strange behavior

Spitten and drummen · April 03, 2014, 04:48:03 PM

finally heard 2 birds gobble on the limb a total of 5 times. I got on them and set up. after they had flown down I did a little soft calling and a hen started up in the creek bottom. before very long I had 3 hens about 25 yards. they clucked,purred, and soft yelped for 20 min. all around me. I had my gun and my knee and expected a gobbler to come in strutting behind them any second. needless to say , they eventually wandered off. never heard drumming or any gobbles. what im trying to figure out is whats going on with these birds. 3 hens feeding alone this time of the year and no gobblers. anybody got any input on what may be going on. the gobblers really didn't respond to my calling or the 3 live girls that was cutting up. im wondering if they are that far behind this year due to all this un seasonable weather. thoughts?

Gooserbat · April 03, 2014, 05:06:47 PM

Our birds here are running behind schedule.

Spitten and drummen · April 03, 2014, 06:54:49 PM

Yeah, its been a looong time since i have seen them this far behind. Maybe another week or 2. Who knows.

slamman · April 03, 2014, 07:20:00 PM

maybe tomorrow you never know with these darned birds.

hs strut · April 03, 2014, 08:15:57 PM

today was the first day that they really responded hear

bmhern · April 03, 2014, 08:27:15 PM

Where I hunt I've heard 1 bird gobble in the last week. The bird I killed 2 weeks ago never gobbled. On the other hand my hunting buddy hunts about 3 miles from me, I went with him last week and we heard 6 different birds, I don't have a clue what's going on.

hs strut · April 03, 2014, 09:43:10 PM

sounds like there acting strange everywhere

TnRidgeRunner · April 03, 2014, 09:56:19 PM

Middle TN, Saturday:2 birds gobbling on roost, Sunday 13 birds Gobbling nonstop till 11am, monday and tuesday maybe 10gobbles total and I was out there all day both days.

hs strut · April 03, 2014, 10:12:25 PM

they been quiet as church mice for the most part here in westmoreland today was the first day we had a good gobble goin

DirtNap647 · April 04, 2014, 06:37:27 AM

believe they are a little behind in pa as well

Spitten and drummen · April 05, 2014, 06:32:19 PM

A quick follow up for this thread. Eased in this morning and heard 2 gobbling on the limb about 200 yards apart. They hit the ground and continued to gobble. I got in about 60 yards from one. A little soft yelps, clucks and leaf scratching and they seemed to not even acknowledge me. Two hens walked by me at about 15 yards. They were yelping and cutting but the 2 gobblers paid them no mind. They would answer each other but nothing else. They never went to each other, each stayed on their own little ridge. It was like the hens wasnt paying them no attention and the gobblers wasnt paying them any attention. Finally they stopped gobbling around 9. I stayed with them until 2 this afternoon and never saw either one. I cannot figure out what is going on. Anybody got any idea?

L.F. Cox · April 05, 2014, 07:45:49 PM

Nothing strange...they are just being turkeys.

contagious · April 06, 2014, 10:51:39 AM

The gobblers may have thier own hens.Lots of lady birds out there.!!!!!!!!!!1

budtripp · April 06, 2014, 01:09:42 PM

They seem a couple weeks behind schedule here in Missouri too. Not much gobbling. Did see a couple strutters on my way home from work last night. Years like this I'm kinda glad our season opens as late as it does. Means they should be acting right by time season starts. Maybe