Calling to a roosted gobbler

[YoungGobbler]

Good point for public land... Don't want to call in the crowd 

[Davyalabama]

g8rvet --- it's not wrong until it is ----- That sums up what you do with turkeys every time you go after them ------

There are so many books and articles on this YoungGobbler.  It is amazing what you will get.  If - If - If - I call, it will be very light, only a few clucks or purrs.  Until, the hens start --- Now, Houston, we have a problem.

Shoot, here is where the books come in, plus are thrown out the window. ---- Try to run the hens off without spooking the gobbler, easier said than done.  ----- Try to get the boss hen fired up and bring her to you, sometimes works, sometimes makes her mad, she goes and takes her boy away ----- Or, fire that boy up --- He Gobbles, cut him off, start cackling, yelping, wait --- He gobbles again, cut him off, yelping, then cackling, basically switch it up.  He gobbles, shut up -- listen for him to fly down, when he does, throw it at him again, cut, cackle, yelp, end with another cackle.  Then, shut up.  If the hens go to him, wait right there until about 9-10, be vigilant, he may come back to that hen later.      Now, you can do this, you can pinpoint where they are going, circle around them, and catch them coming by you.    I told you it's a book, then sometimes you have to throw the book out the window.

YoungGobler, you have me fired up this morning.  I'm gettin itchy fellows!!!!!!!! 

[GobbleNut]

My general theory on roost hunting turkeys in the morning:

Number One: Assess how hard the turkeys you are hunting have been hunted and called to on the roost. Hard-hunted turkeys react entirely differently than lightly-hunted turkeys in most situations. Generally speaking, the more they have been hunted, the less you want to call to them...if at all. Adjust calling tactics accordingly.

Calling excessively...or at all...to turkeys that have been hunted at the roost site often may well result in them leaving the roost in the opposite direction REGARDLESS of what you say to them. With those kinds of turkeys, the best thing to do is to know where they are going to go, get along that path...and SHUT UP. (Or if you are going to call, call just loud enough that they can't hear you but also just loud enough so that you can convince yourself that you called them in when they show up)    

Calling to lightly-hunted turkeys...give 'er a whirl. They may come to about anything you do...as long as it is in the "general realm" of sounding like a turkey. That "general realm" can cover a lot of country. (if you don't believe it, just turn on some YouTube)