No Motivation

[Fox]

Been out 3 very early mornings for Turkeys and I have no motivation to go out anymore.

There seems to be a lot less birds this year in our area and a lot less action.

Maybe it is all the other stuff at home but when I get up at 3:30am to go hunting and don't even hear a gobble it is very disheartening. I have 2 places to hunt, a couple hundred acres in total and have seen 1 tom and about 8 hens in total with almost no noise.

Between myself and the fiancee this year looks like a waste of $60 that could have been a lot better spent.

[GBuck]

Easy to get frustrated - we are only human.

I love to kill 'em more than anybody but I can honestly say that pulling the trigger in the turkey game, at least to me, seems to be anti-climactic.

I am done with getting up at dark-thirty to chase them. Really messes me up these days, especially considering how busy things are with work and family. From here on in I am going out a few hours at at time - mid-morning or late afternoon.

I say keep after 'em. The hunt is the best part anyway.

[rf2]

Tell me about it! What you describe is almost identical to what I am experiencing, except I've been out a bit more.

With the hot weather we've had and the rain we are getting now, the bugs are really starting too. I was out Saturday morning, and the blackflies were pretty bad. I had the Thermacell, so the mosquitos were manageable.

I don't know about others, but for me, when the temperature is up around 30 °C, it feels weird to be hunting.

I might take a week off to re-establish the desire.

[Al7mm]

Been out 3 mornings, one afternoon ..... just heard 2 gobbles 1 morning .... could have shot 2 does on separate mornings at 40 yards and a few Canada Geese and a few Mallards but only saw 1 lonely hen .... interesting year.... last year had 2 gobblers by now.... nice to get out but all is silent in the woods, like a graveyard ? I have no idea what to do different ? .... actually, doesn't matter what I do if the birds are not in my spots this year. or if they are they are undercover and have no interest in my calls ( I know that my calling works from previous success, just not right now) ... trying again tomorrow morning ... same spots ( only spots I have ) .... lotsa time left .... keep the chin up Fox, be ready when your chance comes and as you well know, stay motionless on on guard... your $60 was not wasted... this is huntin' time now, shootin' time will come yet.

[finsfurfeathers]

kind of a sad attitude. If being out in the woods isn't enough for you maybe hunting not your game. I hear you it seems to be a quiet time right from the get go but that's hunting.

[Karl Marques]

Yikes guys. Not exactly boosting up us new hunters out there are ya?

[finsfurfeathers]

Yikes guys. Not exactly boosting up us new hunters out there are ya?

Don't think its a question of boosting up. Seems a reality check is in order. If 60.00 bucks for being in the out doors is a "Waste" than the solution is simple don't do it move on.

[Karl Marques]

Maybe it's the rainy weather that's got everyone down.

[MikePal]

I stopped the 4:00 am craziness a few years back...I head out for the mid morning or mid-afternoon hunts now....the birds are still there you just have to work a little harder because you don't know where they are. It seems a lot guys give up when they can't hear a gobble. If you've recce'd the area and know they are there, you just have to be patient and keep calling.

Pulling in a Tom in full strut and gobble is fun, but it's not the only way. I've shot plenty of birds that never made a sound till they were right in front of me. One woke me up from a nap sticking his head into my pop-up window..had to wait till he backed off 5 yds to shot him

We're not even 1/2 way thru the month yet, lots of time to get out and enjoy the hunt...

[klums]

No gobbles doesn't mean that there are not any toms in the bush, could be high pressure or predators in the area. I've had years with silent birds but I still get em. If they always came in on a string gobbling their faces off I think the hunt would lose some of it appeal.