For the last week, we have been able to hear 12-15 toms gobbling every morning. Today, not a peep. There was not a single gobble, cluck, or putt. Just before sunrise, a minimal cold front moved through the area. Am I wrong in thinking that it was the weather that affected so many birds at one time? There were no other environmental changes....no big hunter intrusion... nothing. Any ideas??
Write it off to turkeys being turkeys.
Never had them coordinate amongst themselves like this before.... :-))
sorry ##&%#&ers saw the opening day on the internet ;D
I don't think the weather would have caused that. When the cold front hit here this weekend I heard more gobbling in two days than I have all season.
Not the weather maybe coyotes or they wanted to mess with you. I have seen gobblers on
The roost that didn't fly down till 9 and even then never made a sound other than their wings.
I have heard during a full moon that turkeys will do a lot of strutting and drumming at night. They can be seen on the limb. Maybe they were up all night and quieter at 'normal' time? Never can tell with these birds.
coyotes could have went through the area last night
I've seen beautiful gorgeous days in the woods and never heard a peep. Some days are just strange
Some of it can be attributed to the phase of the breeding cycle where you are at. There is always a lull in gobbling here. Tomes gobble to attract hens. When hens are in their pocket then it's no need to gobble. I have noticed that in the areas I hunt here , like a light switch , the gobbling turns off or almost completely off. We go through about a week of minimal to non existant gobbling , then they fire back up out of the blue. This is just my observation. Take it for what it's worth.
Quote from: RemingtonRules on March 30, 2015, 07:59:52 PM
I have heard during a full moon that turkeys will do a lot of strutting and drumming at night. They can be seen on the limb. Maybe they were up all night and quieter at 'normal' time? Never can tell with these birds.
I know when I've been up strutting all night I don't feel like doing anything the next day
They could have been on the limb drumming away to all the hens.
Most likely effects of El Nino or what deer hunters refer to as the "trickle rut", which in this case is called the "trickle strut"..... ;D
mass alien abduction.......for this> :turkey2:
Pressure change has a lot to do with turkey activity just like it does deer, and now that we have weather predictions for 10 days available any time we push a button on our phone, very few people pay attention to barometric pressure. I'd be willing to bet there was a big pressure change that really shut them down.
Happens, Probably just the weather.
I have seen gobblers going from gobbling like crazy one day to very little gobbling the next. Can't say I have seen a situation where that many gobblers were in an area and not one would make a sound, though. I would doubt predators would cause it,...probably weather and/or breeding phase related,...but who knows for sure?
One thing about it, though, is that if there were that many gobblers there and nothing has changed, those gobblers are still there somewhere. They should start up again at some point.
I know where 3 longbeards roosted last evening. I also heard some coyotes in that same area around midnight. I went out to listen this morning and not a peep. With that being said, I have heard them gobble many times to the sound of coyotes.
:funnyturkey: Solar flares. Just kidding. Different day , you never know what shuts them up. Coyotes, weather, breeding cycle or all of the above. Good luck. They will be back
Have to agree with turkeyslayer, I bet they slept late after strutting all night. LOL
I am inclined to believe that it was a barometric change.... as the front moved through that morning. Next day..... hammering away again. I am seeing lots of hens....may be henned up as well. Talk about whipped.... I called a bird in yesterday to 50 yds... and just as I started to pluck him in my mind.... a hen cut loose with the loudest, nastiest, meanest sounding sequence of calls you have ever heard..... That tom tucked his tail and did an about face that would have made a drill sergeant proud. Man... I love these birds!!!!! Best wishes to all for a great season.
A butterfly flapped his wings in China. It happens...and the more happens, the less sense it makes. I don't even try to figure it out anymore.
:goofball: They checked their calenders !!!!!!!!
Quote from: Ihuntoldschool on April 01, 2015, 10:31:41 PM
Have to agree with turkeyslayer, I bet they slept late after strutting all night. LOL
dat some funny stuff right there :TooFunny:
NOW back to the more serious stuff. Were the caterpillars out that morning??
They shut up cause they CAN! I put my money on the front coming thru but hey if you're on that many gobblers hang in there you're in for a fun season!
Male turkeys are like female humans, there's just no understanding anything they do.