A buddy and I are new to turkey hunting and just returned from our lease after opening day here in North Carolina. We know birds are on the property since we've seen them on our cameras and have seen tracts, but while trying to roost/scout the birds the night before the season opened, we came up empty. Opening morning we were forced to pick a spot close to where we've seen them and picked a time which they've sometimes shown up. As soon as daylight broke I started throwing out calls to hopefully elicit a response but heard nothing and never saw a bird.
Long story short, does anyone have any advice on how to get the birds to us and how to hunt a smaller (54 acres) and hilly property?
thats a tough one, I grew up hunting 54 acres, and for a gobbler thats not much ground, best advice.........hunt every morning you can, when ya hear one gobble, get in position above him, use a crow call to keep him located, set up uphill and call sparingly, if he responds to your call he will come, may take a couple hours but if he answers your calls he will show up.
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At first light try letting him gobble on his own if you dont hear him try a locator call. If you get him responding to your calls, call just enough to keep him interested. Dont overcall or he could hang up wanting the hen to come to him.
What were you using to locate the gobblers on the roost? Not all locater calls work all the time.
I have been set up on roosted gobblers listening to hunters using calls to locate the gobblers and the gobblers never responded.
Your spot may just be a place they happen by once in a while, if your not hearing or seeing any.
Check with places near there and get permission to hunt. Try getting high on a hill and call you should hear a gobbler even way off, if you don't get one on the roost that way I would give up on your spot.
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