saratoga county not one gobble yet ? ? ? ?

[older042]

have been at it hard so far but have not heard a peep. I know there are birds in the area but have had zero luck and zero response what am I doing wrong? Why are the turkey so quite this year. I don't know what to do next ? 

[Water Rat]

You might not be doing anything wrong......maybe the bird numbers are down in your area.

[TeeBugg]

Henned up? Starting to resemble last season. I know a few guys i have spoken to said they were more vocal later in the morning.

[older042]

just a week before season I was seeing 4 toms and a jake together now its like they all just disappeared. No other hunters in the area either just me.

[WhitetailAddict11]

Hens are a dime a dozen right now man, the long beards will come around eventually. Me and buddy were just talking today about how many hens we have seen already this season compared to past seasons. Today was the first day I have seen a Tom strutting by himself at about 8:45.

[ants]

Try sleeping in and head out a little later. Give the hens time to be bred . the toms will want more hens. Don't get too uptight about no gobbling, if you know birds are in the area then they are there. A few years ago I took 2 nice toms and my hunting partner took a third. We also screwed up on a couple and passed on some Jakes. .....We never heard a single gobble that whole season!!!! They all came in quiet.

[Water Rat]

Try sleeping in and head out a little later. Give the hens time to be bred . the toms will want more hens. Don't get too uptight about no gobbling, if you know birds are in the area then they are there. A few years ago I took 2 nice toms and my hunting partner took a third. We also screwed up on a couple and passed on some Jakes. .....We never heard a single gobble that whole season!!!! They all came in quiet.

Good point ants !

[Fantail]

Most birds have been super quiet or hened up around here. That's between 6k & 7m. I saw a bunch of activity & strutting pre season but it was like a switch after the opener. I also remember recent past openers when there was frost. Looking forward to some cooler cloudy weather - this bit of heat wave feels like the end of May already.

[Witty]

We were covered in birds and deer this morning. One tow, 4 jakes 4 hens and a ton of gobbling. The worked in the field we were watching from 5:50am-9:55am. Birds were all hen'd up. This was in Saratoga County.