GB18,another welcome your way!Locators such as a crow,owl,or coyote call, are used primarily for what the name indicates and thats to locate a gobbler by his response(gobbling)to one of these calls!A response obviously gives the hunter an opportunity to close the distance in setting up on a bird.Often times even if I have birds gobbling at first daylight, they may be a ways off,and i will use a locator to a certain extent as i close the distance but in many cases will switch from a coyote to a crow depending on the circumstance,as to how close I am.Later in the morning,when alot of the roost and early morning gobbling is over a locator can help in finding an active bird,and alot of fellas put gobblers to bed (or whats called roosting)by using a locator call!One of my favorite ways to utilize a locator is hit the woods early before all the action starts and use it then!On many occasions I've had a bird sound of to a shock call well before daylight to give me an opportunity to use the cover of darkness to get into a good close set-up on a bird!Hope it helps!Bob <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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