What do you guys hit first to locate birds, a crow call or an owl call. Also how long before daylight do you use it. Thanks.
I only use an owl call before daylight. Maye 30 mins after. Then its the crow call. In the evening I use the owl to roost bird.Usually just before dusk.
Quote from: redarrow on February 07, 2011, 10:35:25 AM
I only use an owl call before daylight. Maye 30 mins after. Then its the crow call. In the evening I use the owl to roost bird.Usually just before dusk.
ditto
Owls hoot all night thus it never hurts to run one at O dark thirty.. If I am going in with no knowledge of a roosted turkey, I start really early.. Buying yourself a few minutes can mean the difference between 100 yards from the roost and 200
Quote from: redarrow on February 07, 2011, 10:35:25 AM
I only use an owl call before daylight. Maye 30 mins after. Then its the crow call. In the evening I use the owl to roost bird.Usually just before dusk.
+2
I use the owl first then a crow. I will use an owl all day long. Down here in the south, in the shade of the swamps you may hear an owl any time of the day.
Quote from: savduck on February 07, 2011, 08:48:30 PM
I use the owl first then a crow. I will use an owl all day long. Down here in the south, in the shade of the swamps you may hear an owl any time of the day.
:agreed:
neither i use the ole goose call, lights em up even an hour before first light :cross2:
Owl early and late crow in between
Quote from: knightrider on February 08, 2011, 02:15:23 PM
neither i use the ole goose call, lights em up even an hour before first light :cross2:
:agreed:
I also start owl hooting and then go to the crow call after the sun gets good and up.
I use the owl first and then the crow but only after I hear the resident crows get fired. May use the owl anytime during the day also.
I've gotten pretty lazy hunting them in my usual spots. Rios tend to roost in the exact spots day after day, year after year in my areas. That is, untill messed with. Needless to say, I hardly try to locate them. I just pick a spot and go. They are very vocal anyways and sometimes will gobble on their own an hour before light.
I owl early and late in the day, crow call the rest of the time. Sometimes I'll owl in the first grey light......most of the time, I owl after I here the first birds churp.
Quote from: redarrow on February 07, 2011, 10:35:25 AM
I only use an owl call before daylight. Maye 30 mins after. Then its the crow call. In the evening I use the owl to roost bird.Usually just before dusk.
same here
Quote from: savduck on February 07, 2011, 08:48:30 PM
I use the owl first then a crow. I will use an owl all day long. Down here in the south, in the shade of the swamps you may hear an owl any time of the day.
gotta love the south
I definintely use the Owl first. I actually have had them gobble at me a good 30 mins before daybreak but not that early that often. I use the crow during the day but have had luck with the owl too. It seems that they will just shock gobble once at the owl during midday. So if you do use it listen close because he might not gobble again.