IS IT OVER

I been out 3 days this week an yes they're still  gobbling on roost.The first day out i missed the next two days had guys come in on us.I was wondering if i should keep after them or just clean the gun an washed the clothes an called quits for the year?

I've heard birds gobble and observed gobblers still struting for hens in mid to late June. Last summer I was fishing Wilhelm in June and heard a bird gobble for 1 hour solid, well over 100 times. I've killed birds the last day.

In a nutshell, it ain't over till the fat lady sings...............

ORIGINAL: rsquared

They were gobbling like crazy yesterday morning.  Had to back off on three coming my way - gobbling most of the way across a field - cause my wife had to go to work and I had to get home to get the kids off to school.  I snuck out undetected I think.  When I got back to the truck, I could still see them in the same field and they were in no hurry to leave. 

This morning was pretty quiet.  A few gobbles off the roost, and they headed the other way.  Maybe they did bust me yesterday.

That said, I'm no expert on turkey hunting.  This is the first year I've ever been out more than once or twice.  But days like yesterday will keep me coming back for more. 

 
rsquared, you likely didn't spook them... but you may have educated them a bit.  I would bet that they probably came looking for you, they did not find a hen and left.  It is most likely possible that your birds simply followed a different pattern this morning.  It is also possible (although less likely) that they recognized your calls or your cadence and identified it with the hen they didn't locate a short time ago. 
 
I can tell you that in SWPA this morning, the birds were off the hook and on the prowl this morning.  I saw several toms out searching on my way to work at 6:30 and none of the birds had hens with them.  I stopped to listen to a couple and with one yelp, they each went out of their minds with one of them running through a field to within 10 yards of my truck.  When I got to my office, I mentioned this to a couple of coworkers who said they saw the same thing.  Soon, there were several people around and every person, to a T, said the exact same thing.  This was a morning to kill a longbeard if ever there was one. 

The fellow I've been taking out this week didn't want to go today so I took a ride and watched a searching jake in one area and a strutting long beard with a hen in another. Don't quit until the law says you have to. Now is the time to start killing the dominate birds as more and more hens go to sitting.

By now, you know the birds patterns and they know yours... Why would you roost them, very much like you and every other jabroni has been doing for the last month and a half?  Think about it from a predator/prey relationship.  All you are doing is giving them an education, and teaching them that the woods will not be safe in 10 hours when they wake up.  As for coming into calling, the rut has just begun.

Pretty quiet morning here today.  3 or 4 different birds gobbled off the roost a few times, then that was pretty much it.  2 different birds responded to crows flying overhead about 7.  Think I'm gonna back off that area till middle of next week.  I'm probably getting a little too predictable.
 
Griffon, when you say the rut has just begun, do you mean that the toms should be more responsive to calling?  Or do you mean that they'll be pretty much henned up like when a buck might go on lockdown with a hot doe for a day? 
 
Here's a turkey biology question too.  How many hens can a gobbler breed in one day?  Do they ever stop, or just go all day long till they can't find any more hens? 

Well--there is still one too many receptive hens left. Had another guy out today and we were playing hard to get and had a cautious adult coming in until the **** ran right to him.

Don't hang it up yet. I've always had good luck the last day. The hens are settin & the toms are ready to rock. Be patient young jedi, come in the Toms will.

Some of the best hunting is coming,the last week,I've killed some giants the last week,two years ago shot a 10 3/4 beard w/huge 1 3/8 spurs ( hooked) limb hanger don't give up till noon on the last day, I'd be hunting if I would have bought a second tag,most years I'd don't hunt till late in the season, just about all rookies give up and you have the woods to yourself.

Birds were off the hook this morning.  I took my seven year old, put him in my lap with a youth 20 (first time he has actually hunted where he was the shooter) and gave it a shot this morning.  Most of the birds henned up when they hit the ground, but we were fortunate enough to peel one of the hens away from the flock.  Here came Mr. Longspur right in tow, triple hammer'n, spitt'n and drum'n. She came straight in to about 10 feet from us and he was about 20 yards out.  I told my son to get down on the barrel, make sure to aim for the head and squeeze the trigger.  BOOOOM.  Bird was in the air and gone with a clean miss.  We packed up and headed home so that we could ready for his ball game this morning. We probably could have stayed and called more birds in, but all is good and my son was not discouraged.  He actually found it funny and was laughing at himself.  Now he is chirping in my ear that next year we are going to go back and shoot him when he is even bigger...  

chicken,  seriously, it is a little late in the season or I would be happy to go out with you.  It is actually kind of funny.  I will be out of town for a good bit on W.Va trout trip, so my season (even helping others) is probably at it's end.  Keep me in mind next spring if you live on the western side of the state and maybe we can make something happen.  All it will cost you is a cup of coffee and breakfast after we kill one...   I don't have to call.  I can sit back, watch and listen and give you an honest critique also.  It just depends on what you would like.  Griffon.