ORIGINAL: Bobgobble2
One of the best ways to locate a roost without walking all over your turkey woods and spooking everything in site is by using your ears.Early morning before flydown and late evening before fly-up position yourself somewhat hid but most importantly in a spot where you can listen for birds flying up or down from the roost and talking turkey talk.30 birds will make quite a racket leaving and flying into the roost from wingbeats to there own vocabulary they make alot of noise!Try to to possibly position yourself on a high ridge,prefferably above where they could possibly be.Avoid putting yourself next to running water,a roadside with traffic,or down in a bottom so thick you can't hear out of. It may take a few mornings but be patient and quiet,listening intently and you'll find them!...Bob
I do what Bob does. I like to go and sit and just listen. If you know this property at all you know where the bigger trees are or trees that sit on the sides of any ravines a.k.a. hollers or trees that hanf over a creek. Get in proximityto these areas well before dark and find a comfortable place to sit and just use your ears. You can wait until right at dark and walk high areas and blow a locator call and see if you can get them to shock gobble but I like the sitting tactic better. I don't fall turkey hunt but I do deer hunt and I don't hear them gobblevery consistantlyduring the fall so I would think sitting and trying to hear them fly up would be more effective.