For my southern brethren, are you hearing in gobbling? Specifically interested in MS but curious about other Southern states also.
I'm about dang tired of all this cold weather. Youth weekend is coming up this weekend in MS :OGturkeyhead:
I'm almost as far from being in a southern state as you can get, but I've heard reports that they are gobbling pretty well in the mornings up here in WA. I've got to get out and listen, I'm getting cabin fever! When I came home from lunch today, a bunch of crows were calling and I paused, half expecting to hear a gobble!
I'm beating you can here sporadic gobbling in VA right now and maybe some descent roost gobbling at times...but I'm out of pocket to tell right now. Would love to hear some though!!! Now that is a fix!!!
God bless
Quote from: VA_Birdhunter on March 04, 2014, 04:47:21 PM
I'm beating you can here sporadic gobbling in VA right now and maybe some descent roost gobbling at times...but I'm out of pocket to tell right now. Would love to hear some though!!! Now that is a fix!!!
God bless
I haven't heard a peep but been watching them. About 5 min ago I was watching 23. 7 Jake's and no longbeards. Yesterday there was 26 with 3 longbeards
My buddy is hearing them in East Tennessee.
Hearing gobbling from multiple birds every time that I have been out scouting this year.
I saw a little bit of sparing yesterday on the drive home from work. Saw a group of eight long beards and two were bumping it is close in east TN.
As soon as we get some warm mornings I'll be staring my listing. I just can't get used to the idea of listening for turkeys in the snow.
One mile from Florida line and it was 33* last night and raining w/high of 44 today. Last weekend was nice but I didn't make it out to listen. We will possibly have a great spring in Alabama due to all the messy weather . Maybe next week things will start to straighten out.
With rain and such every other day the only thing you know is that any tracks are fairly fresh.
I have seen some strutters in arkansas from the road but havent been out to listen for gobbles. But bet if there strutting they are gobbling.
Quote from: northms on March 04, 2014, 03:39:32 PM
For my southern brethren, are you hearing in gobbling? Specifically interested in MS but curious about other Southern states also.
I'm about dang tired of all this cold weather. Youth weekend is coming up this weekend in MS :OGturkeyhead:
Just across the line in TN, they are staring to gobble a bit. Not a lot but starting to get vocal. Our youth hunt is the third weekend .............. then US :happy0064:
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May be a bit quiet because of this guy! :angry9:
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Upstate, SC foothills.
I spent 4 hours out today, stalking around the hunt club. Found one scat location, NO gobbling what so ever.
My neighbor has a tom with his chickens in the pen. He lives about 200 yards from me, I can step out when the weather is warm and make him gobble. I did it for about 20 mins the other day, I wonder if the neighbor got upset. LOL :funnyturkey:
was hearing good gobbling untill htis last cold spell in southwest ms. they are getting fired up
In south Alabama not only am I not hearing any gobbling, I am seeing the least sign in usual spring habitat areas as I have ever seen. Suspecting they are still grouped up and in winter mode, hunkered down. Hope that is it anyway, otherwise I have a problem this year.
There not grouped up in northern Washington county. They have been busted up first week or so of February. I had a group of 17 gobblers. The area I a saw those at I've only saw 2 lately and there is several groups of 2-3 scattered around the property. Now the hens I saw a group of 9 in one place and 12 in another. So the hems have not split off yet. I didn't go listen this morning I was gonna go tomorrow and I will try to go listen every morning until our season comes in. I have been trying to find a youth to take, this is the first year all the kids I know are either under 3 or over 16..
Quote from: ericjames on March 05, 2014, 09:24:31 AM
There not grouped up in northern Washington county. They have been busted up first week or so of February. I had a group of 17 gobblers. The area I a saw those at I've only saw 2 lately and there is several groups of 2-3 scattered around the property. Now the hens I saw a group of 9 in one place and 12 in another. So the hems have not split off yet. I didn't go listen this morning I was gonna go tomorrow and I will try to go listen every morning until our season comes in. I have been trying to find a youth to take, this is the first year all the kids I know are either under 3 or over 16..
When they start having SENIORS Hunts I want to go with you. Give me a stick and I'll still go. :gobble:
They have been strutting and gobbling on and off for the past 4 weeks here in extreme NE Florida. My son drew a permit for the youth hunt and we finally found a couple of talking birds last Saturday morning while still on the limb in the WMA. They shut up and never said a word after fly-down.
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When they start having SENIORS Hunts I want to go with you. Give me a stick and I'll still go. :gobble:
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Lol..
Saw 2 flocks of 30 or so, mostly hens, a few jakes around. Saw them after the last snow in the back 40. No gobblin' yet, anywhere. If it gets up to 45-50* next week, well maybe!
Gobbling and strutting here in south central Pa. :drool:
for the past two weeks !!!!!
Got our of my truck this morning at 6:30 am at work here in WV where I'm currently assigned with my job. Temps was 22 deg. and I hear a gobbler let loose about 150 yrds in the woods. He gobbles sporadically until at least 7 when I had to come back to reality! It made my morning!!
God Bless
Here in the Hudson Valley in NYS still to cold of temps out there & about a foot & a half of Snow still on the ground. Hopefully it will warm up in March soon.? And I should start to here some gobbling going on.?