1/2 day VS all day

[HaMeR]

Just wondering out loud here.

For those of you who have hunted spring Toms in the afternoon do you really think the hunter has an unfair advantage over a love struck Tom that has lost his hens to the nest for the day? 

I get the impression they would be easier to call in the afternoon because the all day states seem to have a much larger turkey population than Ohio. Therefore the Toms that aren't getting lucky in the AM would respond. Correct me if I'm wrong & forgive my ignorance. 

[FinsnFur]

Well, if I dont get lucky in the AM and head off to work deprived, sometimes I'd rather be shot....so...I gotta think your on to something Glen 

[HaMeR]

 

  You said peprIved. I thought that read deprAved!! My bad!!   

That is Ohio's reasoning for closing the day at noon as I understand it.

[RShaw]

All day hunting allows another advantage. Gobblers usually roost in the same general area. Most of the time in the same tree. It would be really easy just to go sit at or near the tree and dry gulch him when he comes into roost.

Randy

[BigB]

I haven't had much luck calling them in the afternoons.     It just seems like they go quiet about noonish.  Plus, around one o'clock is nap time for me, so not much gets hunted for a few hours.  Then it is off to go fishing for a while, and then scout to see where they are roosting.  Early in the season, the birds in my area roost in the same trees, but mid and late season, they tend to roost where ever then end up for the day.

Brian