By Tom Carpenter

You can plant food plots and escape cover to attract deer. But how can you encourage turkeys to roost where you hunt? If you already have the right trees that they already prefer to roost in around your area, put these concepts to work.

Mow a swath through tall grass or other cover, providing turkeys an easy path to a potential roosting area.

Clear undergrowth in the roosting tree area for easy launching and safe landing.

Trim lower branches (below 30 feet) from potential roosting trees, so turkeys feel safer.

Plant a food plot nearby with preferred spring and summer turkey forage such as alfalfa, clover or chufa; leave corn from the past fall.

Avoid hunting evenings in the spring and fall seasons, which can spook birds away with too much pressure.

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