I think it’s over

[fairchaser]

I went this morning, a perfect morning for gobbling and hearing and it was quiet in West TN. Does anyone have a better gobble report.

 

[REN]

its for sure not "over" still lots of breeding taking place all over.

 

[Boll Weevil]

It was dead as an anvil on my farm this past weekend. Listened for a little while in the morning and was outside working all day and nary a peep. I still see toms on cams but they for sure weren't talking. That being said, breeding will continue...it's the gobbling that may dwindle.

 

[30-06 type of guy]

Not dead here. They been burning the woods down. Found 2 toms 2 sundays ago and got back on them this past Saturday and Sunday. Sunday they went the opposite way 10 min after fly down and never heard another peep. Saturday they roosted opposite side and went to the field this time so I chased em down and he finally came back to me about 9 but I didn't feel comfortable about the shot (50-60yrd) a group of jakes ruined that. Sunday I setup to cut them off where they had stayed most of Saturday but once again after fly down the jakes had their way once again.

 

[Levee Jumper]

Turkey hunting is 90% finding turkeys and more importantly finding unpressured turkeys. I've found so many unpressured turkeys lately on public ground that I've caught more fish than normal this spring.

 

[THE DUKE]

Haven't herd any gobbling since opening wknd where I hunt except on the roost. Worst year in 28yrs hunting

 

[Setterman]

3 birds in 3 days last week. Just starting around here, by that I mean the killable phase not the henned up completely garbage phase

 

[Displaced_Vol]

I hope not, got a handful of days to get out up here and maybe, but unlikely a quick trip down there. Been a tough one up here. Partly because the birds and partly other factors like weather, holidays and going ons…

 

[poorhunter]

There appears to be one Tom left in the holler. He gobbles every morning several times and my kids hear him on occasion during the day. I see him every afternoon when I get home from work in the neighbors field with 5-6 hens so I guess he's still busy with them.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Hens are spread out. Went Saturday and Tuesday, covered tons of ground, heard one gobbler and he was a few properties over. Sumner county

 

[jaybird62]

It has been silent for the past five days here, but I heard one gobbling about a quarter mile from the house at 1:30 this afternoon. Set up first time and he answered me twice. I moved up and ran into this. He was 52 inches long. Kinda put a damper on my enthusiasm after that.

 

[Setterman]

It has been silent for the past five days here, but I heard one gobbling about a quarter mile from the house at 1:30 this afternoon. Set up first time and he answered me twice. I moved up and ran into this. He was 52 inches long. Kinda put a damper on my enthusiasm after that.

That's a magnificent timber

 

[tree_ghost]

That's a magnificent timber

I would have personally used a different adjective but that's one way to describe him…wow!

 

[AT Hiker]

I've not heard a single bird in KY this week. I just knew this morning would be the morning. Every other avian species is on 10 except the one I'm listening for.
I can hear well over a mile from this vantage point, it's a bluff that overlooks a organic dairy. * I can even hear the roosters at the neighbors place that is just shy of 2 miles from here. Crystal clear and crisp morning with no wind. I would have lost this bet but it's still a beautiful sunrise.
It's a strange week here.

 

[kornbread]

My cameras have went dead from any Tom activity in the past week and half.

 

[Gravey]

Haven't been in a few weeks but hope to this weekend and next.

 

[paboom]

I just got back from VA and they were HOT there. 4 and 5 gobblers sounding off from the roost each morning (public land)

I plan to hunt the last 2 weeks in TN regardless if they are gobbling or not. You only get so many Springs fellas.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

I haven't heard a gobble since opening morning.

 

[DeerCamp]

We haven't heard or seen a turkey on our place in 2 weeks. Unfortunately.

 

[megalomaniac]

Lot fewer toms left to hunt at this point, and many left alive have been hunted to the point where they don't gobble. But toms are still breeding renesting hens and jennies are just about to breed for their first time.

Usually mornings are key, as by the afternoon they have focused more on feeding to regain weight lost from the past month. If one gobbles, he is def killable. Just have to grind it out this time of the year.

 

[Wrangler95]

The last gobble Ive heard is the one I killed last Thursday morning.Called up some jakes tuesday morning but no gobbles from them.I believe the gobbling has wound down in my neck of the woods!

 

[cowhunter71]

This guy must hunt with Ol Muddyboots.

 

[Big Pop]

It has been silent for the past five days here, but I heard one gobbling about a quarter mile from the house at 1:30 this afternoon. Set up first time and he answered me twice. I moved up and ran into this. He was 52 inches long. Kinda put a damper on my enthusiasm after that.

That must have been tricky measuring that snake! JK!

 

[Bgoodman30]

It seems to be winding down around here.. I rarely see them strutting anymore unless its a perfect morning like Monday.. They gobbled good for us Thursday morning but went into feed mode by 8am.. We saw three gobblers but they would only pop into strut for a second then go back to feeding.. Little interest in the hen call.. I think around here we got a couple good mornings left but when those 90 degree temps hit next week might hear the fat lady...

 

[poorhunter]

When there any toms around in the holler, I regularly hear them till June and have to watch them strutting in the neighbors field pretty much every day.

Saw a good bunch of them about 2 miles from my house yesterday evening. Two long beards and 4-5 jakes with 3 hens.

 

[WilcoKen]

Wilson Co this morning: 2 different toms gobbling. Watched one after he got down gobbling good til his hen flew down to him. She dragged him away so I circled wide and caught up with him. He gobbled probably 30 times just over rise from me within 40 yards. Saw his head once. He moved on with a hen. I've stopped at 2 birds this year but could probably have a good chance of getting my son on that tom this afternoon. Thats the main reason i went this morning--to see how birds are acting. Hoping to get my son on one since he's home from school this weekend.

 

[Levee Jumper]

I went to a fresh private farm this morning and landed on a solo tom hot off the roost. 100 gobbles later he was dead at 6:45 at 15 yards. Like I've said before, the hard part of Turkey Hunting is having un-pressured turkeys to hunt.

It's very comparable to a bream bed that has been torched for two days and one that hasn't been fished at all. Way too much stock is put into the skill of killing un-pressured turkeys IMO.

In all reality the most skill in turkey hunting is figuring out how to get away from others on public, and obtaining permission to hunt private farms lol.

 

[megalomaniac]

I went to a fresh private farm this morning and landed on a solo tom hot off the roost. 100 gobbles later he was dead at 6:45 at 15 yards. Like I've said before, the hard part of Turkey Hunting is having un-pressured turkeys to hunt.

It's very comparable to a bream bed that has been torched for two days and one that hasn't been fished at all. Way too much stock is put into the skill of killing un-pressured turkeys IMO.

In all reality the most skill in turkey hunting is figuring out how to get away from others on public, and obtaining permission to hunt private farms lol.

Congrats!

The hardest part of turkey hunting is just finding one (pressured or not). It's a LOT harder to kill a pressured bird, but even a pressured bird is more fun to hunt than hunting no birds at all.

 

[Don'tDrinkTinks]

I went this morning, a perfect morning for gobbling and hearing and it was quiet in West TN. Does anyone have a better gobble report.

The painter at my new house hasn't heard gobbles at sunrise but has been hearing a lot at noon.

 

[Levee Jumper]

Congrats!

The hardest part of turkey hunting is just finding one (pressured or not). It's a LOT harder to kill a pressured bird, but even a pressured bird is more fun to hunt than hunting no birds at all.

True but fishing is more fun than a solo gobbler that if afraid of a couple clucks.