What's going on right now out there?

From all across the Country people have been facebooking me and asking what's going on? The Gobblers disappeared, they aren't gobbling, why did they stop gobbling or coming into the same areas? There's no denying it's tough this year out there.
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[@daiserbeams_adventures7486]

I appreciate your uplifting message Dale! I am a rookie myself. Turkey hunting public land by myself and learning as I go. Finding signs and roost sites but no bird in the tree yet. Been at it 7 days and put in about 60-70miles hiked. I have seen birds on the ground but I’ve bumped them all 😑. Hard birds fly off 5 ft from me when I set gun down for a millisecond. Hard lessons learned but finding less loud helps late season and more clucking. But I’m not great at eaither but working on positioning correctly then mastering my calls. Hope I get one. I have 10 days to hunt.

[@garywhite9601]

Same thing in Illinois

[@jasonjackson4527]

Same over here in maine perfect morning for turkey hunting no gobbles just silent.

[@Pokemonballers87]

Thanks dale was stating to think the same thing then saw this video here in Charles county Maryland season opens April 18th to May 23rd heard a bird opening day haven’t heard a bird since crazy hoping your right tho and it’s going to get better trying one more time here in md then heading to pa next weekend but all this damn rAin we’ve had doesn’t help it rains every Friday night and then sometimes on sat birds getting blown around in the trees and best with rain they are pissed off and quiet lol

[@nathanswartz5824]

Birds have been hit and miss where I’m at one morning they’re hot and gobbling till 9:30 but others they’re lockjawed.

[@gpounder1]

I was surrounded by Jakes like seagulls on the beach opening day here in PA, the only gobbler I saw was following a hen silent as can be on a mission.

[@MikeyWoomer]

Got a nice bird this morning

[@bradcarter5403]

I just think in my area we should be allowed to hunt the entire month of april and 2 weeks in May in the state of WV.

[@paulmartin5590]

I’m in upstate NY and our season starts May first, I saw one hen second day and I have only heard one gobble. Also my brother shares the same birthday. So happy late birthday.

[@adamhirerc78]

Ohio season needs to start earlier in my opinion

[@jackfrost4227]

On Tuesday the 23rd (second day of the season) a hunting buddy if mine kicked up a hen on a nest with 12 eggs in it.

[@Pwrcritter]

It starts too soon. Ive killed more birds the final wk of Wv's season than any other time..

[@acts2097]

There has been a ton of rain the post week, possible they are moving?

[@jamielukas100]

Im in ny and havent heard a gobble the past two days. Two weeks ago i went out scouting and they were gobbling like crazy , called in 4 different birds over 3 hours. What a coincidence you put out this video!

[@Jenie305]

Early season they gobble to gather hens , mid season don’t have to gobble because they have their ladies with them, late season is when their hens leave them to go nest this usually happens about the last week of turkey season, this is the time to really hammer them.

[@shawneiker9970]

Your birthday is a day before my that's amazing happy birthday mine is April 26tg

[@robgreer852]

Silent gobblers and ambushes at pinch points are all that worked 2019

[@jackpata2324]

It is sure great to hunt turkeys in the Lord's woods,I'm greatful for your input on Turkey hunting,Matt.It great being SAVED,is it not God bless ya real good....Pastor Jack here at the age of 81.Keep those info coming

[@robgreer852]

2019 season here in Ontario was really hard. Roost gobbling then nothing or very little after flydown for the entire season. 2020 was totally different here with crazy roost gobbling and steady ground gobbling most of the morning. I think the winter of 2018-19 had huge bearing on the season and breeding started early with consistent breeding before season. Picked up for 3 days the last week but not as well as usual. 2020 they gobbled we’ll start to finish. Crazy birds!

[@scottdavis2711]

Turkey hunting is turkey hunting ha ha. They can frustrate you and lower your confidence when they are kicking your butt. One year I asked a buddy if he knew a good turkey psychologist lol. I was down and striking out. I ended up scoring a few days later. you just have to be persistent, never give up.

