Catching them at the roost at night
 

MY friend and i are going to go with his owl call sunday night , the night before ohio' s opening day and go to our spot , and call them near one of their roosting trees to make sure they are there. If we go there and use the owl call throughout the woods, and we dont hear anything , Should we forget about going, or should we try in the morning anyway..

Thanks

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

If you haven' t previously seen them in the area and you don' t get any response from your owl hoots you might be better to try another spot. Good luck. gg.

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

J wag, if you know for sure that the turkeys roost in that area, then by all means ,go opening mornin. I can tell ya for a fact, they will not gobble on the fly-up at dark every time. as a matter of fact, down here in south Ar, very seldom will they gobble at dark. that' s the reason I hardly ever try to roost em anymore.
be there before light opening mornin;)

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

It' s a fact that if you think there are no turkeys in a given spot just because they won' t gobble at your owl hoots at sundown, you' ll be passing up a lot of places that are holding turkeys. I have found that they won' t gobble on the roost in the evening more often than they will gobble. That' s why I don' t go and try to roost birds unless things get really desperate. But if you do get a bird to gobble the night before, then you have a much better chance at taking that bird if you can get in close to him the next morning.

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

If this has been a good spot for you in the past go there.
Use your locator calls in the morning look for sign in those roosting areas.
If you here no see no birds them I would say it' s time for plan b
good luck
jvjbadger

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

good luck......i always try to go out in the a.m. , then in the evening , but it' s convient for me to do so, even with knowing where they are , harvesting one this year turned out to be a lil frustrating at times.....3 longbeards , didnt take the shot for one reason or another, passed up a jake, missed a jake....but in the end it was worth it....got a longbeard....i' m grateful to at least had the oppurtunity....i' d hear them in the a.m. and then in the evening i' d sit and wait to see if i could see where they were headin' to roost....worked, i saw turkeys:D

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

Here is a good example,last night roosting I heard one bird gobble one time.This morning in the same spot we must have heard 15-20 different birds.If there is sign they should be there.

RE: Catching them at the roost at night
 

Try just listening for the " flap" of their wings when they fly up, sometimes it' s all you can get to go by for the next morning. On a quiet nite, if no major roads are nearby, you can hear a few birds fly up easily from 150 yards away. Listen for hens doing their " fly-up" cackles or cuts also. Birds don' t seem to respond to hoots or any locator calls where I hunt, so just listening for general sounds helps a lot. I have also done " mock" hunts in new areas during the sesaon, where I go into the woods prior to daylight, and purposely set-up out-of-the-way of the birds just to let them do their own thing, not calling or pursuing them so I can better get an idea of what they are doing. Of course, this only works if no other hunters are in your area, which also helps keep the birds calm.