Mid Day Turkey Hunting

In my experience, it's extremely productive. In the morning it's fun because turkeys tend to gobble early in the morning, but it doesn't make them any easier to kill. Gobblers get with hens off the roost and go quiet. They then spend much of their morning breeding hens. Hens then leave and go to nest. Often, around 10 or 11, the gobbler that was "henned up" at 7:00 suddenly finds himself all alone. You get one to gobble at you after 10:00, and you're odds of killing him are better than average. Personally, it's one of my favorite times to hunt.
 
Here in a week or two I don't leave the house until 7:30 or 8, and for the main goal of finding birds mid morning, it can be really productive.

Right now around here, you better be on him quick once he hits the ground, if not they're vanishing until the next morning. Ground gobbling is pitiful as of yesterday

That will change shortly, or it should
 
took one today at 12 noon. he answered a cut, gobbled five times, came right in. Have killed lots mid day, especially a little later in the season.
 
very very productive. but midday hunting that's when it pays to be mobile. very good success rate for me atleast if you can find one gobbling.
 
Right now it's been dead but I did blind call a turkey at midday on Wednesday. He only gobbled twice and that was a lot for what they've been doing this past week. Hope they will open up soon because the silence is killing me. Midday is a great time of day to hunt
 

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