Locating turkeys on the roost in the evening

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Turkey hunters,

Tonight I went out at twilight and tried to get some turkeys to gobble with a barred owl call. The call sounds great but no response at all. Followed up as well with a three call blast on my crow call too. This was discouraging as I don't believe in hunting a spot if I can't put some turkeys to bed. It's hunting blind. I've seen turkeys and sign and have trailcam photos there but how do I know if they are there. So tomorrow a.m. I'm not hunting. :eek:

However, more interesting is the fact that I called a number of different bushes within 5 miles over the next 30 minutes. Nothing. And I KNOW there are turkeys in these other woods.

Question; is this a common occurrence where turkeys won't respond to shock calls in the evening? Appreciate any insight/input.

Regards,

John
 
Personally , I'm not a fan for those locator calls .
Late afternoon scouting with binoculars is just as effective . Once you see turkey late in the day , they're not going to be far from the roost anyway .
Early morning hunt " usually " tells me everything I need to know . The toms are more likely to gobble letting me know where to set up .
 
Lock Jaw on the roost or just before roosting is a common occurrance where they have recently been hunted or where there are owls or other predators or anywhere where turkeys are on high alert.
Twilight is not the best time to ilicit a response either... try at 10:00 or 11:00 P.M. and you might be more likely to get an automatic response from dopey Toms.
The birds were not gobbling at all yesterday afternoon or evening around my place but in the morning there were at least five gobblers going off. But the coyotes were singing all night....:eek:
 
I agree with what LilPink and others have said.

Just because you don't roost a bird, you are not going to go??? Come on man!!!!!!!

I rarely ever roost birds at night. I know the birds are in the area, so I hunt.

Get out about 1/2 hour before legal time in the morning to a central area between a few possible roosting areas. Wait to hear a bird sound off, then quickly and quietly make your way over towards him and set up.

Roosting birds at night, a lot of time can be too easy. But then again, I hunt about 20 days over the season, so I can do my scouting as I am hunting.
 
I shot my second bird today and should of been done on Thursday. I put these birds to bed the same way as Thimberlord. This works better as you know the birds are there and how many hens and toms or jakes. I found that this year I only hear three birds gobble in the AM but I still hunted and had hens and toms come in without an answer. You will be a better hunter if you can hunt them without knowing where they are or if you hear them gobble in the AM. Learn by your mistakes.
 
Monty said:
A few weeks back up at triton's camp we sent Future Hunter out around midnight with an owl call. No gobblers but he was quickly answered by coyotes. ;)
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he still talks about that saying it was a great feeling he is getting the turkey call down pat as well
 
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