Shockin' em' !!

[creekrocket]

If the birds are easily shocked into gobblin in the spring, whats goin on in their heads in the other seasons?  I've always wondered this.
                Thanks, Doug
 

[Bulldogmikey]

In  the fall it's about territory and locating. In the spring it's mating, dominance and hunting pressure makes a drastic difference.

[blacky]

mikey is right on all points but I have heard both adult and jake birds gobble in the fall. I have heard jakes gobble because they are learning how but I am sure that adult birds can be shocked into gobbling but would be very difficult to call in.

[creekrocket]

Ive heard them gobble in the fall and winter here in georgia, but I wasnt sure if there was something going on in the turkey gene that made them shock gobble in the spring. I havent heard them gobble at owls or anything else for that matter in the fall/winter. Guess I'll give it a try just to se whats up.

[Bulldogmikey]

Ive heard them gobble in the fall and winter here in georgia, but I wasnt sure if there was something going on in the turkey gene that made them shock gobble in the spring. I havent heard them gobble at owls or anything else for that matter in the fall/winter. Guess I'll give it a try just to se whats up.

I am in Ga also, and you are right about the winter. Sometimes it takes another Gobble to get them to Gobble. A hose or Gobble box or a kee kee run will do it sometimes. I always left locators at home in the fall and used something that would Gobble. That was in Alabama, Ga still doesn't have a fall season.