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<blockquote data-quote="cajun" data-source="post: 2157310" data-attributes="member: 9772"><p>Really good advice here. The best turkey hunt starts the evening before. Try and locate the turkey on the roost. Then from your scouting you should have an idea of where he is going. Set up in that direction. Call just enough to let him know you are there while he's on the roost. Less can be more. If he answers he heard you and knows where you are. Be patient. The male wants the female to come to him. Sometimes playing hard to get is what you need. Also a lot of hard hunted easterns will come in dead silent. So be on gaurd and be ready. If you strike out in the morning find a field or road bed where turkeys like to strut and set up your blind. Call every 30 minutes or so. Mist guys like to run and gun but some old timers I know would just set up in a good spot and stay all day. After that turkey visits the ladys that morning hes gonna be out looking for stray hens especially later on when the hens start nesting. If he answered you on the roost but went the other direction he will come back late morning early afternoon looking for that lonely hen he heard that morning. If you can find a local experienced hunter to act as a mentor it will save you a ton of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cajun, post: 2157310, member: 9772"] Really good advice here. The best turkey hunt starts the evening before. Try and locate the turkey on the roost. Then from your scouting you should have an idea of where he is going. Set up in that direction. Call just enough to let him know you are there while he's on the roost. Less can be more. If he answers he heard you and knows where you are. Be patient. The male wants the female to come to him. Sometimes playing hard to get is what you need. Also a lot of hard hunted easterns will come in dead silent. So be on gaurd and be ready. If you strike out in the morning find a field or road bed where turkeys like to strut and set up your blind. Call every 30 minutes or so. Mist guys like to run and gun but some old timers I know would just set up in a good spot and stay all day. After that turkey visits the ladys that morning hes gonna be out looking for stray hens especially later on when the hens start nesting. If he answered you on the roost but went the other direction he will come back late morning early afternoon looking for that lonely hen he heard that morning. If you can find a local experienced hunter to act as a mentor it will save you a ton of time. [/QUOTE]
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