I have never been able to roost a gobbler on our place. Most of them kinda roost in the same areas. What do y'all do to locate the gobblers early in the morning to try to get set up close to them. I always wait till they gobble on thier own but some times it's good daylight before they start and it's tough to get up on them. Is their something y'all try to get them to gobble early to help your set up?

Hoot

A peacock on an adjacent farm helps

So that’s your secret!

I don't even turkey hunt. That's just what I heard

Well ive walked under turkeys that just wouldnt gobble but i try to just find somewhere i can listen and sit down and wait. I hate bustin turkeys so thats what i do. If they dont say nothin and i know theys turkeys around ill probly still just sit there an be real still an watch the woods..maybe fly down and purr some an scratch around. If its getin good an light an still aint even shock gobbled i might throw a soft yelp or two an see if he cuts me off. If its twilight and i know the area well and ive got an idea of where hes roostin and the terrain between me and him is gonna require eleven back flips, 3 cartwheels, and 1 electric slide to get to him i may hoot at him and see if he answers so i can decide how to proceed to make him ded...

Every once in a while you can put one on the limb at our place. Most of the time our birds are like yours. They won’t gobble until it’s good and daylight so it’s hard to get close. Sometimes they will gobble at and owl hoot but if that don’t work I’ll sometimes honk the horn on the truck. That normally will wake their asses up so you can make a move. My uncle, brother and cousin live on the land that we hunt so sometimes they will gobble if they hear a car door slam. I’ve even got them to gobble early by mooing like a cow since they hear that all the time

Do a quick high pitch yodel on your speck call. I've done it a couple of times and it worked.

A blue heron call can envoke confidence in a gobble too

Hoot or Cut

I will owl hoot early and then crow call after I hear the first one crow. In a perfect world, I want to hear him gobble as early as possible to allow me to get to him and set up as soon as possible while he's still on the roost.

Dr. B

Yep, if i still dont hear one. I go set up on a dust bowl, strut zone. Long road between thick stuff. And softly call and scratch in leaves.

Never underestimate a good Squatch holler or a wood knock

We just know what works for us.

Wood duck call and/or goose.