This past season' s schedule:

Get up at 3:00, leave at 3:30, drive 1 1/2 hours to arrive at 5:00, walk 10-15 minutes to setup. (With others, 6 birds taken in 3 days, earliest at 7:15 a.m, latest at around 4:00 p.m.)

Next hunt/state, get up at 4:00, 5 minute drive, rainy/misty day, shot a tom at flydown, about 7:15 a.m..

Next hunt/state, camp in the woods, get up at 5:00 each day, walk 15 minutes to setup. No bird. Dead (i.e., no gobbling) by 8:00 each day.

On average, I have shot most of my birds mid-morning, but I wouldn' t ever miss the morning gobbling from the roost for a few extra winks. It is just too much fun!!