1. Roost a bird: Locate a gobbler on the roost the night before the hunt.
2. Arrive at your set-up location before day starts breaking and set up in front of a large tree wider than your back.
3. Set up approximately 100 to 125 yards from the gobbler’s roost tree. The closer, the better.
4. Let the bird gobble first if possible.
5. Be the first hen to sweet talk him by sending out a few light tree yelps or clucks.
6. If another hen gets in the competition, challenge her with some aggressive calling, and you might just call her and the gobbler in.
7. The gobbler flies down and struts to within 20 to 25 yards.
8. McPhail takes a fine bead, pulls the trigger and the bird crumples as the shotgun roars.
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