do some scouting with google earth. then go test the area pre season. pull up to the area and shut down the boat and set quiet for a few min. let out a call and see who answers. if nobody answers move up the shore and do it again. when you get an answer go look for the roost. from what ive seen they like to roost in same area. there will be feathers and poop all over when you find it. that gives you an idea where they will start from at dawn. then you can get setup within 50-100yrds of it on opening day. setting a decoy under a roost like that is almost a guaranteed kill from my experience!
if that fails go mobile. same as the scouting but now you get out and go get one. doing this along a waterway is pretty easy. the hills and valleys associated with them make for easy fast stalking. get as close as you can, plant a hen decoy, and call him in. i do this for friends that dont have anywhere to hunt birds or they messed their flock up by getting busted too many times. it works especially good as season goes on and they get "hened up", because you can get so close to them at first. a "hened up" tom wont travel far to check a caller. but if you can slip a decoy up over a ridge 50yrd away you have a great chance at getting him. again the lay of the land thing!
not sure about your tools but my ground blind will pop up and set rt on my gunwales. with window open and me setting in the open door i can slip down the water with wind and current or oars and do it that way also. i know an older guy that cant climb hills and have taken him twice to get a bird this way. i dont know the rules on brookville so better check about the boat hunting.
good luck!
if that fails go mobile. same as the scouting but now you get out and go get one. doing this along a waterway is pretty easy. the hills and valleys associated with them make for easy fast stalking. get as close as you can, plant a hen decoy, and call him in. i do this for friends that dont have anywhere to hunt birds or they messed their flock up by getting busted too many times. it works especially good as season goes on and they get "hened up", because you can get so close to them at first. a "hened up" tom wont travel far to check a caller. but if you can slip a decoy up over a ridge 50yrd away you have a great chance at getting him. again the lay of the land thing!
not sure about your tools but my ground blind will pop up and set rt on my gunwales. with window open and me setting in the open door i can slip down the water with wind and current or oars and do it that way also. i know an older guy that cant climb hills and have taken him twice to get a bird this way. i dont know the rules on brookville so better check about the boat hunting.
good luck!
