This morning on my way to school i saw turkeys gobbling and strutting apparently springs come early. ill try to get pics and post them tommorow it was a flock of 30 birds. hopefully spring comes early for the bass too im fishing a prototype trout swimbait this weekend that me and my friends made and plan to start selling eventually hopefully the bass will bite
Springs come early
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Silver Bullet and I seen them struttin and gobbling their heads off last month too. But not with hens. About 30 Toms in one large group. Pretty common for fall behavior, but I never see the toms henned up this early. Not a good sign.
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Well opening day is date specific. So if they the birds start early we could miss the first gobbling phase, and be in tough to call in phase at the beginning of the season. Not the end of the world, just not the best situation for the first week or two. And it usually results in hunters not understanding this and going out and calling like crazy and being way too aggressive which can make the birds very hard to get close to later in the season when they start gobbling again. Just what I have seen in past years.
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Copy that. Thanks for the clarificaition. I have a few days off for the opener of Spring Turkey. Was planning on camping for a few days and doing minimal calling anyway... Thanks
Gobbling doesn't necessarily mean the start of the breeding season. Toms will gobble all year but this warm weather will definitely get the hens started. Last season we saw poults on the ground on the second weekend of the season. By the sound of it, looks like the birds you guys are seeing are starting their pre spring pecking order. Lets hope that continues till march although I wouldn't be surprised if we see the breeding season begin mid February.
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Last year spring season, my buddy called in a NTWF member. He looked shocked to see a group of 4 dudes!
