Here's my issue, normally I'll go out the night before I go hunting and get a general idea of where the birds are roosted then get close early the next morning and wait for fly down This year I wanna try to pin point the exact tree in order to improve my odds. The only problem is I just moved to Wisconsin and have no clue what type of tree they prefer. Can anyone give me some tips on how to narrow down the search.
Look for the trees with lots of feathers and scat on the ground.
To me a roost tree is nice but it tempts you to get to close for one and for two the Toms especially in early season often come out of tree and follow hens so I would rather know where they are headed than know the tree their in. Unless your in their close path you'll hear lot of gobbling as they walk away. As far as type of tree if its raining Pine if not pine or any large hardwood if windy low
Quote from: CASH on February 06, 2014, 11:39:21 PM
Look for the trees with lots of feathers and scat on the ground.
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Quote from: turkeyfoot on February 07, 2014, 10:27:47 AM
To me a roost tree is nice but it tempts you to get to close for one and for two the Toms especially in early season often come out of tree and follow hens so I would rather know where they are headed than know the tree their in. Unless your in their close path you'll hear lot of gobbling as they walk away. As far as type of tree if its raining Pine if not pine or any large hardwood if windy low
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Its rare that I find turkeys roosting in a single tree over and over. In early season you won't be getting close enough, without bumping them, for the exact tree to make a difference.
Quote from: hobbes on February 07, 2014, 05:56:47 PM
Its rare that I find turkeys roosting in a single tree over and over. In early season you won't be getting close enough, without bumping them, for the exact tree to make a difference.
:agreed:
I've found in heavily wooded areas, sometimes when you put birds to bed, during the night something might have made them move 50 yards, 75 yards, even more sometimes. Set up the next morning and you hear the birds you put to bed waking up further down the hollow, or way out on the point of the ridge. Weather, predators, wind, who knows what sometimes makes them move over night, but sometimes they do.
I've read on here where lots of guys move in very close and even have set up on the tree they roost in itself but imo that's nuts... I've killed several birds by knowing where they were going not where they roosted.
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I've killed several lonely birds right after flydown by slipping in close (less than 100 yards) and didnt have a clue where they were going. Apparently they didnt either before hearing the call. However, it isnt often that I know the exact tree. I have never purposely set up against their roost tree.
around here I notice they like right on a point over lookin the holler
if you can learn the area after hearing them on roost its not hard to figure where they are heading by scouting as long as they don't get bumped they will often not always but often strut in same areas. I'm not saying you can't kill them the way your talking but I'm saying find where their headed to kill them consistently
good info