Using autonomous recording units (ARUs), we recorded gobbling activity of wild turkeys to determine what influence weather, nesting, and hunting have on gobbling on 2 similar study sites in southwestern Georgiathe Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center and Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area. Sites experienced a single peak of gobbling activity annually, and 3 out of 4 times this coincided with peak nest initiation. Most (78%) of gobbling occurred within 2 hours of sunrise. The best model of gobbling activity was the global model (wi = 0.88). Gobbling activity was greatest when mean daily temperature was 15 C, when wind speed increased, and when barometric pressure decreased. No relationship between gobbling activity and hunting or peak nesting was detected, but 32-44% greater gobbling activity occurred on the Jones Center versus Silver Lake WMA when the general hunt opened on Silver Lake WMA through the end of the breeding seasons.