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| I'm just curious how many of you are consistently successful at getting roosted Ohio Toms to gobble the evening before the hunt? I'm starting to question my reasoning for roosting birds when I rarely hear them gobble on the roost. I will use a owl hooter a few times, but have only had maybe just of a couple of gobbles fire back in my 13 years of turkey hunting. I know the old saying, " roosted aint roasted", but I just want to get a mark on a bird. There are turkeys on all of the areas I hunt but they just don't seem to gobble on the roost much. Appreciate any feedback. I just thought I would throw out this post for fun.
Tim
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| This is not from Ohio but two of my three Georgia birds were roosted and gobbling on the the evening before I scored. I only roosted one other bird and he was not put in the roaster. A little background info, we can hunt in the afternoon here and while I did not kill any birds this year in the afternoon I was in the woods and was able to roost these three birds. The two birds that I killed were both roosted out of place, I mean like a quarter of a mile from their usual roosting neighborhood and I was able to get to before they henned up by knowing their usual roost I was able to position myself where he wanted to go to start with.
My normal roosting effort seldom works but when it does I think my odds go up, at least my confidence does. With the price of gas and the cost of dealing with the Mrs. about the things that get neglected around the house two hunts a day seldom fit my schedule. Roosting is usually an afternoon hunt a couple of times a week when I can work it in.
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| | Im from Michigan and it is becoming increasingly difficult to roost birds in the evening via a locator. Up until this year I was becoming frustrated in my efforts but this year it has worked a little better. All other states I have hunted SD, IA, TN birds gobbled good on the roost at night. I love to have a visual however in ag fields so as to know the makeup of the flock I will be hunting in the morning. Ive always said however, if a bird is gobbling lustily, not once or twice on the roost, but power gobble after power gobble that bird is dead. |
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| | I mostly hunt Virginia and have had very good success roosting birds here as well as Tennessee and Kentucky. My guess would be your birds are henned-up, pressured by other hunters possibly(?), and/or predators... each of these factors or combinations of these factors will keep birds from gobbling at times. Besides, there isn't anything that says that they "have" to gobble. This is where pre-season scouting and knowing the birds in your area is invaluable. I say the less calling you have to do, the better off you are. My 2 cents.
"You pay your dues for every gobbler" - Denny Gulvas |
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