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I get home in 2 weeks so I'll have the last 4 days to hunt. I have only killed one bird in May and he never gobbled, I ambushed him. Is there any way to call em that late?
 
I haven't killed one in may since 2012 and I ambushed him too, but originally I was calling to him, he had been gobbling a lot and was working down a creek bank trying to cross to me, until he found some hens on his side of the creek in a big corn field. I ended up coming over a rise in the field and saw him and laid down flat and he fed his way to me.


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I think they are running a little bit "later" this year as compared with the past few, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some decent gobbling in early May this year.
 
Absolutely. In fact, late season is the best time to call a lonely gobbler in. The hens will be parked on their nest most of the day leaving the gobblers by themselves. Mid-morning to mid-afternoon can result in some quick hunts if you strike up a lone gobbler.

Late-season hunting makes up for all the headaches of early season when the gobblers are henned up.
 
A lot depends on what part of the state you are hunting. May is usually great on the plateau and upper east tn.
 
Turkeys are turkeys year around you have to adapt to their behavior. Most years in May the breeding has slowed down and the toms start being toms again. This year I think we are a little behind. If you know where they want to be then just get infront of them and call softly. They have heard it all the past month. I little goes a long ways. Also most of the old hens are breed by now but the younger late jennys will still be breeding. This time of the year I like a higher pitch call. Them Old Tom's know that there isn't much since wasting his time on those older hens, they will respond better to younger higher pitch calls. Don't be afraid to throw in a gobbler yelp or two also.
 
Thanks for all the input.
I really didn't know the younger hens were more high pitched.
I've heard jakes yelping before but I've never tried to mimic that sound
 
Hens sound like hens, there's no difference and by now the young hens are nearing a year old. A lot of late season depends on hatch the year before, and things you did during the early season.

I hunt the same way, and kill a lot late season by not changing a thing.
 
Setterman":2qhfabmy said:
Hens sound like hens, there's no difference and by now the young hens are nearing a year old. A lot of late season depends on hatch the year before, and things you did during the early season.

I hunt the same way, and kill a lot late season by not changing a thing.
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I agree 100% that what you do in the early season affects your late season... A lot of people don't realize just how much they can educate birds by doing silly stuff......
 
Roost 1":1kb3o68i said:
Setterman":1kb3o68i said:
Hens sound like hens, there's no difference and by now the young hens are nearing a year old. A lot of late season depends on hatch the year before, and things you did during the early season.

I hunt the same way, and kill a lot late season by not changing a thing.
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I agree 100% that what you do in the early season affects your late season... A lot of people don't realize just how much they can educate birds by doing silly stuff......
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^^ This ^^ There are definitely a few variables, but how much pressure the area that your gonna be hunting has had is probably the biggest one in the late season.
 
If you have fields to hunt, decoying works great late in the season....especially if you have short-grass (as in pasture fields) or freshly tilled ground. Last year we worked in 4 longbeards after May 1st, from long distance, using a pretty boy and 3 hen decoys and some calling.
 
I agree with setterman, roost, and darn. All hens sound different. I do the same tactics all season, except maybe call less in the late season after the birds have been spooked a bunch.

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Thanks guys for all the advice. I've killed some birds but I'm still learning and like to ask questions. I'd say I'm an average caller but have trouble with patience and knowing when to sit and when to move.
 

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