Birds Flying Down In The Dark.

[fireduck]

Has anyone noticed any birds flying down in the dark. Twice this week I have had two tom's fly down in front of me at 6:00. This morning it was raining and just plain dark at 6:01 and this bird flu down in front of me in a field gobbling his head off. I have never seen this before. Both days the bird was gobbling at everything that made a sound.

[turk2di]

Has anyone noticed any birds flying down in the dark. Twice this week I have had two tom's fly down in front of me at 6:00. This morning it was raining and just plain dark at 6:01 and this bird flu down in front of me in a field gobbling his head off. I have never seen this before. Both days the bird was gobbling at everything that made a sound.

M y son & I were hunting Saturday & the birds flew down at 5:43 am here in Western part of the state, we killed a struttin tom at 5:47. Sunday morning, it was 6:01 am. Wasn't dark here either bird, but its was earlier than i expected. Joeys Saturday kill, the hens flew down & caught us puttin decoys out. I know they had too see us, but the gobbler tarried in the tree just a tad to long before flying into the field, or he would have caught us too!

[Jerod]

6am on the ground here too

[hollandhunter]

Yea they are flying down early but then thats it down here. they shut up sooon as they hit the ground.

[gobblergetter]

I saw a tom last Wednesday at 6:03 standing in the middle of the road by himself with no hens. I'm sure they weren't far away. I thought that was pretty early too. Usually by the end of season 6 a.m. is the norm. I've been done by 6 on a couple of occassions in the past.

[EKUHUNTER]

i hadn't seen it until i was hunting in ohio on sunday....i couldn't hardly see so i didnt figure the bird could see either.......its really frustrating when you think you are doing everything right and nothing goes your way..

[deepfryum]

Monday morning I had a bird in the field and it was still dark I could barely make out that it was a turkey strutting at about 100 yds.
Then yesterday I was bumping them off the roost at 8:30 in the morning. So who really knows what they are going to do. I obviously have not figured them out this year, still yet to kill one.

[fireduck]

Monday morning I had a bird in the field and it was still dark I could barely make out that it was a turkey strutting at about 100 yds.
Then yesterday I was bumping them off the roost at 8:30 in the morning. So who really knows what they are going to do. I obviously have not figured them out this year, still yet to kill one.

Same thing here you could barley make out the bird strutting in the feild. Crazy.

[slickhead slayer]

I got on a bird on Sat, got within 40 yards of his roost tree, could see every move he made. Struttin on the limb, gobbling, scratching himself, etc. He stayed in the tree until 9:05, until I couldn't take it anymore, and got up, and he flushed out of the tree.

[matewsq2]

I got on a bird on Sat, got within 40 yards of his roost tree, could see every move he made. Struttin on the limb, gobbling, scratching himself, etc. He stayed in the tree until 9:05, until I couldn't take it anymore, and got up, and he flushed out of the tree.most ppl would have lifted him b4 they sat there that long!!!