Weather

[johng9662]

With the weather possibly being a little colder and rainy on Monday. Do you see this affecting the turkeys much. Not that it will stop me from going out (can't shoot em if your not out).

 

[deadeye]

I don't mind it. I have killed multiple turkeys while wearing a stocking hat to keep warm. It seems like they gobble more on a foggy damp drizzsly day than on a clear one. Since I will be in a blind with a roof I don't mind if it rains too much.

 

[Jethro]

I've also noticed that they don't gobble as much when it gets colder. Like yesterday morning they were gobbling pretty good but then this morning nothing. I think the cold fronts quiet them a little. Do you guys see and hear the same?

 

[bowmaker]

On Tuesday about 1:00 in the afternoon I heard one gobbling in the brush behind my garage. I thought it was a little odd for the middle of the day. There were no birds out in fields this morning on the way to work.

 

[hershy]

...I would rather have colder than warmer...the last two years it has been very warm and it seems that the toms stick a lot closer to the hens than they do when it is cold...

 

[poncho72]

I'm like deadeye, I will be in my pop up blind. Set it up on Tuesday, made sure to set the Mr. Buddy heater in there as well. Call me what you want but I already know that the walk that I have will cause me to sweat and once I sit down I will begin to get cold.
As far as the turkeys go, I noticed that they were gobbling a lot more wednesday morning than they were this morning. I still got 2 out of 3 responses with my owl call.
I am really pumped for Monday! I have never gone 1st season before, I just couldn't wait to get out! I dont think that the cold will effect them too much, they still have the uncontrolable urge to breed and strut. And really, by a turkey's standards, 29 degrees cant be to cold to them. Good luck to all!