He Knows its over

[LongSpur39]

I just got the upper lawn mowed. Walked inside, popped the top on a cold one. Looked up in the woods and here he comes. Had a hen off to the side. And a deer behind him. He's gonna be a beauty next year if he makes it through the winter?


There were three more longbeards later on that I spooked walking out the door. Ya never know what will show? Food plots above me. And a few agri fields below. And there was a fatty bear in the driveway the other night. Wide as a doorway walking down the middle of the driveway. Not either of the bears I'd seen.

[JerseyHunter]

nice looking bird be ready next year.

[Kt29]

Yep, those guys seem to know when the season is over.  They do the same thing at my place.

[LongSpur39]

They also know there is no threat from me here. Everyday or so is like watching national geographic. Lol!! Life of the wild turkey.

[grizz1]

I do wonder how they know it's over. My Grandson and I chased Gobblers for 4 weekends, it was a challenge to get on them this year, calling was pretty much a waste of time as they always had hens with them. After season closed I could look out about any window and see a strutting Gobbler. Just yesterday one was gobbling his head off at high noon while I painted on the neighbors house.

[LongSpur39]

This season was very similar to last season. The birds cooperation was up and down. Here we noticed it wasn't hens that were shuttin them down. We watched several gobblers throughout the season that didn't make a peep. They would strut a little but no gobbles. And even when hens would show. The gobblers seemed more interested in eating. I watched the dominant bird here breed hens as early as march 13 th. I almost think or believe their sex drive drops off. I always check birds crops. From the youth hunt birds to the end of the first week of the regular season. All the birds crops had very little food in them. And every touch and go bird we got after that. The crops were literally packed like softballs. I mean I'm not a biologist . This is just from my perception from what I've seen. The other thing after about the third week of April here at my house. The gobbling went from every morning and through out the day. To here and there throughout the day. And they were hammerin when they were gobbling. Its one of those things its hard to point to one factor. But two seasons in a row now. You had to hit the birds just right and a given day to kill em.