Carry at least two different locator calls to give yourself the best chances at locating birds after the prime early morning gobbling period. It may be obvious to most of you that you can't harvest a gobbler until you find him. Finding turkeys is something that you have hopefully done well in advance of opening day. There are times, however, when you will need to be able to go to a spot blindly and quickly find the birds. There are a variety of calls available that will provoke a gobbler into sounding off and giving up his location.
Owl calls are the most popular locator calls available.
Owl calls are most often used at dawn to locate gobblers while they are still on the roost. Gobblers respond to owls in an effort to reinforce their dominance in the spring woods. The eight note, who cooks for you, who cooks for you all sound is the most widely used call for locating gobblers. You can reproduce owl sounds with your natural voice or use any one of the barred owl calls on the market. My favorite owl call is the Palmers Hoot Tube, shown in the picture to the left.