question- do they....

[MdDave]

will turkeys gobble EVERY evening before they go roost? i heard one couple days ago an tongiht nothing.......

[fingerz42]

Short answer.. no.

[MdDave]

ok good to know that.......is it worth tryin to use a crow or owl call in the evenin to get them to gobble... if so which one is best

[X Legion General]

fingerz42 is right they will not gobble every night you can try to shock gobble them but that doesnt always work either.

[MdDave]

when tryin to shock gobble them whats best owl or crow call

[X Legion General]

It depends on the birds, The birds here tend to do better with a crow call in the evening owl in the morning, but dont be afraid to try both. Dont over do it once you have a location dont keep calling just to hear them gobble, call locate get out. A coyote call can work too.

[shamlin]

I always use an owl call whenever the sun is going up or down.

[fingerz42]

In the afternoons where I hunt I get basically no response. By afternoon I mean around dusk, when they are flying up to roost. I dont usually ever hear the birds gobble there. But I go back in the morning and day after day I hear 3-5 gobblers in there gobbling. So I know they are there, they just arent vocal in the late afternoon. In the mornings I dont use calls at all. They will gobble on their own.

[JW]

In addition to what others use.........
I have used a gobble call or a silent dog whistle with some success.........the best time to get them to sound off - IF- they wanna is the last 10 minutes of daylight is what I found. That secret twilight hour - which is just a mater of a few minutes. Get there before or after that and you have a case of LockJaw! Waht I watch for is the other tweety birds in the area - you'll see them go down or go to roost and I get busy.

JW