![]() ![]() If you tree-call to turkeys as they wake up – soft clucks and yelps – do it with a hands-free diaphragm. Sit quietly before calling to birds as the light comes on. Slip within view of roosts in the dark and stake those fakes. When you return the next day, slip in ultra early – an hour or more before fly-down time, if necessary. Later, sit, watch and listen for turkeys flying up. ![]() Check for fresh droppings piled up under roost locations – and especially for heavy scratchings beneath likely tree limbs. Watch and listen to what they do and where the group is heading as you scout during the day. If you’re on a tom, pay attention to him and the flock he’s with. Evening roosting might not be enough, so gather more intel. Some states close spring shooting hours at midday. When late-season turkeys play tough, go back to basics: get a fix on where they sleep. And always be on the lookout for a shadow-slipping tom or gang of jakes investigating your calls. Experiment with aggressive calling from your setup position – it can be what you need to make tight-mouthed gobblers sound off and work into range. Imitate multiple turkeys getting together: after fly-down, during the day and before fly-up time. One call might just make birds fire up that day when another won’t. Take your time, but stay on the move until you strike a bird.Ĭalling Tips: Carry a variety of turkey yelpers. Put together a string of 20-minute setup sessions as you do. While cruising the woods and fields, you can also use lost yelping and cutting to raise and call in once-silent gobblers, especially during the day. If you get no response, switch to the louder barred owl hoot so you can reach out for birds at farther ranges. Start with a softer great horned owl hoot, as birds might be close. Caw during daylight hours, especially mid-morning and through the afternoon hours.Īnd when it comes to locating roosted birds, remember that all owl hoots are not created equal. Save the hoots and howls for pre-dawn and daybreak. All these traditional vocalizations can pull shock gobbles from toms. As the old saying goes, “You’re looking for a hot bird – one that wants to play.” Not all of them will want to play, of course. This approach is perfect for the run-and-gun hunter. Then again, as the season winds down, less time to hunt means you need to strike up holdover gobblers fast, possibly in multiple proven locations. There’s no doubt about it: Patience kills turkeys. So, as the remaining days in the season disappear, try these three go-for-broke tactics. Those loud-mouthed toms were killed by somebody else, and the survivors might not be so vocal. ![]() Wherever you chase late-season gobblers, birds might just respond differently to you than they did a month ago. The good news is, that’s probably unlikely. It might even fool you into thinking your favorite turkey spot has been shot out. Sure, the gobbling lulls can be punishing, and sometimes it’s enough to make you hit the snooze button or scratch the urge to fish. Breeding may wane, but turkeys talk to each other every day of the year.Īs the sun rises earlier each day, inching toward late spring, you lose more and more sleep. Is it over? Are they done? Fortunately, the answer is always no. Late-season gobblers are a mystery sometimes. ![]()
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