Do They Gobble in the Fall

[PA RIDGE RUNNER]

Till this September I would have said yes but very infrequently and very softly at best.

I was in Kansas for their Sept muzzleloader hunt several weeks ago. This particular morning I arrived at my tree stand in the predawn darkness. As it became lighter I realized a storm was approaching. Thunder rolled and they started. Those birds gobbled at the thunder, a trucks backup beeper, the train whistle, a fire siren and even a dog barking. By this time I decided to head for the truck because I just didn't feel like sitting in a tree with a gunpowder filled lightning rod in my hands.

By the time I arrived at my truck I had counted 35 gobbles and there wasn't anything soft or faint in any one of them.

 

[iisabigone]

Yep! They will gobble in the fall. They might not come in to hen calls in full strutt wanting to breed but they will gobble.

 

[dwhunter]

Yep they'll gobble bout anytime or any place just not like the Spring.

 

[smallblockfuelie]

Sounds like you've got a great turkey hunting spot!

 

[Grouse]

They were Gobbling last saturday in PA.

 

[Hunt 4 Bucks]

Yes they do gobble in the fall. Most every fall bowhunting I hear them in the flocks. Some sound a little different, not as loud and complete as I hear the spring. I always guess these were jakes try thier gobble out.

 

[IndianaHunter]

Patrick and I had them gobbling all around us opening weekend in Indiana :yeah:

 

[bhanks55]

yep

They most definitely do gobble well occasionally (in the fall) down here in MS. Three years ago my buddy got video of a fairly large poult on OPENING DAY of turkey season!!! March15th!! We talked to the biologist at the university and the first thing he asked was did we hear a good bit of gobbling during deer season, which we were just saying to each other that we had. It had even been a talking point around the fire at the deer camp.
The biologist said it is rare, especially to have actual video, but they do breed some here in the fall.