Try this the next time you roost a bird
in the evening. When you hear a gobbler fly
up to his roost in the evening. Try to approach
to within 100 yards to a spot that would make a good
morning setup. Flap a turkey wing vigerously and make
3 or 4 yelps. when you return the next morning that gobbler will
remember that a hen was there the previous evening and he will
almost land on top of you. My grandfather taught me this and
I have gotten several hard to hunt birds over the years with this
technique. I sometimes sneak in the mornings and dont even call or
anything and the gobblers practically fly down into my lap.
My grandfather told me that the reason many older/more wary
toms fly down and walk directly away from a hunter in the mornings
is because he didnt hear that hen fly up to the roost the evening before and a hen that just pops up out of nowhere sometimes makes
these old toms a little more wary. I believe it.