Sometime over the past year, the National Wild Turkey Federation had an article about fall turkey hunting in their Turkey Call magazine. Since I don't fall turkey hunt (but that may change), I didn't pay a lot of attention to the tips, but I remember reading that there are four different types of fall flocks, hen and poults, old gobblers, jakes and hens without poults, as I recall. Could be wrong, and I defer to anyone who remembers/knows better.

I also recall that there are some different strategies for different flocks. Bustin' flocks is a good tactic, but I think evening roost busting was regarded as a good way to deal with all fall flocks, if you get the flock to divide, with some going one way and some going another way, as opposed to having all of them fly the roost in the same direction.

The article, as I recall, suggested that you can successfully call fall birds even without flock busting, if you know where the bird(s) is/are and set up on their likely "migration" path.

Find back issues of Turkey Call and read 'em for fall tactics, and good luck!!