A run and gun afternoon hunt?
Personally, I like to locate birds using a hen call. I also softly cluck, putt, or purr while walking if the terrain allows for it (I have freqently noticed while doing this that birds gobble behind me as I think they fear the hen is walking away from them).
I will stop every so often and give some louder yelps or cuts, but when I stop to do so, I am either sitting or standing by a good hide/tree.
Once I hear a bird respond, I am sitting my butt down and not moving... I have found that birds do not gobble as much later in the day, but many that do gobble come in fast and hard. Once I get that response, I sit down and stay quiet for several minutes, and then call again to try and get some perspective of where the bird is, and if I need to move or make any change.
And not to hijack the thread, but I am on this forum to learn as well. While running and gunning, what is the advantage of using a crow call over a turkey call (I realize the advantage while roosting birds)... It has been my experience that when a crow call does work, the birds are usually close, so why not a hen call?
