Well most Midwestern states now have afternoon hunt times.

Wisconsin you can hunt to 5 pm
Mich is close to the same
Iowa is up to a 1.5 hour before sunset


What I do. I hunt or set-up on food plots late afternoon. Or as mentioned I will set-up on know roost areas.

TIP - I have seen birds feed heavily very late afternoon from 2 PM till fly-up time for roost.

Sometimes I use a decoy(s) - depends on the season to how many [early may have a jake - later just hens or hen] and will do soft clucks and purrs. If I can get a hen to talk back at me - then that is the hen talk I will mimic and stay with during this set-up. If I do get a gobble well each bird is different and what ever it did answer is what type of callin I stay with.

I have seen long boring no sound spells that all of a sudden my decoys have hatched a new one! Meaning where it came from I do not know but I have a live bird in my Coys!


Afternoon set-ups I usually use a rag blind - really helps conceal movement and can make ya far more comfortable. As we get going here I will again post the blinds, chairs, seats - all I use to help others come up with better idears!

JW