When to put a turkey to bed?

[TDE]

I decied this year I'm going to do a better job of putting the turkeys to bed. So, my questions:

- When exactly do turkeys go to roost? Are they in the trees before the sun goes down or do they go as it goes down? Or later?

- How soon after roosting do you go out and try to get them to shock gobble?

- What are your favorite calls? Coyote? Barred owl? I've tried the barred owlonce before to no avail, thinking I'll try the coyote this year.

[Howler]

Where we hunted, the turkeys went to roost just as the sun was going below the horizon. It may fluctuate with weather or not it's cloudy or sunny to a degree.
Getting them to shock gobble with-in an hour after they roosted was pretty easy. We didn't try it any other time.
We've always used a coyote howler to shock them! The calls we use are horn howlers and they are loud!

[SJ Adventures]

It can vary from area to area but right at sundown for a ball park figure. I like to be in the areas I know they roost before they get there and just sit and listen for them to fly up. A barred owl call always works for me. I have even yelped softly and got gobblers to gobble on the roost after fly up. When I know exactly where a gobbler is roosting one thing I love to do is yelp at him a few times from the area I have planned for my setup the next morning just to give him something to remember and to think about all night. Then the next morning give him a fly down with a wingand a couple of soft yelps and If he is alone he will come looking for you the firstthing before he goes somewhere else.

[maytom]

ORIGINAL: SJ Adventures

I like to be in the areas I know they roost before they get there and just sit and listen for them to fly up. A barred owl call always works for me.

Ditto!!!! Most times Idon't make any calls at all. Gobblers will usually gobble 2-3 times before they shut up for the night. Pin-point the area where they are roosting, listen for the"goodnight" gobble, and be there early the next morning, thenlet the games begin.