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I have located a couple before daylight and got close enough to call them down in range,,
I have called in a couple that were already on the ground with hens,

but by far the most success I have had is by locating them either visually or by hearing and getting in front of them and just wait..
 
80% of mine have been from 9am-3pm

overall i would say 90% were called in with the other 10% were sighted and i got to where they were headed before they did. Usually only go that route if it has been a tough season up to that point.
 
By hearing one start up gobbling again around 9-10am after the hens left him, then getting in the right spot and calling it in.
 
75% - getting them so tore up they have to come investigate, many times with hens in tow!

20% - right off the roost

5% - other. I rarely hunt past 10:30.
 
Killed probably 75% midday during the second half of the season.

Not having to get up early is one thing I really like about turkey hunting.
 
guys i have killed several birds in all kinds of differents ways. i know alot of fellow hunters that in earlier stage of the season dont even get in woods till around 9 in morning. i cant do that i enjoy hearing them hammer thier heads off on roost. you gotta just be patient in early morning till then hens leave then start calling to them again. main thing is not to over call in any situation. alot of guys do what i call deer hunting turkeys that means just sitting up and waiting till they come thru or back to roost. i dont like this it just takes the fun out of it! mid morning mid morning mid morning best time of all
 
I will be out there on opening day before sunrise, but from what I've heard here, most seem to kill sometime closer to midday, so I will stick it out as long as I can till I have to head home around 3pm at the latest. Hopefully the rush of hunters on the WMA will fade out around lunch time if I haven't seen any birds by then.
 
I have taken one where I called him in after flydown. The others have either been spot and stalk, then set up and try to get them to come in.... or just lucky as in being in the right spot at the right time....
 
Calling them in.

I want to take one from fly down. I want him to touch his feet on the ground and then watch him flop. I also want to grab one by the neck. lol
 
I kill a lot of my birds in the morning. I have a good idea of where they roost and we are able to slip in on them and watch em fly down. We usually get in there early hit the owl hoot once and the woods light up. Now we put a sneak on em too if the morning thing doesn't pan out.
 
Scouting, scouting, and more scouting.

Know what the turkeys are going to do and be there before they are. On certain properties, I have even found spots, where the birds always seem to end up at some point in the day, and used a similar strategy to deer hunting, build a blind and wait.

The great thing about turkeys is they are much easier to pattern than deer. If you have two or three days to hunt, you stand a good chance of being successful by hunting the same bird or group of birds. Fine tune your approach each day and don't get hung up on having a traditional "call him in" hunt.

Last year, I hunted a WMA that was open for 4 days. The day prior to the hunt, I found a single gobbler with 4-5 hens, snuck within sight of their roost, and had them pass by within 10 yards. Day 1 of the hunt, they moved their roost, and I never saw them. Day 2, I adjusted and missed the gobbler. Day 3, I adjusted again and dead bird. It is also worth noting that I hunted this bird morning and evening close to his roost.
 
catman529 said:
I will be out there on opening day before sunrise, but from what I've heard here, most seem to kill sometime closer to midday, so I will stick it out as long as I can till I have to head home around 3pm at the latest. Hopefully the rush of hunters on the WMA will fade out around lunch time if I haven't seen any birds by then.
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Catman529,

A great strategy for public land is locate a bird in the morning, find out what he does once he hits the ground, and if you can kill him great. But, if not, be back again that evening. Move into the area that he flew down to 2-3 hours before sunset and wait. Very rarely do you have any competition on public land in the evenings.
 
WMAn said:
Fine tune your approach each day and don't get hung up on having a traditional "call him in" hunt.
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No offense man, but if I am not "playing the game", I get bored and will leave pretty quickly to try to find one that does want to play. I would rather take one that way than 5 any other way!
 
I don't think I have ever roosted one and then went back the next morning. Usually just pull up, get out, and start listening for gobbles. If I hear one try to get as close as I can and call. most of my turkey kills have been very quick short hunts.
 

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