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Turkey hunting question: Season over got my birds no complaints (happy to be alive) but …
Posted on 5/9/23 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 5/9/23 at 4:47 pm
Birds have always responded to owl call sometimes to crow call. Basically use that in the dark to plan my hunt. Until this year, they never responded to owl call or owls, or crows or yelps or anything while on the roast.
Is this just a blip or should I expect the same next year etc
Is this just a blip or should I expect the same next year etc
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Posted on 5/9/23 at 4:51 pm to TutHillTiger
Either I'm drunk or your sentence structure is hard to follow (or both).
Are you saying you used to hear turkeys gobble on the limb, but this year you didn't hear one on the limb?
Are you saying you used to hear turkeys gobble on the limb, but this year you didn't hear one on the limb?
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:25 pm to TutHillTiger
I'm not sure if it was a one off deal or not.
But our birds in Central Texas Hill country weren't responding to calls either. The birds were very quiet for some reason this year.
But our birds in Central Texas Hill country weren't responding to calls either. The birds were very quiet for some reason this year.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:42 pm to TutHillTiger
Let the woods awake naturally. If you need to locate after the sun comes up, use a crow call.
Right or wrong, that’s just how I do it.
Right or wrong, that’s just how I do it.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:50 pm to TutHillTiger
I don’t know if you remember me asking you about the Black Belt and Red Hills 2 weeks ago, but we left Baton Rouge at 12:00pm, pulled up to the camping area at Red Hills around 5:00am, walked 150yards down the first trail we found and hear a gobble responding to the Donkey hewhawing back up toward the highway.
Set up on him, hit a few hen calls and get two more responding back in two other directions. But not once that weekend did we hear any response to owl calls.
Set up on him, hit a few hen calls and get two more responding back in two other directions. But not once that weekend did we hear any response to owl calls.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 7:55 pm to TutHillTiger
As an “old fart”, I’ve seen Wild Turkey behavior change over the years. There was a time when we all roosted birds at fly up, but I’ve all but quit trying because of how few gobbles I hear at that time of the day.
I’ve always suspected an increase in predator populations may have had something to do with it. That and bad habitat that prevents birds from adequately seeing the ground while on the roost.
I once went to a gobbling turkey at daylight and got in close while he was still on the limb. I never saw the bobcat and I’m pretty sure he didn’t see me, but he damned sure tried to run off with the gobbler as soon as his feet hit the ground that morning.
I guess I’m saying that at some point, even those peanut brain turkeys start to figure it out.
BTW, now that you’ve mentioned it, I don’t recall having a single bird answer my crow call this season. Owling at daylight still worked though.
I’ve always suspected an increase in predator populations may have had something to do with it. That and bad habitat that prevents birds from adequately seeing the ground while on the roost.
I once went to a gobbling turkey at daylight and got in close while he was still on the limb. I never saw the bobcat and I’m pretty sure he didn’t see me, but he damned sure tried to run off with the gobbler as soon as his feet hit the ground that morning.
I guess I’m saying that at some point, even those peanut brain turkeys start to figure it out.
BTW, now that you’ve mentioned it, I don’t recall having a single bird answer my crow call this season. Owling at daylight still worked though.
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