I have a bird that roosts in an area about 400 yards long. He can be anywhere on any given night. There's only one way to get in to the area, and if he's roosted there, game's over. What's the best way to get him to gobble right when he goes to roost? Locator call, or maybe a tree yelp once I know he's up?
Owl or gobble calls has worked for me on roosted birds. I would setup where you think he's likely to go.
Quote from: KYHeadhunter02 on March 31, 2016, 02:10:54 PM
Owl or gobble calls has worked for me on roosted birds. I would setup where you think he's likely to go.
Concur.
Fly up cackle
Why do you say game over. Personally I have walked under roosted birds hundreds of times. Go in earlier. If it is way before daylight they rarely flush. I say go into the middle of his area super early. listen for his first gobble and make your move accordingly.
Get Hecs camo an you should be able to walk under him :fud:
You got to go early to walk under turkeys. I do it lots. Cutting will shock a bird into gobbling to give away his location too.
I like a coyote howler in the evening!
Quote from: Buzzkiller on March 31, 2016, 07:47:51 PM
Get Hecs camo an you should be able to walk under him :fud:
Get HECS camo and you should be able to climb the tree and sit beside him.
Can you set and listen from the entry point without bumping him if he chooses to roost there?
I'd start there the evening before about an hour before fly up and just listen. Listen for yelping, scratching, gobbling, anything that indicates where the birds are. They make quite a bit of noise flying up to roost and getting settled on the limb. If he's close to the entry point you should hear him fly up. It's not uncommon for a tom to separate from the hens just before flying up and roosters alone, so multiple birds flying up may not include the tom. A single bird flying up will more than likely be a tom.
If you dont hear him fly up, Id use a locator call. I have luck with an owl hooter and a coyote howler but stuck with the owl for the most part when back home hunting Easterns. I like the yote inbig side open country. Owls make a lot of racket, I've blown my guts out on the call before and not heard a peep and knew there were birds close by. I've also blown my guts out on it off and on for 10 or 15 minutes with no response, then give one more simple series just before getting in the truck and had a tom fire right back and everytime afterwards.
I'd do what I could to avoid walking under him, but as a last resort I'd consider it very early. I'd do everything I could to sound like a deer walking and would not use any sort of light.