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<blockquote data-quote="catman529" data-source="post: 3209098" data-attributes="member: 9284"><p>1 if they roost on ridges or hills, they will usually fly down uphill because it's less distance from the tree to the ground. I like to look around creeks and rivers because they often roost in the trees along the water.</p><p></p><p>2 they generally like to strut where visible which is why fields are so common. Sometimes they have a strut zone where they come to the same area repeatedly to show off. you will have to find them by observing the birds or finding fresh sign, if you spend enough time in the woods you will find where they like to strut. If they roost by a field and fly down into the field they will usually strut right there</p><p></p><p>3 I don't use locators, I let them gobble on the roost and there are naturally crows and hens that will make them gobble too. During the daytime if a bird is hammering a crow or other loud noise will often make him gobble too. You can use locator calls if you like but I don't use them so I can't help much there. I will make some cutts on my tube call to try and get a response, that will make them gobble sometimes.</p><p></p><p>If you get on a lone gobbler you have good odds. Sometimes they sound off on their own and sometimes another sound will make em shock gobble. but I usually hear birds like this in the later morning after the flocks have split up</p><p></p><p>Again this is just my 2 cents and I have limited experience so take it with a grain of salt. I am going by what I have experienced in the woods myself and birds do not always follow the books on what to gobble at and where to strut and when.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catman529, post: 3209098, member: 9284"] 1 if they roost on ridges or hills, they will usually fly down uphill because it's less distance from the tree to the ground. I like to look around creeks and rivers because they often roost in the trees along the water. 2 they generally like to strut where visible which is why fields are so common. Sometimes they have a strut zone where they come to the same area repeatedly to show off. you will have to find them by observing the birds or finding fresh sign, if you spend enough time in the woods you will find where they like to strut. If they roost by a field and fly down into the field they will usually strut right there 3 I don't use locators, I let them gobble on the roost and there are naturally crows and hens that will make them gobble too. During the daytime if a bird is hammering a crow or other loud noise will often make him gobble too. You can use locator calls if you like but I don't use them so I can't help much there. I will make some cutts on my tube call to try and get a response, that will make them gobble sometimes. If you get on a lone gobbler you have good odds. Sometimes they sound off on their own and sometimes another sound will make em shock gobble. but I usually hear birds like this in the later morning after the flocks have split up Again this is just my 2 cents and I have limited experience so take it with a grain of salt. I am going by what I have experienced in the woods myself and birds do not always follow the books on what to gobble at and where to strut and when. [/QUOTE]
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