Re-visiting the roost
 

I sat up within 50 yards of the roost. Seen a good dozen or so birds in the trees. They flew down right into my decoy and within 5 minutes I had a bird down. Now my question is, will this hurt my chances for setting up in the same spot or will a week off let the birds get comfortable enough to use the same roost area?

I am interested in this also.......any thoughts out there??

Did you stand up as soon as you shot?
And hoop, and holler?
Or just sit there quietly?
Did they see you?
If you didn't stand up as soon as you shot, and waited untile they all were gone, you should be able to go back.
If you weren't spotted, they will just think that it was a clap of thunder, and not a hunter.
After all thunder happens in the woods, and they know it.

I hope this helps.

JMHO

We had a group roosted a couple yrs ago, hunted em opening morn and went thru about 6 shells between the 2 of us.........thats all i'm gonna say about that part of it! :nonono2::nonono2: Needless to say, ya can't spook em any more than we did that mourning! That evening 1 or 2 STILL roosted within 50 yrds of where they had the previous evening and by the following night all were back in that spot. Thet were a whole lot harder to hunt after that, real spooky. So you might have to change how you hunt them, but i'd say you still have a chance with em. I'd think twice about putting out any dekes or doin much callin tho.

Well the birds were there and a buddy and I shot a double at 5:57 am Wednesday morning. So I would say that it is not a problem.

There wasn’t a lot of gobbling from the roost but when these two hit the ground they were in “the mood”. We watched them come from 150-175 yards doing the whole show and did the 1….2….3…. bang at 25 and 17 yards.

The turkeys switched positions at the last second and lucky for me when we checked out the carnage the one I shot had matching 1.375” long spurs.

Myself and 2 friends are leaving for Kansas next Wednesday to chase gobblers around.

Stats Below

Mine is 26 pounds
1.375” spurs
Wimpy 9” long beard

Buddies bird was 2 year old but it did have a 9.5” beard.

I don't see this as a problem, just don't let them see you till after you shoot, they will be back roosted in the same area.

You should give the birds a week to settle in before going back

Well, I tried it and they were not there. Live and learn I guess.:(

Thats to bad that they weren't there, I have an area I usually hunt every year and I hunt the roost every day there, the turkeys roost there every night even if they see me. You might try calling the gobblers to the roost in the late afternoon after 4pm.

I was thinking of doing an afternoon/evening hunt to try that. Maybe I can get in between them and where they decide to roost.