Originally Posted by grinder67

I have way better luck getting a tom(s) to sound off in the morning opposed to in the evening especially on public land. I would follow your initial plan by going early the morning before,but be patient, Toms will a lot of times gobble on their own with out you making a sound. But if the woods are waking up and you are starting to hear song birds singing and have yet to hear a gobble by all means use your owl call. The owl call works well most of the time in my experience. And like others have said if you can, go back and try to put one to bed. But do not be discouraged if you do not hear a tom in the evening, I would say that in the evening I get a response less than 10% of the time on public land. Half the time that I have gotten a Tom to gobble in the evening I used a coyote howl to get it. Good luck to you!