Have you got on hot birds in the afternoon very often?

[Grouse]

I guess at this point I've killed birds at all hours of the day. But I'd say my ratio would be 5 to 1 before noon vs after. To be fair I definitely hunt more from daylight till 2:00 than I do 2:00 till dark. I've killed plenty of silent birds in the evening but I despise cold calling. Ive got on a hot one a couple times in the evening. But not enough to really inspire me to go often.

 

[ROVERBOY]

Most of the birds I've killed came at daylight right off roost, till about 12 Noon. But, I have killed a few in the evening. Most didn't even gobble. I didn't even know they was coming till I heard drumming. They in my experience, don't fire up good in the evening.

 

[elknturkey]

Rarely have I. I can only think of 2 that were hot and gobbling on their own an hour or 2 before dark but I don't really hunt the evenings but go to try and roost one for the next morning. I'll do a fly up cackle to see if I can get a response but don't go running around yelping.

 

[megalomaniac]

I've killed my fair share in the afternoons, many of them hot as a firecracker, but not this year. Haven't heard a single gobble after noon. Latest I've called to the gun was 1130 this year. But I don't get discouraged. If I'm off, I'm hunting, don't care what time it is.

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[clwg97]

Afternoon is a new beast to me. I grew up in Missouri and our season shut off at 1. We always fished in the afternoons, I'm still trying to learn this evening thing, but after fooling with them all morning, more often than not I find myself with a fishing rod in my hand not a gun. I wish Missouri would hunt all day though, there were a few times we would be fishing a lake in the afternoon and hear a bird fired up way back in a cove.

 

[Setterman]

I've killed lots of birds at all times of the day. With that said, as I've aged I made a decision to let the birds "rest" after lunch. I've found it helps out as the season goes on.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

A few jump out in my mind. I've definitely killed more in the mornings, but I don't get to hunt as much in the afternoons. Seems like most years I run into at least one that gobbles and works later in the day. Enough to keep me going back when I'm able. It's just a percentages game. Walk enough miles and cast enough calls and you'll cross paths with one that has cloaca on his mind any time of day.

 

[Boll Weevil]

No to the original question but that's mostly because I don't hunt much in the afternoon. Of the birds I have killed in the afternoon I'd guess only 25% gobbled at all and even then it was only a time or 2.

 

[woodsman04]

I've had some luck in the afternoons but it isn't normal. I don't run and gun at all anyways, so in the afternoon I wait around and see if one gobbles somewhere on his own.
I ain't in to running around calling and spooking them.


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[Grouse]

Thanks for the responses! I guess I ought to slip out a little more in the afternoon.

 

['borohunter]

Did during youth season for my daughter's first gobbler. Well, shot at a 1st gobbler. She missed but only once have I personally had a bird "fired up" in the afternoon...

 

[Bgoodman30]

I feel like I have killed almost as many birds in the afternoon as I have in the morning. Seems 10-2 is the best time for me.

 

[Huntaholic]

Some years I kill as many or more after 12 than I do before, other years I kill out early and dont get to hunt afternoons. With that said, if you can find a bird that gobbles on his own enough to get set up on him, hes usually a dead bird. From 12 to 3 seems to be the sweet spot timewise. Earlier than that and hes likely to gobble up a hen before getting to you, later than that and hes already kinda set his mind on where hes going to spend the late eve.

 

[tickweed]

A lot in the afternoon, but l hunt many afternoons.