New to turkey hunting and was for an east coast opening weekend. We had some birds come into the decoys but they were silent from the roost to our decoys (or we did not hear them). Later while walking around mid-morning, we had three birds answer yelp calls but every bird was a single gobble and then never responded or showed up to our subsequent calls. In these situations, when we heard a gobble, we would judge how it was, move a little then setup on a tree and call every 10 mins or show. We would wait 30ish minutes without hearing a gobble before moving off.
My question is...
-could it be that birds were just quieter this weekend?
-Is it possible we were getting an initial response to our yelp call as a shock gobble and they actually did not like what they were hearing from us and therefore didn't gobble again?
-How long do you wait after hearing a gobble before moving on?
My question is...
-could it be that birds were just quieter this weekend?
-Is it possible we were getting an initial response to our yelp call as a shock gobble and they actually did not like what they were hearing from us and therefore didn't gobble again?
-How long do you wait after hearing a gobble before moving on?