That's a great point! The last thing you want to do is get up to move on and see a Tom turning tail and running off! I sit at least 10-15 minutes after my last call before I move on. And when I do move on, I usually do some scratching around to see if one fires back up. If they are close enough to hear that and have been quiet for a bit, they have in my experience responded to scratching after a bit of no calling.

As for where to get on day one, try to be in the woods the evening before and put them to bed. If you can't, and you aren't very familiar with the woods you will be hunting in order to have some spots in mind, I would hit the owl call a little at the first hint of light to see if you get any responses. If you do get some response, you should have time to get within 75-100 yards without being detected if you are being as stealthy as you should be.