A Quiet Season (EE1)

During the last week of April, 2014, about 70 percent of America has been swallowed up by high winds, cold air, driving rain, tornadoes, and other lousy conditions. Not the kind of weather that puts turkey gobblers in the mood for spring mating season. This weather has affected turkeys all over the state. The birds hardly gobble off the roost. The only time I have heard any birds gobbling is right before they fly down from the roost. I personally think that this weather has had a major effect on the turkeys. I also personally think that the winter that western New York experienced before this spring has killed off a lot of the birds. Therefor I do not think that there may not be that many birds in the woods to hunt this year. However there are things that you can do to possibly change your luck in the last half of the year. The first thing that you can do is scout more and to scout out different property that you haven’t hunted at all this year. You may find new birds that you haven’t seen before. Another thing you can do is to not get discouraged and to stay out in the woods longer and not leave early. I would stay in one location where you have seen birds before and just call. After a long time of this you might have some birds walk through in shooting range. The last thing that I have seen work is when people sit in one location and at around seven they start calling in an excited tone. If you call excited and sound like a turkey that wants to be with other turkeys then the other turkeys are going to want to be with you. Try doing these things and see what happens.