Night Gobblin

[quackaholic]

Last night at 9 pm, a thunderstorm rolled thru in the distance. I just happened to be out with the dogs when a loud boom and lightning lit up the sky. Off on the ridge across from me, what sounded to be 2 gobblers fired off. Latest I had ever heard a gobble after dark. I thought night gobblins, lol.

 

[ZachMarkus]

I've heard Merriams gobble a lot after dark, never heard an eastern do it.

 

[quackaholic]

I've heard Merriams gobble a lot after dark, never heard an eastern do it.

Me either. A couple of minutes after darkish, but not that late. I guess. It isn't to weird as they will gobble before daylight, lol.

 

[TNlandowner]

uncontrolled "shock" gobble

 

[Boll Weevil]

Plenty of times I've heard em gobble in the absolute pitch black dark; both PM and AM.

 

[tickweed]

I've heard em sev times, camped, at nite, with thunder

 

[Huntaholic]

uncontrolled "shock" gobble

I dont believe there is such a thing.

 

[TNlandowner]

I dont believe there is such a thing.

Have you never heard a gobble after shooting another Tom, or after nearby thunder, or maybe from a loud woodpecker, owl, crow, etc.? I've watched a guy cause young jakes to gobble when he yelled "HEY" at them really loud. Not that they are the smartest of the species, but it was fun to see.

Believe it or not, there is such a thing as an uncontrolled "shock" or impulse gobble.

 

[Bell3wv]

A few years ago we had a storm and the wife took the dog out about 1am. She woke me up. Every time it thundered about 20 gobblers down the valley fired up. Coolest thing ever.

 

[Savage]

I have heard them once while camping up to about 10 at night.

I've heard turkeys gobble at night in UT and IL when hunting there.

 

[Hymie3]

Never heard really late, just right after dark. I have a rooster that crows all during the night though. He may have a short life…..

 

[Huntaholic]

Have you never heard a gobble after shooting another Tom, or after nearby thunder, or maybe from a loud woodpecker, owl, crow, etc.? I've watched a guy cause young jakes to gobble when he yelled "HEY" at them really loud. Not that they are the smartest of the species, but it was fun to see.

Believe it or not, there is such a thing as an uncontrolled "shock" or impulse gobble.

Of course I have, Ive been chasing these things for over 40 years. You said uncontrolled, if you had just said shock, I agree. They CAN keep their mouth shut if they choose to is all Im saying.

 

[Wooden Arrow]

had birds roosting in trees around a parking lot where i worked for three years. any noise with good volume could trigger those idiots. you could slam a door, honk the horn, yell, they'd gobble. dang things would be strutting in between parked cars when the sun came up...

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I had one hammering one night about midnight while sitting out by the camp fire. Every time I owl hooted he gobbled for about 30 minutes.

 

[Stumpsitter]

Heard them gobbling on a night with a very full moon.

 

[Bgoodman30]

I've heard Merriams gobble a lot after dark, never heard an eastern do it.

Do they even sleep?

 

[Wooden Arrow]

Do they even sleep?

dang good question! i've flushed them before in the dark when it had been raining and no possible way they heard me. they had to have had their eyes open... the way they fight of a morning makes me think they sit there all night sulking and plotting revenge.

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

I got out of the truck last year at 435 am and 2 county cops were coming up the rd I was parked on with their sirens blaring. There was a turkey gobbling his head off up the hill at the sirens.

 

[Wooden Arrow]

i used to hunt near a shooting range on Cherokee. was a couple of toms up there that gobbled every time a .22 went off. thought about carrying a .22 blank pistol around as a "shock gobble" call.