Roosting birds are the next best thing besides calling them in. I like going out the evening before opening day after weeks and weeks of scouting and getting that bird to light up.I like heading into the woods to locate themrather thanjumping out of the truck to throw a few calls out.It gives you abetter undestanding in regards to the birds exact location. When it comes to calls I like tothrow out some yelps in the evening and if i get a bird to light up I try and close the gap as the evening gets darker and simulate a hen roosting withina hundred yards of the birds location. When i say simulate a hen roosting i mean throwing out some cackles and flapping my hat against my leg. I ve found that this absolutely drives the birds wild because they sit on the roost all night thinking theres a hen right where you'll be set up the next morning. One effective tactic i ve used in the past is if i know a gobbler is henned up i'll wait till almost dark and haul ass towards where their roosted and flush them all over the place. I then wait about ten minutes and simulate a hen roosting. You better believe that the next morning that gobbler will be gobbling his head off in search of those hens he was with the night before. Turkeys seem to always roost in the same general location. Targeting where hillsides come to a point is a good place to start looking for roosting locations. Good luck this season.

Remember.... roosted is roasted