Question

[3CB]

Discuss.....


Is Roosted, Roasted?

[GR8CALLS]

Not unless you walk up underneath him, in the dark!   

Bill

[Morgan]

Naw...but it does make feel like I have an edge...

[Silverspur]

Stop watching those Primos videos even they tell you roosted does not always mean roasted!

[Dcoleinpa]

Naw...but it does make feel like I have an edge...

yelp

[jmck]

Nothing like having one roosted for the attitude- creates anticipation . It's very seldom though for me they ya can hold a birds attention from the limb to the gun- seems usually the real hens are usually close by- hard to compete with them !!
Most of my Tom foolery seems to usually happen late morn to early afternoon

[ferocious calls]

Far from it. Have had many times when it all came together textbook like from a roosted tom. Usually when he was alone on roost or with a fellow tom. Still I love to roost each eve to keep tabs and have that rush that only comes spring and fall. In the fall, roosting a tom can be deadly for him where I tread.

[PA Boxcall]

Far from it. Have had many times when it all came together textbook like from a roosted tom. Usually when he was alone on roost or with a fellow tom. Still I love to roost each eve to keep tabs and have that rush that only comes spring and fall. In the fall, roosting a tom can be deadly for him where I tread.

This - when you have a couple of gobblers roosted together makes the roost hunt come together more easily and as planned.  But not always.

One thing about roosted gobblers I know for sure, it means a restless night of sleep anticipating the morning.

[3CB]

I have roosted and roasted a few mighty few. This morning was a good example of the majority of my hunts this year. Can't catch a break sat up to close to the roosted turkeys and busted a hen off the roost. Then the whole set up went south from there. But the morning was great and the bird that gobbled most died....

[Lonnie Sneed Jr.]

I have roosted a lot more that I did not kill than I killed right off the limb. But I do like to have one roosted, anything helps in killing. I roosted a gobbler one eve. and got setup on him the next morning 1 hr. before daylight. I pulled the trigger on him at 11:35 about 1mile from were he was roosted. He gobbled all morning following a hen. I tagged along behind, calling once- in- awhile. The hen left him and he ran to me. So if I would not have had him roosted I might not have killed him, I will never know the answer to that one for sure. 

[charlieparrish]

Roosting is a lot of fun and is part of turkey hunting..adds greatly to the anticipation and excitement...but does Roosted = Roasted? Perhaps a survey of hunters would provide a percentage answer to that question..I suspect the answer is mostly NO!
 

[Porter]

Roosting is a lot of fun and is part of turkey hunting..adds greatly to the anticipation and excitement...but does Roosted = Roasted? Perhaps a survey of hunters would provide a percentage answer to that question..I suspect the answer is mostly NO!
 

I have a lot more luck not knowing it was roosted... I'm like you!!!  Roosted generally does not mean roasted!!