Good insight fellas that obviously comes from some time spent waking up in the woods with ole gobbler!Heres a few things that I also have taken note of after spending a few mornings waking up with ole tom turkey!Gobbling activity can flucuate throughout an entire day but in my experiences first light is when the major majority of gobbling activity occurs thereby, in most cases I believe if we look back on alot of our hunting experiences its at the roost tree where alot of our hunts start.And alot of days its as close that we know of that we may get to a gobbler all day and in many cases its also where the hunt ends especially with those idiots that S&R talks about.In the areas I hunt I find more birds quieting down as they hit the ground than do become vocal,so with all this in mind,things like knowing your area as Bo talks about,and patterning your birds as S&R talks about play right into the turkey hunters hands giving him a real opportunity to harvest a bird soon after leaving the roost!Things like knowing what to listen for as your set-up on a roosted gobbler such as other turkeys,strutting,how vocal he is,which way he's facing,his reaction after you call if you do,how high or low he may be in the tree,wingbeats,etc,all tell you something about that gobbler and should help in determining what your going to do with that bird and should be taken advantage of!Even though we may not be able to see him the sounds he's making tell us something!I know we have many here that wont call to a roosted bird and in heavily hunted areas alot of times I wont either but if I'm able to determine that that bird is genuinely interested in me than I'll let him know I'm there and on many occasion have been able to take there &quot;temperature&quot;on the roost!Taking advantage of the cover of darkness is a given and once we're there, knowing what to look and listen for greatly attributes to how we read a gobbler on the roost and should help in getting the drop on ole gobbler.Obviously experience plays alot into this but the opportunity for everyone is there because ole tom turkey does go to bed everynight and when he wakes up I hope to be right there listening to him!Gilloobbbleobbbleobbble<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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