Hmmm... Saw this question on a Turkey Thugs video/YouTube I just watched...
Don't watch the video - but, answer the question. :)
*GO*! :turkey2:
Nope. Some people say yes, but I say no. I can tell you when the conditions favor gobbling, but can't tell you the turkeys will adhere to it.
The day(s) right before you arrive at camp, or immediately after you leave. Or, the first day your buddy hunts a spot after you've given up on it and told him to have a go.
Quote from: alloutdoors on February 28, 2014, 05:06:23 PM
The day(s) right before you arrive at camp, or immediately after you leave. Or, the first day your buddy hunts a spot after you've given up on it and told him to have a go.
:z-winnersmiley:
NO....
IMO every morning is the best morning for gobbling ! :icon_thumright:
The day i'm not there...
But NO.Ive seen days that were textbook as far as weather and heard nothing;and days not fit for man nor beast and they wouldnt shut up.
I'll add "fuel to the flame".
One of the guys said, "Maybe -- 2 days after a front passes through, gobbling is good. The toms have had one full day of low wind & sunlight, and gobble a lot on that 2nd morning/day".
Have you had this experience?
This is undoubtedly the easiest question ever asked on OG. It is every day that I can't go that morning.
It also occurs on the other property I hunt on the days I can go. That's OKas long as they burn it up for somebody to hear.
Quote from: bamagtrdude on February 28, 2014, 05:43:06 PM
I'll add "fuel to the flame".
One of the guys said, "Maybe -- 2 days after a front passes through, gobbling is good. The toms have had one full day of low wind & sunlight, and gobble a lot on that 2nd morning/day".
Have you had this experience?
Only time I can predict it is late season after its been hot, a cold front blows, and the next calm frosty morning they will hammer. Never fails to happen around first or second week of May here every year and I've yet to see em not blow the tree tops out.
Quote from: guesswho on February 28, 2014, 04:41:00 PM
Nope. Some people say yes, but I say no. I can tell you when the conditions favor gobbling, but can't tell you the turkeys will adhere to it.
Exactly!!!
No. Sometimes, the mornings you would think should be the best, turn out to be duds. Well, at least for me anyway.
Quote from: RAJ on February 28, 2014, 06:22:48 PM
This is undoubtedly the easiest question ever asked on OG...
I tried to give you an easy lay-up, man!! ;) hehehe
On average, there are days you can say are not as good as others but you really never know unless your out there.
No fool proof methods I have found. High barometer days seem better than low. After a bad thunderstorm near daylight has been very good at times. Hunting pressure can play a part.
If evening gobbling is very good, morning is often good. Have had evenings hearing zero gobbles to return in AM and they went nuts though. I sure can tell you what mornings were good.lol
Before season most mornings seem good if weather is not bad. Sometimes a turkey hunter just knows or would like to think he does anyway.
heck no if i could or anyone could they would be a millionaire. you can guess but you never know. some of the days i thought they would be fired up they are tight lipped. and when i thought it would be tough you can hear 100 gobbles.
Not every morning, but some conditions have been a slam dunk in my neck of the woods. Cold, crisp mornings with frost have always been great in my neck of the woods. Also, if it has thunderstormed that night, but clear in am, the birds go nuts. If birds gobbled good the evening before, they gobble good the next morning, unless severe weather moved in over night. other than this, its hit or miss.
I can tell you the days they WONT gobble, a whole lot better than I can tell you when they WILL gobble!
Quote from: alloutdoors on February 28, 2014, 05:06:23 PM
The day(s) right before you arrive at camp, or immediately after you leave. Or, the first day your buddy hunts a spot after you've given up on it and told him to have a go.
True!!! :lol: ;D :TooFunny:
Quote from: BowBendr on February 28, 2014, 07:13:11 PM
No. Sometimes, the mornings you would think should be the best, turn out to be duds. Well, at least for me anyway.
:agreed:
Quote from: guesswho on February 28, 2014, 04:41:00 PM
Nope. Some people say yes, but I say no. I can tell you when the conditions favor gobbling, but can't tell you the turkeys will adhere to it.
:icon_thumright:
All I know is that cool, crisp mornings
generally mean good gobbling, but as Guesswho says, it ain't always so.
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on February 28, 2014, 10:48:07 PM
Quote from: alloutdoors on February 28, 2014, 05:06:23 PM
The day(s) right before you arrive at camp, or immediately after you leave. Or, the first day your buddy hunts a spot after you've given up on it and told him to have a go.
True!!! :lol: ;D :TooFunny:
Quote from: BowBendr on February 28, 2014, 07:13:11 PM
No. Sometimes, the mornings you would think should be the best, turn out to be duds. Well, at least for me anyway.
:agreed:
Quote from: guesswho on February 28, 2014, 04:41:00 PM
Nope. Some people say yes, but I say no. I can tell you when the conditions favor gobbling, but can't tell you the turkeys will adhere to it.
:icon_thumright:
All I know is that cool, crisp mornings generally mean good gobbling, but as Guesswho says, it ain't always so.
:agreed: With all that RutNStrutn has said....... Some days are good & some are bad but no matter what happens, any of these days in the woods are better than being stuck in my office at work....
