gonna try a new tactic this year

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I don't usually have issues with killing turkeys each spring, however i am gonna try a new tactic this year just to see how much of a difference it makes % wise. I normally call very little to a bird on the roost in the mornings but i do make a few tree helps and sometimes a flydown cackle with a wing beat once the sun is actually coming up.

I am gonna try not calling at all prior to him flying down and see what difference it will make. Again i am an aggressive hunting but before flydown I may call once or at most 2x very soft and very short just to let him know i am there. Always wondered if that has ever cost me a bird or if it has sealed the deal more then cost the kill.
 
ive done it before and on one farm its all we do and sense we did it on that particular farm our kill percentage sky rocketed in the mornings. its tough to just sit there but it gets the long beard fired up for some reason. its kind of fun
 
I cannot remember the last time I called to one on the limb, just the way I go about it. Make sure to revisit this thread and post your results after season. Best of luck!
 
PalsPal said:
What if you hear hens in the area also?
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Well depends in where they are. If I'm between the 2 I don't call at all now I just let the hens do the work.

If he is roosted with a bunch I won't call much if at all now either. Hens are bad about leading a Tom the opposite direction of other hens.

Now once they hit the ground and the hen is responsive to my call I may try and call her in
 
Good strategy, and good luck. For me it was a hard habit to break. I don't call any differently now if there are hundred hens or none. If anything I call less when hens are around
 
Roost 1 said:
As I have stated before, I never call to one on the limb..
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I do this a lot as well, in fact I hate dealing with roosted birds as a whole. Much easier to deal with them when they hit the ground
 
Roost 1 said:
IMO nothing good comes out of calling to them in the tree...
Most people like to call to them in the tree because they like to hear them gobble..
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Oh yeah, and the more they gobble the more they call. I can remember in my youth being set up roosted birds for an hour or more simply because I over called and hung them in the tree.

I also, don't play the mimic the hen game, lots of times it's a trap which leads to them heading the other way.
 
Setterman said:
Roost 1 said:
IMO nothing good comes out of calling to them in the tree...
Most people like to call to them in the tree because they like to hear them gobble..
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Oh yeah, and the more they gobble the more they call. I can remember in my youth being set up roosted birds for an hour or more simply because I over called and hung them in the tree.

I also, don't play the mimic the hen game, lots of times it's a trap which leads to them heading the other way.
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Yup! Learned all that the hard way a long time ago haha
 
Depending on where he gobbles and whether I know if he has hens or not and where they are I'll throw a few soft yelps so he knows I'm there. After that I shut up until he's on the ground and then do a fly down cackle and use a wing to mimic it. Hopefully then he's ready to play.
 
I like to call to him in the tree to hear him gobble 100 x, strut and drum on the limb, and the fly the other way. Big believer now, after 50 failed set ups, in letting him know you're there and putting the call back in a pocket
 

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