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The mother of all roost trees

Started by POk3s, May 14, 2021, 02:19:51 PM

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POk3s

Last year while hunting with my fiancé, we roosted some birds and returned the next day to find THE MOTHER OF ALL ROOST TREES! So, I traveled to the area mid day from another turkey spot and decided I'd spend the evening there. The plan ended up working perfectly even without very much fresh sign. How many of you have found a tree like this? Is it mostly wintering behavior or used all the time? I live about 7 hours away from here and have only seen turkeys in this tree one time, so I know they definitely use it but with the lack of fresh sign, surely it can't be every day??

https://flic.kr/p/2kYrbu7

Here is the bird I took right before sunset from that location.
https://flic.kr/p/2kYAhC4

The full hunt, and small mini series from my trip can be found here!
https://youtu.be/qxwYBt9Eb_4

stinkpickle

That's one of them "family restroom" roost trees.

POk3s

Quote from: stinkpickle on May 14, 2021, 02:34:49 PM
That's one of them "family restroom" roost trees.

Haha! Yea, evidently!

Dtrkyman

I saw a tree in New Zealand that had piles of dropping a couple feet high, only tree for a long way!

Turkeyman

Rios and Merriams tend to have favored roost trees...Easterns not so much.

hotspur

Found a few over the years my advice stay away , or hunt away from it , don't ruin a good thing, or burn it out

Turkeyman

Advice for those that find such a roost site. If you hunt it, do so in the morning and they'll return. Hunt it at night when they're going to roost and they'll start roosting elsewhere.

POk3s

For more context, I hunted it and killed one as they were coming back to roost (it's in video ;) ) but again I live 7 hours from the place and have spent a grand total of 2 days there in 2 years. I hope it continues to be a fruitful find!

hotspur