Have a question about rooster birds

[Ladys man]

So I e been hunting these same birds last couple of mornings , but I dnt know how to get closer without being busted. They are on the side of a ridge (not exactly sure how far down) but at the bottom is private and that's where they have been going once they fly down and I've only gotten 2 responses once they hit the ground.

So I've been walking around the other side and around to the point so I dnt get skylined but I dnt want to walk around the point to get closer or set up on top for the fear of them being able to see the top.

So with them not responding to my calls I'm assuming they have hens but I've yet to lay eyes on them. What would be the best thing to do to atleast get eyes on these birds.

Try to head to the very bottom and set up and wait and hope they dnt see me down the ridge?

 

[REN]

Get down to the bottom as quiet as possible and when it's still very dark. And try to take a path that is least likely you are gonna walk right under them

 

[timberghost3591]

Like REN said, get in there when it's still DARK! I mean not breaking day, I mean DARK! Like you would normally be rolling out of bed dark. Then just get as comfortable as you can and be still. If possible, the day before when they are already gone, cut you a few small branches to break you up. Just be careful to not make a huge structure where they will notice something is different.

Bought the only thing you can do is get in bushwhacker mode sit and wait on them. Sometimes it's part of turkey hunting.

 

[TDW05]

Find out who land owner is and ask permission.

 

[TheLBLman]

With the situation described, the best strategy there might be to hunt the afternoons instead of the mornings?

Like REN said, get in there when it's still DARK! I mean not breaking day, I mean DARK!

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IMO, one of the biggest mistakes many hunters are making on roosted birds
is trying to get set up after it's already beginning to get light.

It's much easier to get set-up without alerting roosted birds
if you set up at least an hour before sunrise.

Roosted turkeys begin "waking up" the second it just barely starts getting light.
From that second on, any sound, any movement, will be more likely to alert them that something just isn't right at your location.
That often results in those roosted birds being less vocal, not vocal, and/or flying off the opposite direction from you.

Most mornings, I'm planning a starting point, despite not knowing if birds are roosting nearby, or not.
The strategy is always to start out, set up, at least an hour before sunrise,
as often, birds will be roosted within 150 yards of where you start.