Gobbling Rhyme or Reason

[bucksnducks]

We've all had mornings when the gobbling on the roost never seems to pause. Those are the best mornings. There's also been mornings when we're on the flip side of the coin - never hear a gobble on the roost. Most of the time, the mute seems to happen on crummy weather mornings, but not always. This morning was about as nice of morning as one can get - sunshine, cool, light winds - a person can hear for miles. Oddly, I never heard a gobble the whole morning, anywhere. My close sources that were out in their blinds also had similar activity, or lack there of. We all have plenty of bearded birds around, so it's not like the trees are empty. I'm curious if anyone has any insight on why some mornings the Toms go crazy with their vocals and other mornings they zip it.

 

[scottonbuck]

I seem to have the best mornings when the barometric pressure is above 30, it seems to get them fired up. If you throw in a nice calm, warm, sunny morning and your in for a treat. At least thats my theory.

 

[Bassattackr]

I seem to have the best mornings when the barometric pressure is above 30, it seems to get them fired up. If you throw in a nice calm, warm, sunny morning and your in for a treat. At least thats my theory.

+1. Sunny mornings they tend to gobble like crazy, cloudy days - just here and there. Can pickup around mid day on cloudy days however.

My experience..

 

[deerhunter93]

Calm, cool, clear seems to be a good morning. They were hammering for me this morning though.

 

[Darrin]

There has been some research done on it. I'm not nerdy enough to read through the entire report, but they have a nice synopsis up front here - https://wildturkeylab.com/influence-of-weather-on-gobbling-activity-of-male-wild-turkeys/

They were gobbling off their rocker this morning where I was at...then they flew down and went the other way

 

[CurtisWalker]

They hammered on the roost for me this morning. Really the only times I have fewer gobbles is if it rained early in the night. If it rained after midnight they still tend to fire off. I look at it kinda like deer though. One day you’ll see a ton of deer activity and the next day it’s a bit slower. Don’t forget owls and other critters messing with them in the dark that’ll throw them off too.
So far this year I’ve only had one poor gobbling morning and still heard plenty of gobbles. It’s been a good one.


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[Ishi]

Yesterday morning the turkeys were gobbling like mad on the roost then then after fly down…. Nothing!
The hate for turkeys continues

 

[Hawk32]

I take back all the nice things I said about turkey hunting and my boys loving it so much. After my hunts this year I’d just as soon they became extinct and i didn’t have to wake up at 4am anymore. I’d be a lot happier.

 

[Bassattackr]

5 days of straight rain here in MO. Saturday morning clear, sunny and 30.1" pressure.. giddy up.

 

[CurtisWalker]

Misty rainy cloudy morning today and they were still hammering.


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[CurtisWalker]

I take back all the nice things I said about turkey hunting and my boys loving it so much. After my hunts this year I’d just as soon they became extinct and i didn’t have to wake up at 4am anymore. I’d be a lot happier.

3am gets earlier and earlier for me every day but I wouldn’t trade it. Been on 7 successful hunts so far this spring. The 2 hour drive to hunt is the worst part.


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