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Post by gwinnman on Mar 20, 2012 19:06:48 GMT -5
If this warm trend continues what should we expect for turkey season?
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Post by goosepondmonster on Mar 20, 2012 19:16:43 GMT -5
Thicker than normal vegetation. The turkeys will act the same as they usually do during Indiana's season.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2012 19:36:53 GMT -5
hens will be bread earlier and on the nest leaving the gobblers more prone to come to the calls.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Mar 21, 2012 5:35:00 GMT -5
hens will be bread earlier and on the nest leaving the gobblers more prone to come to the calls. I sure hope you're right on that one, that's what I bank on later in the season. We'll see. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 6:15:33 GMT -5
Thick, green, and lots of bugs, ticks, and snakes. LOL
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Post by daneowner on Mar 21, 2012 6:50:10 GMT -5
If it stays warm till season opens, I think the old toms may be a little tired & less vocal then normal by then, at least here in S.E. Ind.
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Post by firstwd on Mar 21, 2012 8:35:55 GMT -5
Way less mushroom hunters in the woods.
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Post by gwinnman on Mar 21, 2012 9:53:42 GMT -5
So, do you think this will make hunting better or worse?
I guess what I'm trying to say is will the gobblers still have the drive "desire" to come to calling?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 13:00:56 GMT -5
You can still kill gobblers in June, coming to the call, if you could hunt that late. What I think you'll see is a lot better hunting. I believe the gobblers will not be hung up with large groups of hens. They should be easy to call and kill. Even if they don't gobble as much. Stay out of your turkey woods until the opener and you'll have a good hunt.
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Post by magnumgray on Mar 22, 2012 21:22:54 GMT -5
Late afternoon hunting from 10 or 11am should be great. The hormones will still be raging and the girls will be on the nest. We hunted the last days of may in Nebraska last year and shot three trophy birds after church. They were henless and came so fast they nearly run us over. One responded and in less than a minute covered a hundred yards,,,, and I shot him from a standing position at 17 yards.
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Post by dbd870 on Mar 23, 2012 4:19:03 GMT -5
I don't know but I've been seeing birds in the area; had a strutter last night and a hen fly right infront of the car a little later on in the evening. Doesn't seem to matter what time of day it's been either.
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Post by rabbit on Mar 25, 2012 19:54:48 GMT -5
I think it will be worse! I haven't herd a gobble in my home county (Perry) the last 2 years during season and think it will be the same thing this year! Every one I talk to around here thinks the same way!
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Post by firelt72 on Mar 26, 2012 17:55:20 GMT -5
I did some research and see what some experts were saying - I am not one of them. Lovett Williams stated that the heat fires up the gobbling, but the length of daylight gets the hens ready to breed. So you may have Toms gobbling, but if the hens are not ready they won't breed. Now the NWTF said the same thing except the hens can store the sperm so they can accept a toms earlier, but hold on till they are to lay. www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/turkeys-365-will-this-warm-spring-affect-huntingThat being said I have to agree that I think the cycle will be earlier this spring some, but I also agree a lonely tom is much more killable if you can see him. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2012 18:43:04 GMT -5
Hens are laying here in Ky. already. Laying, not sitting yet. The Youth Season coming on April 8-9 should be deluxe.
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