To Warm To Soon?

hunter783445 · Mar 15, 2011

Is it too warm too soon? I am really worried that this warm weather may jump start the birds and we might have a very disappointing opening week for spring turkey season this year. Unless it gets cold quick and stays cold until late march all of the Toms will already be on hens by opening day and it will be a crap shoot to try and get the mature birds away from their girlfriends. That is unless your hunting your feeders then it is just a sit and wait game twice a day to shoot your birds

:huh:

hoppie · Mar 15, 2011

In the past I have noticed many of the larger birds get killed later in the season. (not always the case) If they start early it might just mean ol' big boy will be a lot more willing to play early. I have heard various reports of people seeing the bird still in bachelor groups and others breeding and starting to bust up. It may be a little ahead of schedule, but should not be that off. Even so at this point it has started rolling a little bit I think and a little cold at this point might shut their mouth, but will not stop them getting with hens.

hunter783445 · Mar 15, 2011

Im going to be hunting in west texas, but their opening weekend is later than GA. It has been unexpecatanly warm out there recently and wanted to know if that would be a problem.

JABBO · Mar 15, 2011

The hens will not start breeding until the amount of daylight is right, no matter how warm it gets. You will probably hear more gobbling but this will not change their schedule all that much... This has already been discussed in another thread.

southGAlefty · Mar 15, 2011

JABBO said:
The hens will not start breeding until the amount of daylight is right, no matter how warm it gets. You will probably hear more gobbling but this will not change their schedule all that much... This has already been discussed in another thread.

What he said.

bangbird · Mar 15, 2011

JABBO said:
The hens will not start breeding until the amount of daylight is right, no matter how warm it gets. You will probably hear more gobbling but this will not change their schedule all that much... This has already been discussed in another thread.

They've been breeding for a couple weeks.....

Gut_Pile · Mar 15, 2011

The seasons are meant to come in a few weeks after the breeding cycle begins. Nothing has changed.

yellowhammer73 · Mar 15, 2011

JABBO said:
The hens will not start breeding until the amount of daylight is right, no matter how warm it gets. You will probably hear more gobbling but this will not change their schedule all that much... This has already been discussed in another thread.

x3...

TheTurkeySlayer · Mar 15, 2011

Im kinda scared my self....

returntoarchery · Mar 15, 2011

JABBO said:
The hens will not start breeding until the amount of daylight is right, no matter how warm it gets. You will probably hear more gobbling but this will not change their schedule all that much... This has already been discussed in another thread.

x4....

LEGHORN · Mar 15, 2011

you're always trying to get him away from the girlfriends. remember you're trying to be a girlfriend waiting to be bred as well. at times you're trying to be that first girlfriend of the day(many times lot of competition)...or even better you're that girl that shows up late morning, noon and makes him think he's missed one or that there's someone new in town that's ready to play when all the other girls have gone to nest. So getting some of those girls out of the picture is usually a good thing. Much success will come to those that stay after them all thru the day.

JABBO · Mar 15, 2011

Gut_Pile said:
The seasons are meant to come in a few weeks after the breeding cycle begins. Nothing has changed.

What he said also!!!! If they were not given time to breed SOME you wouldn't have near as many turkeys to hunt in a few years...

Timber1 · Mar 15, 2011

I guess you might as well not hunt this spring.

hoppie · Mar 16, 2011

bangbird said:
They've been breeding for a couple weeks.....

Exactly...could have fooled me.

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