i for one never had much luck at all locating a bird the night before unless i seen him go to roost how about y'all
mostly i've just been lucky if i get on bird in the morning i just go to where iv'e seen birds
Same here, I have never been able to use a locator call of any sort to locate gobblers, not at night, early mourning, middle of the day or evening at roost time.
Quote from: gob09 on February 10, 2011, 09:27:31 PM
i for one never had much luck at all locating a bird the night before unless i seen him go to roost how about y'all
mostly i've just been lucky if i get on bird in the morning i just go to where iv'e seen birds
I personally believe it is a waste of time trying to locate one during the evening. I have tried several times, birds are there, just won't gobble. I have tried coyote, owl, and even crow to get one to gobble during the evening. During the morning the owl hooter is hard to beat. I locate just about all my birds with an owl hooter. I do carry two different types, the reed and then just the regular one, you just blow in. Have had some success with the crow.
Can't hunt in the afternoon's here in fla. so I'm usually home. I know the birds really well in ga. so I don't roost em. As far as locator's I have great success with my owl hooter, crow call or whistle. It's really rare that I don't elicit at least one gobble in the morning. The birds on my lease in Ga. are late gobblers. We usually don't hear a peep until the crows get going. I've started using my crow call a lot earlier because of it. Try your crow call a lot earlier than you normally would to see if it works for you.
May have to try that Dan, I know nothing else gets them going, like Wes said we get lucky, hearing them gobble on roost and going to them but we do know alot of times where they are supposed to be and sit up accordingly.
it is suposed to be in the 60's next week wonder if they will be gobbling im going to try and go listen kinda hard now that i have full custody of kaitlyn
You might hear one, take her with you.
i would but theres this annoying tthing called school rick
OH,, I forgot about that.. Play hooky with her.
Quote from: gob09 on February 11, 2011, 07:52:42 AM
i would but theres this annoying tthing called school rick
There is always the weekend. It's only time I can get out to listen and scout with karate for the boys 3-4 times a week.
dustin they will be terror's when they get bigger i cant see it in thier faces in the pic.s you posted esp. with karate skills LOL
Quote from: gob09 on February 11, 2011, 09:42:16 AM
dustin they will be terror's when they get bigger i cant see it in thier faces in the pic.s you posted esp. with karate skills LOL
Yea I know, they will probably beat my a$$ in a couple of years. I am thinkin bout taking it for self defence. :TooFunny:
I have had pretty good success locating birds in the evening. With hooting or calling. I will only call if I plan on hunting the next morning. Hooting doesn't always work so I will pull out a turkey call and give it a whirl. I have had it work several times. It sure helps for the morning hunt :icon_thumright: I used to have a lot of luck with the crow call but not much anymore. Still get an ok response from hooting
I think the main key is, to have something different that what everybody else has. A custom crow, owl or whatever. Something only a few people may have. Not anything you can get at walmart or some other high production call. I have a primos power crow, it just takes up space, they won't even acknowledge it. Used to have a Knight and Hale crow call and the birds would scream at it. Until i let my boys play with it and messed it up.
I have had success in the past roosting a bird with a owl call. I have had more luck on private property then game lands trying to roost them. But morning times I carry my owl call a crow call and a wood pecker call but never had luck with a wood pecker call.
Yeah I went out and baught me one of those peleted woodpecker calls and have yet to locate anything but peleted woodpeckers with it.
Quote from: unclerick on February 12, 2011, 07:56:04 AM
Yeah I went out and baught me one of those peleted woodpecker calls and have yet to locate anything but peleted woodpeckers with it.
If it is similar to the one I got, you can use it as a peacock call also. You can also do yote howl fairly good with it also. :icon_thumright:
Quote from: harvester on February 12, 2011, 08:12:29 AM
Quote from: unclerick on February 12, 2011, 07:56:04 AM
Yeah I went out and baught me one of those peleted woodpecker calls and have yet to locate anything but peleted woodpeckers with it.
If it is similar to the one I got, you can use it as a peacock call also. You can also do yote howl fairly good with it also. :icon_thumright:
Dustin the one I have can be used that way as well. It sure is loud, everytime I use Wes gives me that look,,, :-[
Quote from: unclerick on February 12, 2011, 11:36:49 AM
Quote from: harvester on February 12, 2011, 08:12:29 AM
Quote from: unclerick on February 12, 2011, 07:56:04 AM
Yeah I went out and baught me one of those peleted woodpecker calls and have yet to locate anything but peleted woodpeckers with it.
If it is similar to the one I got, you can use it as a peacock call also. You can also do yote howl fairly good with it also. :icon_thumright:
Dustin the one I have can be used that way as well. It sure is loud, everytime I use Wes gives me that look,,, :-[
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I have not had luck with locator calls at all. The first time I walked in the turkey woods, I thought there must have been 10 other hunters that beat me there from all the owl hoots I heard, but they were the real deal. Didn't hear any gobbling when they were going to town, but I knew I had seen turkeys there. The only gobbler I heard all last year was 20 yards off of state land and he wouldn't cross that creek.
I roosted a flock this past fall and they made no peeps other than the fly up.
Most of the time I have better success with the owl calls are later in the season. Early on I just listen, if i don't hear anything then i will start tryin to a response from callin.