, "are they done yet?" answer:



the hens outta start gettin' loose w/the hoochie very soon ...

Took my son hoping to get him one. Fooled with 2 for a while. Headed back to camp and got two to answer not 100 yards from my camper. We got set up and got them gobbling pretty good. I had Coleman set up on my left side thinking they would follow the ridge to his side. After about 10 minutes of calling, Coleman spotted them coming up the ridge at about 80 yards. When they got to about 60 I clicked his safety off and told him to wait. The birds then went out of sight in a little dip. A second later, I spot them slipping g to our right at 50 yards. They get to 40 yards and I tell him to shoot one when he seed one. They keep slipping g right on us and I tell Coleman to slide my way so he can get a shot. It was then that the trail bird figured out something wasn’t right. I told Coleman to shoot, but he couldn’t see them. They had gotten behind a big oak on him. I told him they were about to leave and he told me to shoot. I asked if he was sure and he yelled “yes”. When he did their heads went straight up, so I pounded this ones head. When I shot, Coleman jumped up and had his boot on his head before I knew it. Thing I was most proud of is that when I looked down at his gun, he had automatically put his safety back on.

10 3/8” Bears
1” Spurs
18 Pounds

Congrats, sounds like an awesome hunt! Your boy doing what we love to do safely is definitely something to be proud of!!

I’m about to get my first break since Thursday when wife went into hospital with ruptured appendix. (She’s still there, but in-laws taking the 4 year old for the night). Going to post up near a roost tree and take a nap. Can’t wait

Congrats to all who had a successful day. I was taking a friend who has never turkey hunted and we almost closed the deal on one but we tried to push a little to close. We ended up bumping him and could only watch him as he flew away. Heard 4 different birds on the roost this morning and by far today was the best day of gobbling I’ve heard all season.

Congrats on the bird cgardner! Good job Coleman too!

Scratch that, they’re discharging her. Picking her up in camo.

I’ll take it over any turkey

Trying to deer hunt one now for my son this afternoon. Got a Jake and 2 hen decoys out in a plot that they’ve been using a little bit. We’ll see.

Dr. B

Congrats cgardner and Coleman! Doing things the right way!

Dr. B

About 5pm thought I heard one drumming in the woods but couldn’t tell if it was a lowndes county resident thumping his speakers. After a bit I realized it was no doubt a bird drumming. I yelped at him and he gobbled right back within 100 yards. He finally worked his way to us but instead of popping out into the plot, he skirted wide and came in behind us. Had I not killed this am, I dang sure would’ve busted his azz. Unfortunately he was at my son’s 3 o’clock and too much thick stuff between them and my son couldn’t see him. I did get some good video of him as he stepped into the kill zone tho! Instead of continuing on the line he was on which would have have put him 25-30 yards straight down my boy’s barrel, he popped out about 60 yards away. He started on a line to us but then he saw the decoys and made a hard right and went out the back of the plot😡. He walked off still drumming and gobbling on the way to his roost tree. It was a heart pounding experience and glad my boy got to be there!

Dr. B

Congrats killers.