[@kentuckybackwoods7114]

Kentucky season goes out today. it's 3:02am and I'm up in hopes to get in there well before daylight to the only spot I've heard any gobbles in the last 2 weeks which is where they're roosting. Problem is it's all open field with no cover, tall pines where they roost, and mountain laurel thickets and cliffs after that. The cover of darkness is my only option. End of March I watched 5 or 6 gobblers get into an all out brawl two weeks later these 10 and 11 year old kids smoked em during youth season and yes I'm jealous but I was excited to see there was birds in high activity. Opening day they gobbled mediocre but I've got little to no reactions after that. Box calls, gobble tubes, crow calls, owl calls, slate calls, mouth calls, wing bones, flopping my hat behind cover like wing beats, running my hands in the leaves in that swish swish flick pattern that hens scratch in and virtually nothing. I've done every trick in the book that I know of and cannot get anything within shotgun range. Seen hens galore. Saw three small Jake's together on the opposing side of the creek they completely ignored me. Ive racked my brain on what in the corn bread hell am i doing wrong? Nothing is working. I'm not a decoy man nor do I care for pop up blinds but this might sway me. It is the only thing I haven't tried and do not have. My logic is if sound don't work use visual but that might not work either if the gobbler has a flock of hens with him. After season ends today and turkey hunting items goes on sale I think ill invest in some decoys for such situations. It is going to pour the rain on me today but I ain't taking no for an answer. If I come home again empty handed it will not be for lack of effort. Worst year I've had hands down.

[@mikemartin2766]

Here in north Florida every thing is way behind like a month the season is over but they never really started good.the shellcracrackers didn’t go on bed on the moon in April like the should so it will be in May this year month behind I think the turkey will really turn it on in the middle of May after the season,the bull frogs hadn’t started bunching in April like the supposed to.so that tells me every thing is way behind.might because of the bad hurricane we had come through I don’t really know maybe that once every 10 year cycle as my granddaddy would say cycles comes around every 10 years.

[@run5077]

I’ve always said turkey season mimics whitetail deer hunting leading into the rut. Like you said I have seen the three phases myself every year. They’re is the chasing ,or gathering, of the hens, then the toms hen up for the second, and the last phase is when toms can score one last opportunity to mate with a lone hen. I’ve killed all my birds in the first and third phase and it’s like clockwork. I think to be successful in the second phase you have to get real close to where they’re roosting...almost on top of them.

[@Justin_JuJu_Smith]

Got one opening day , haven’t heard anything since but we got two days left here in Ohio fingers crossed for Saturday Sunday

[@20cameron1]

Last day here in SC. They tend to fly down a lot earlier and get to the valley in heavy shade where the creeks are because of the hotter temperatures. Hope this helps somebody if they’re having a hard time in the mountains. Took little over four hours to locate him but the box call on flaming loud yelps did the job. I start out soft and then build up. Had to leave midday but if I hadn’t had to, may have killed him. The foliage really muffles their gobbles and had to really have ears peeled back to catch him responding.

[@bradgordon5912]

not much happening in southwest Michigan either. going out today and hunt a gravel pit where they come to strut and get grit for their gizzard. going to put a hen out and try assembly calls and kee kees and see what happens. keep the faith!

[@chuckygarcia3506]

Bro my birthday is April 26 lol born in 92 shout-out to southern turkey hunters

[@tomfletcher4612]

Season ends tomorrow if i strike out again thats it till fall ... Cant wait till it happens fer me this rookie stuff sucks .. Lol

[@destinyblankenship8438]

I live in West Virginia season comes in to late it needs to come in in March not April

[@shawneiker9970]

Your videos seem to be popping up at the right time right videos for the situiation

[@jamiesloan5902]

I've not heard a gobble for the last 3 days either. Hmmm

[@sog4646]

Some of the turkeys in southern ohio are attending funerals for their buddies this week.

[@gunsofsteele]

Thanks Dale. Thought I was going deaf and blind out here in York county, SC.

[@richbeata]

rest of the of the girls in a car and they

[@DFox-ud3gx]

Slow on my farm in Maryland too,but a friend and his daughter got one right on opening day now they stopped gobbling.crazy

[@Pokemonballers87]

D. Fox in md too same here opening day gobbling nothing since

[@swampdonkey3790]

Florida was the exact same way

[@zeroedinwithzeke4059]

Not much down here in South Georgia. They were all over the place two or three weeks ago. Haven’t heard a gobble in two weeks.

[@swampuskat7294]

experienced this all week

[@gunsofsteele]

The only thing I saw yesterday, 5/2/19, that started with TUR was 2 turtles. Haven't heard a cluck or nothing in over a week. York county, SC WMA.

[@billschmidt4192]

Matt-- I have Hunted in New Jersey from April 22nd to April 30th. 6 total days and heard just 1 Gobble!! Things are picking up in New York though! Heard Gobblers all 3 days of May so far.

[@bradcarter5403]

I harvested my 7th birthday Bird on May 2nd, 2019. I always questioned the seasons in the 3 states I hunt and Ohio is one of them. Ohio and Kentucky are my secondary states so I usually only have a day or 2 in them and I do the majority of my hunting in WV. I know the gobbles start in the first week of April in WV and I cant understand why season doesnt open the first saturday of April. Even if they ended it on May 4th instead of the 2nd week of May.. I honestly believe those making these dates have never hunted in their lives.