Quote from: guesswho on February 28, 2014, 04:41:00 PM
Nope. Some people say yes, but I say no. I can tell you when the conditions favor gobbling, but can't tell you the turkeys will adhere to it.
:agreed:
Here's the video where the THUGS discuss this: http://youtu.be/q7x8GB1xvds [ skip to about minute 10:00 ]
I didn't watch it, can't hardly make myself watch stuff like that anymore. Nothing against whoever they are, but if I have a question about turkeys and their behavior they wouldn't be the first people I'd ask.
Guesswho, ya - tons of marketing; I don't have cable or DirecTV, so I can't get these things - which is fine by me. I'm bored & was in a moment of weakness; but, I thought that question would be great to post here.
It was a good question, and I enjoyed the responses. I like to see what people think and how it compares to my train of thought. And I know about boredom, you should see what happens when I get bored this time of year.
I can predict that a gobbler in the spring will respond to other turkeys. Be it hen or other gobblers. That doesn't necessarily mean it will be with a gobble. A gobbler can not stop being a gobbler. I have heard and seen gobbler with hen spit and drum all morning in the tree and never gobble one time. They did however answer almost every hen yelp while in the tree with spitting and drumming. One thing I can predict is that if you separate the gobbler from the hens he will gobble his fool head off. As far as which day he will gobble thats entirely up to him.
Joe
Quote from: TRKYHTR on March 01, 2014, 09:07:50 PM
I can predict that a gobbler in the spring will respond to other turkeys. Be it hen or other gobblers. That doesn't necessarily mean it will be with a gobble. A gobbler can not stop being a gobbler. I have heard and seen gobbler with hen spit and drum all morning in the tree and never gobble one time. They did however answer almost every hen yelp while in the tree with spitting and drumming. One thing I can predict is that if you separate the gobbler from the hens he will gobble his fool head off. As far as which day he will gobble thats entirely up to him.
Joe
People need to read this one several times, that was a dang fine answer ! Thanks Joe !!
For South Florida ..... The first 5-6 of consecutive hot days with no rain after the first week of February will start them gobbling good and plenty - by hot , I mean if your standing outside and your breaking sweat and it's 85+ degrees , that in combination of still nights ( bellow 15-10 mph ) is all they need
Sometimes we do t have that weather pattern till late February or early March
I know a good morning when I feel one. I have skipped several season openers because of poor conditions. I have killed gobbling fools under what I consider poor conditions. I play the odds now. A skipped morning gives me rest for another morning and keeps the pressure (from me) off the gobbler and increases my odds when I do go for him. Nothing is a hundred percenter, but over time, odds are odds. Now, I will watch the video.
Kinda got turned off when the guy said the NWTF was trapping and transporting turkeys in the 1950s.
The day you stay home and drink coffee.
I've never figured out when they will gobble. It seems like sometimes they all get together and agree that "nobody gobbles today, guys" and then you don't hear anything. Weird. Other days they all get fired up.
Only sure way to know is to get out of bed and go to the woods.
Well, here's my answer to the question: I really could care less if I can predict if they'll gobble or not! :) If it's turkey season & I'm in a position to go, I'm going whether they're gobbling or not. I love hearing one gobble, but it's not the end-all/be-all for me; I learned a long time ago that a gobbling bird is a "living" bird!
So, I don't even try to predict if they're gobbling or not; I just go & try to make it happen on every hunt, gobble or no gobble. Trying to "predict *AHEAD* of time" is putting the cart before the horse; it's really a question to "catch" an impatient turkey hunter, imo.
I tend to agree with most of the other posts. It is impossible to predict when birds will gobble. However, one of my favorite times to be in the woods is after a rain if the sky clears and the sun comes out. That is the one time I really expect to hear a gobble, and often do.
I worked at a state hospital for a few years after high school. It was a large campus, with huge mature oaks and a population of hundreds of squirrels, which, some days, would be running around everywhere, and others, you wouldn't see a one. I squirrel hunted a lot back then, and if I got off work in the afternoon, and didn't see any squirrels out, I wouldn't bother with going hunting because it was likely I wouldn't see many in my hunting woods either.
I've hunted turkeys long enough to believe there is a rhyme or reason to why they gobble or not, I'm just not sure us humans will ever fully understand that reason. Sure, where they are in the breeding cycle has a lot to do with gobbling activity overall, but like all of you, I've hunted a property one day, and heard birds in every direction. The next morning, nothing, and common sense tells me that not every bird gets to an identical situation in the breeding cycle in 24 hours.
WISH I could, been out on morning that I thought they would gobble there heads off, and never hear anything. Also been the other way around.
:OGturkeyhead: :OGturkeyhead:
The entire week before the season, especially the last 2 days before.
I wish I could, but in MN you get a 5 day gun season - so if you are serious about killing a turkey you hunt most (if not all days) in you season. Well unless you kill one early on.
The only time they usually don't gobble much is when it is real cold (below 32F) or its raining.
Calm morning after a late night thunderstorm do seem to be good.
That said, One morning I will hear nothing and 30 miles away they never stopped.