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Post by rabbit on May 7, 2011 20:32:18 GMT -5
I hunted hard the first 3 days of season and again today! I have yet to hear a bird! Most everyone I talk to around here is having the same trouble! This is the second year in a row too! IS anyone else having this problem?
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Post by wileyonetoo on May 7, 2011 23:09:43 GMT -5
The wife and I went mushroom hunting yesterday evening and heard a couple of gobblers sounding off to the south of us. Not sure what got them fired up but they sounded off a few times over a 10 minute period.
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Post by oneshot on May 8, 2011 3:48:55 GMT -5
They have been gobbleing good where I'm at.
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Post by rabbit on May 8, 2011 7:09:39 GMT -5
Glad some one is hearing them! Over the last several years the number of birds I've herd during season is less and less! Everyone down here is talking about seeing more activity earlier in the year and less during season! I even had a tom walk down a farm road 100 yards from my blind and never even looked up when I hit the call!
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Post by oneshot on May 8, 2011 9:16:54 GMT -5
Called in 2 jakes this morning that we double gobbeling! Acted like 3 year old birds. They wouldn't commit. 60 yds is as close as they came. I wish we would have set out 1 hen, I'm sure that would have brought them in. I'm calling for a friend at his set ups.
Funny, I killed a jake last wed.[also not using dekes] that I shot at 8:41. He wouldn't come any closer that 70 yds. Finally...... after 30 minutes he came too close for his own good. He had almost a full fan and weighed 16#.
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Post by tomthreetoes on May 8, 2011 18:32:53 GMT -5
I think all the rain flooded a bunch of nests and a lot of hens are back with the gobblers. The gobblers don't need to gobble as much to attract hens for mating. I've seen several hens out by themselves and they should be starting to set now. I kow where I hunt except for a few times the gobbling stops at fly down, making me think the hens are waiting for the toms to hit the ground.
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