[@adamburge8979]

We got 2 turkeys to gobble on the roost yesterday morning. Then nothing. The jake I shot never made a sound. Normally they are pretty vocal and responsive this time of year in WI.

[@kevinflaherty8885]

Quiet here in PA.wet and warm and muggy.zero gobbling.light hunting pressure.cant understand it.but going to hunt anyway.bad hunting is better than a good day at work.

[@jerrymiller6610]

Same thing happened here in Alabama. Our season is over. Went out the end of April. Out of the whole season, I only heard 1 gobble. Went 5 times in a 6 week season

[@seanc77339]

Hard hunting in southern Minnesota. Only a few are being harvested. It has been rough season especially for a first spring season turkey Hunter 😰

[@townesvanzandt5598]

I love this guys videos. In Mississippi I hunted all of April without hardley hearing anything the day before the last day I called one up and killed him he gobbled at least 20 times. Our season ends may 1

[@jj-ve9wy]

Thanks for the encouragement Matt. Here in Delaware I haven’t heard a single gobble in 3 consecutive days. I know for a fact that the farm I’m hunting holds a good population of turkeys, so it’s getting frustrating.

[@20cameron1]

Saw a hen moving across Hwy where flooding was terrible. This was after 3pm and near a creek. This was at the bottom of the mountains in heavy cover. Maybe a clue?

[@eschneider8799]

Rustybore Watchin u on utube cuz l got two birds openin weekend here in ontario. Happy b-day mines the 27th. Yer an isnsperation Cheers

[@WildAboutBeingOutdoors]

Thanks Dale for your encouraging words. Good luck to you. Thanks for sharing

[@dustyrhodes8672]

Great video. I wish you would do a video on how to use a tube call or wing bone.hunting here in my. Is terrible

[@alltree78]

Yeah VA is a little laim right now, its actually been very slow on my end when it comes to gobbling. Weve had to hunt different all year to kill rhe turkeys we have. On a brighter note, weve killed 3 and 4 year olds this year so thats always a plus.

[@thatoneguy4412]

All quiet here in northern New Mexico. All I've heard all day is chorus frogs.

[@bradw1187]

Matt, here in Nebraska my group has had good luck. We have killed several Toms. Is there any reason to leave a Tom for next year in the areas we hunt every year?

[@danielholland1928]

In Western north Carolina heard 1 gobble opening morning and it's been dead silent every since

[@adamhirerc78]

Same here in Ohio ,my primary home spot is flooded ,been trying on public land ,no luck so far

[@jasonemig5199]

Same thing going on here in York,Pa. Gobblers are silent.

[@allenthomas5297]

When you hunt out of state, do you hunt public land and do you camp?

[@djustice5252]

Truly a great video here once again. You are always inspiring me thanks for all the help through the years!

[@wc164]

Happy belated birthday Matt you'll get him

[@georgekonetes5148]

Thanks for the boost of encouragement!

[@fishingpublic6224]

Alabama was the same way

[@fishingpublic6224]

And has already ended

[@oakridgeboy2023]

Me too in south Missouri

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

Facts 😁😁😁🦃🦃🦃u the man

[@yogibear6271]

Matt you need to study up on Turkey behavior there buddy. 😉. lm no expert by any means but I've been fortunate enough to be around turkeys for about 46 years an if you have any questions that I might be able to help you with just ask I don't know it all but if I can help I will.

[@20cameron1]

Please share your observation of their patterns at this time.

[@gunsofsteele]

Where are they going to be tomorrow morning at 6am at McConnels tract WMA in York County, SC? Coordinates please?

[@gunsofsteele]

🤪

[@yogibear6271]

All Things Magnum the hens in my area by now have all the eggs they want an they are nesting I'm not experiencing the quite toms that you are talking about but they haven't been real vocal all year an the hens where mostly going to them like they are soppost to so the toms haven't had to go to them. but from around now til the end of the season will be a better time for them to come to your calls if you call an you get one to answer try gettin up an meet him halfway. keep calling to him so you can keep an idea where he's at an it lets him know that the hen is coming.

[@yogibear6271]

gunsofsteele I don't have a map of that ground down there but 6:00 am tomorrow morning they are going to be in a tree then he's going to fly down an strut back an forth on his run way an that depends on the weather but I believe if you get out of your truck in the morning an face the direction you go in on head off in about a 10:00 o'clock direction

[@ramoutdoors6415]

Moon phase maybe?