Tom's ignore calls, hens are silent

[scott-nc]

They gobble on roost then clam-up about 6:30. I hear no hen calls at all, morning, noon or night. The tom's only gobbles after they leave the roost are shock calls, mostly to crows (or thunder). They are totally blowing off my calls. Not one responce in two days. Almost bushwacked a big tom about 3:30 in the afternoon. He shock called to a crow while about 50 yards from me. I was on a log road, he was below me in a cut-over. I took a peek at him from behind a turned-up stump and gave a little "momma wants company" call. He completely blew me off and continued feeding. What gives? Is the party over for the year? This time last week they'd chase you up a tree!

[RutNBuck]

oh no the party is about to start
so so many times i have felt things were going against me only to have it change within a few hours...hang tuff..

one thing i always say you wont get 'em sittn in the house...
stay out there and hunt hard...things will swing your way

"A wise indian once said,the more you move the less you will see,the less you move the more you will see"

" I live to hunt, but my wife says i may hunting a place to live"

[P. Beyer]

Much the same for me also, I've had a few "Talks" w/ a Gobbler, but not many.

"It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent"

Fred Bear

[hillbilly]

same...on barren river res. wma's

[raktrakr]

trying to get my wife a bird, we set up sat and sun morning,hearing gobbles everywhere, and they were even answering my calls, they just wouldnt come in and they were on ajoining property so we couldnt move in on them

raktrakr
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[Hunt n nut]

Same thing going on here also...