phirstaide

I was hoping some of you guys could give up some tips/advice for roosting?

Thanks!!

mohunter82

roosting a turkey is fairly simple. find a high point in the land. arrive about 30 min before dusk and listen. you can use a locator call to pinpoint the birds exact position. but if it is goin to be really windy during the night the birds could change trees.

phirstaide

Thanks for the help mohunter82. We're heading out in about an hour so I will keep your tips in mind.

JW

I look for likely roost trees and then stay at least 100 or so yards away - You can hear fly-ups quite some distance. You will hear wing flaps and then broken branches as the birds fly-up. I don't use locator calls and have not had that much success getting them to gobble. The way I look at it if they are hens - the Toms is not too far away.

But be carefull - I have had fly-ups virtually on the tree I was leaning against. Had to sit there way past dark oh thirty - can crawl out after 2 deer walked about 5 ft away......that was a long wait/sit - but I made it out and did not spook those birds.

In my neck fo the woods - Mich/Wisc - I hit my spot to roost about 6:30 - Fly-ups happen between 7:30 to 8:00 Pm - best time is the last 10 minutes of daylight. Another thing is birds do feed heavily before fly-up and start between 3 to 5 PM. I go scout fields or sit fields - you will see the woods edge they will go to and can bet fly-ups are not all tha far behind.

JW