Hunting Kuk

Ok Saterday is the first day of the two day youth season( my last youth season I can hunt in Arkansas)so Tommrow I am going to roost birds but I need tip's what time where do I go anything ya'll think will help please

Arrowmaster

ok heres what I do. I go to the property im going to hunt. I do not go into the wood or stand in a wide open field. I get their at least an hour before roost time. I sit back relax and wait listen. Once dusk approaches I will hit my owl call a few times. Sometimes they gobble and sometimes they dont. But I also listen for turkeys flying up to the roost. Turkeys flying up to the roost are not hard to hear. Sit back listen and enjoy the peace and quiet...

trtudick

If you can get in there undetected, go to the higest spot to listen.

Hunting Kuk

thank ya'll very much..very appreciated

KitsapCaller

I usually slip in before daylight and let them do what turkeys always do and that is give away their location without ever have to use a call once. Gobblers will sound off from the roost without any help once daylight breaks.

I make a mental note of where they are roosting and then I take that information home and hit the satellite photos on google earth or google maps to see the layout of the terrain. From those photos I can select a good set-up location. I usally have a primary and an alternate.

That may not work for you, but it's what I do.

SJAdventures

I also just slip in before dusk and sit and be very quiet and just listen. If I don't hear any fly up then I will owl hoot. If I do roost a Tom and terrain will allow I will get to where I am planning on setting up on him the next morning and give out some hen yelps so he will believe there is a hen that will be roosting in his are and give him something to think about the next morning when I yelp at him again from the same exact place. This has worked very well for me over the years.

Turkey Goddess

Great advice guys! I'm going to try this tonight and tomorrow morning!!!! New land to check out - need to make sure there's actually turks out there!

Will let u know how it goes!!! As always - thanks for the great advice! Great question too, Hunting Kuk!!!

Kim

JW

By the time I want to roost I have patterned a few birds while they have been feeding.

I then go sit near likely roost trees as I have also scouted those. I look for tall white pines with white oaks near by as I am in the midwest. I look for broken branches, feathers, poop, typical areas a bird might be on a limb.

Once I find those I will sit within earshot (approx 100 yards).

My rule of thumb - I hear birds fly up from 7:30 PM to 8:05 PM (is real dark then) the deeper in the woods the roost tree the darker the woods gets earlier. I go find a spot to relax around 5:30 to 6 PM.

I do not owl hoot but do note if I heard birds flyup. I count fly-ups.

To me just knowing I am close to birds is really all I need. I f I hear no fly-ups then I will work towards birds as I pick another area in the morning and let the Tom tell me where he is. I then will move as he gobbles trying to get as close as I can (less than 80 yds - like to be 50) I don;t make one call but let Tom tell me.
Once I have decided I can go no farther and I set-up I let him gobble to which I respond to take his temeprature - what he likes to hear. Some may be soft slow clucks only to others I cutt to and cutt aggressively. Each bird is different. And sometimes I have to get up to move - But all that experience comes with hutning them and making mistakes!
I have made a ton -

In other siturations I know where the birds like to feed and will set up there to wait hours on end.
I scout to develop a pattern. I try to let the bird tell me where he wants to be and then be there before him.

JW