Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting Where do turkeys go mid morning after fly down

They gobble off the roost, play the game for a while (half an hour or less) and then disappear. Today I heard 3 maybe 4 at dawn, called in two, got one so close at dawn I could see him in the dark timber (out of range), but he bounced. Couldn't seal the deal with either one, but what really had me scratching my head is where do they go during those invisible inaudible mid-morning hours? I see them mid to late afternoon either trying to get a fresh hen or at a food plot, but what about those hours in between.

I covered a ton of ground today from the tops of ridges to the bottoms and couldn't find anything but turds, scratched leaves, and tracks. Hunting 170,000 acre piece of public land called land between the lakes in western Kentucky.

Any and all information would be appreciated. Thanks.

They go eat, f&%k, and strut.

We hunt an area like that. They fly down and disappear. It took me about 4 years to find out where they went but a few years ago I found an old skid road in some public land that they work their way to.

They're never really that far from food either. Every once in awhile they'll bust off a gobble to let me know they're on the way.

And not necessarily in that order.

From what the OP describes, the gobblers are "henned up" and in one of those areas that tzone described. My Dad's farm has the same type of spots, somewhere they can see well, feed and feel safe; on rainy or windy days, into the meadows they go.

ETA: after rereading the OP's post and him being able to call two in, I recant my statement about being with hens.

Don't be too quick to recant. There is a good chance his calling was attracting the hens that were with the Gobblers, and once the hens became uninterested, the Toms trudged off with their ladies

That is the essence of turkey hunting. Turkeys aren't directional, they go in all directions at their pace.

Watching turkey hunting videos gives you the wrong impression of what turkey hunting really is. They edit out the days they get nothing and hunt areas that don't get the pressure that we all get to hunt...

I did hear a very shy sounding hen come in at about the 4 o clock position behind the stump I was leaning against while I was calling the one that came in closest. I wonder if she busted me without my ever knowing it. I thought it was a hunter. Calling was terrible lol.

Lots of hens don't sound like "hens".


I've killed quite a few Toms by calling in. The hens with them.

Learn the "fighting- purr"

Basically duel calls purring, sometimes aggressivley, sometimes not

wherever the hens go , find the hens and you will find the Tom

coffee shop?

i am by all means a pure amateur with turkey calls, however i have found my luck in attracting birds increased a lot when i would call with more than one call. i don't go over board with it mind you, just enough to let them know there is more than one lady in waiting. more times than not i end up getting hens to come into me. when that happens i just sit still, shut up and wait.