Foiled again updated

[rosscrazyelk]

I snuck away yesterday to try and get me a bird. Right away on the morning I had a nice tom fly towards my setup, along with three of his female friends. I had the hens at 10 and 25 yards. The tom would come no closer to what I guess was ,60 yards. He eventually left while one of ladies almost stepped on my foot. Later in the day I hid under a tree not to far from a roosting tree I found also to get out of the rain . An hour later here they come. And just as my luck would have it only the hens roosted in that tree while the wiley tom dissappeared and eventually roosted 100 yards away. He was not interested in anything I had to say .

[yelp]

ROSS..Locate him about 11 o'clock..and hunt him till three.  Soft yelps at first then more aggressive.  Sometimes pissing of the boss hen will work. Henned up Toms can be fooled but it isn't easy..  The hens he is with will go and tend their nests late morning making him available.  Also in a week or two them hens will be sitting on nests incubating and he will be looking for love..keep at it.

[The Gobble-stopper]

Yelp, took the words right out of my mouth! Hes got it right! It works!

[AKBowman]

Yelp-  How would you recommend "locating" him mid day? Hunting the past couple days and once the brids hit the ground their quiet pretty much all day. Do you use hen calls, or locator calls like owl hoots and crow calls?

Thanks and good season again!

[Wacenturion]

Use a locator call.  Once you find him, take your time to close the distance by keeping tabs on him, by him responding to the locator call, then set up when you think you are close enough.  Wait 15 minutes or so and soft call to him.  If he responds but only comes so far, repeat above without using the locator call.  Do it very slowly as 20-25 yards may be all you need.  You have to get inside his circle of comfort.  Once inside that zone, he's a dead bird if you don't mess up.

[AKBowman]

What do you use for a locator call during the middle of the day to locate lonely Toms? Hen yelps or actual locator calls like crow?

Thanks for the help fellas, I'm heading out Monday morning for two days again.

[Wacenturion]

Actual locator calls, not hen yelping.  Save the hens calls till your in close enough to make a difference.

[birdaddict]

AK- If you're hunting by water (River or large lake) a goose call works very well as a locator. Other wise your standard owl or crow. I think a loud hen call could spook the Tom away because it is rare to here them mid day. That's just what I have found in my own experience but I'm no pro.

[rosscrazyelk]

Well I am headed out tommorow to try and get my Niece her turkey and hopefully one for me too. I have to get hers first though.. Someone please rub your luck my way...

[BOWHUNTER45]

I would go give that same bird a try ...if you think he is still there 

[rosscrazyelk]

Thats my plan

[tenderheart]

Well I am headed out tommorow to try and get my Niece her turkey and hopefully one for me too. I have to get hers first though.. Someone please rub your luck my way...

Good Luck

[lokidog]

What do you use for a locator call during the middle of the day to locate lonely Toms? Hen yelps or actual locator calls like crow?

Thanks for the help fellas, I'm heading out Monday morning for two days again.

I like using one of those woodpecker/peacock calls, you can also kind of do a crow and coyote with it as well.

[turkeydancer]

 

[rosscrazyelk]

I will expand later but I finally called a bird in range for my niece. It was a unreal moment