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Is there an impact to turkey when there is a full moon? Like there is for deer?

Is there an optimal hen to tom ratio like there is deer?
 
gobblinfool":2zm83wpp said:
Is there an impact to turkey when there is a full moon? Like there is for deer?

Is there an optimal hen to tom ratio like there is deer?
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I'm no expert, but I am going to go with No, and no. I think the toms use pecking order (no pun intended) and the most dominant get the biggest flock.

I do think when you have a ton of hens and not a lot of toms, maybe if you can, leave that place alone until later in the season, so you can let the toms breed the hens.

I can't see how the moon would effect turkeys unless you believe it has an effect on their personality like as in things get weird on a full moon. Deer are effected, because they can move more at night and thus lie down in the day. Turkey stay on the roost all night regardless, as far as i know.
 
I never thought so but the last 3 days have been pretty quiet. Could be hens though and less to do with the moon.
 
Hen to gobbler ratios will always be close to the same, as hens are killed nesting and we are the main things that kill gobblers. I don't know, but I'd venture to say that there is more gobblers than hens by the end of nesting season. That may not be true though. As far as observing and watching turkeys, there is probably still more hens than gobblers.

I do not think full moon does a thing. I believe that they do gobble better on a full moon morning, but that's just me. Probably don't matter one way or the other.


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Last year's April full moon fell on Good Friday. I had a gobbler fire up 45 minutes before legal time in the moonlight and gobble his fool head off in the dark. His day ended abruptly after flydown when he strutted into the logging road. I put more stock in weather and phase of the "turkey rut".


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I'd think that turkeys may begin gobbling prior to sunrise on full moon nights. Other than that they don't respond to moon phases like deer do. They respond to sunlight. On heavy clouded days they may stay on roost later than they normally do.
 
One issue with the full moon is trying to sneak into a roosting area to be close before gobble time. When the moon is causing you to cast a shadow, you can be pretty sure that roosted birds can pick out your movements a lot easier than on a black night.
 
The moon phase seems to affect all wildlife to some degree. I just haven't figured out how it affects turkeys, so I don't worry about it other than knowing I have to get to my spots MUCH earlier on full moon nights.
 

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