Turkeygirl Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Looks like eating tag soup again this year. I have 2 days left in my season to hunt due to my new job - Saturday and Monday. I went out this AM, set up in a plowed field they turkeys had been frequenting. Well I heard a distant gobbler, sounded like he was roosted up on his usual ridge...that was it....this is the least I've heard this bird gobbler...I'm worried maybe he's shutting down/breeding over? Well probably around 7am, I glance up after checking the time, to see 3 turkeys fly out of the field...I don't know how they saw me, but I could see a deer standing on the edge of the woods, not sure if that spooked them or there was a predator around. I also saw a turkey walk back into the woods. I think they were all hens, can't be 100% but I know a couple of them were for sure. Never heard or saw anything else for the 5 hours I sat there. I know there's alot of hens - that gobbler usually had 1 he always is with, then the one night he had 6, then he had 2...so you never know. I work Thurs/Fri/Sun, so I guess my 2 remaining days I'll try and roost him and get in close. Probably is last few days he's cut down on gobbling from the roost...don't know why...he's not responding to real owls/crows or mine for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good luck and try a coyote howl or a rabbit in distress call Just to switch up to hear him on the roost might work can't be to picky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loner Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 sounds, like the hens are on the nest and only get off long enough to feed and water and go back.tom knows there is no use gobbling anymore.with the pressure from hunting,the calling and being seen, and hens staying on nests instead of the trees around the tom,it might just be over until next spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 you summed it up loner. sometimes you can still get a tom to fire up but usually they're pretty silent. i haven't been able to even locate one. on the few places i hunt. ain't over yet though Ruth! i got some of this weekend. i'm fine with only being able to hunt mornings i suppose, but i wish our season would go from mid april to mid may instead of just may. don't think i've had a season start here where i haven't seen hens already nesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Well I'll see Friday night if I can't roost him or spot him somewhere. Will a tom continue roosting in the same general area? I'm thinking about setting up on that ridge he was constantly roosting on, maybe catch him off the roost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 probably good a place as any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 yea i mean all the ones here over the years have hung around the same section of woods until fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Well they are raking alfalfa tonight in the fields he was crossing, don't think I'll get up there to roost him, it's so hot anyway but will sneak in the morning to the top of his roost ridge and if nothing there, will hang out by that plowed field...The last morning I hunted, I found some of his droppings there so maybe it's just a matter of time. Will a gobbler this time of year, late in the season, still want to come in to hang with some 'feeding hens'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 The last day of my season I saw them start flocking up and there were hens in the flock. They completely ignored my calls though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharrelson Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Down to the wire... Hey turkey girl. This is the new guy. From Georgia. Sounds like you got this thunder chicken pegged. We all know that roosted ain't roasted, but it sure helps. Have no idea what your set would be like,but you might be able to get between him and his limbapedic and turn his lights off for him. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharrelson Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Down to the wire... You know what I mean. After along day out with the ladies and dust'en and grub'en. All big boy's are gonna head back and hit the hay or bark in his case. O and I know you will agree. If all you get to do is know him better and hear him tell a tell. Well that just might hold you over till the dog woods bloom. Go have some fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Well if NY allowed us to hunt past 12pm, I would have had that bird killed long ago in the evenings! I was going to go out this AM, but was too exhausted from my job. Monday is my last day to hunt, going to go up tonight and see where he is hanging out hopefully, work Sunday then back up Sunday night to hopefully roost him. He's got a ridge he likes to roost on, and a couple fields he likes to feed in so if I can get right on his path and within range, done deal. We'll see.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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