interesting ? about turkey responses...always a gobble?
02-06-2006, 06:33 PM
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interesting ? about turkey responses...always a gobble?
hello.
my question is...when you are hunting and make a call (yelp, purr, whatever) is the response from the turkey always going to be a GOBBLE. are there any other sounds that a turkey will make? so should i always be listening for that gobble? or can another sound represent a turkey present.last year i continued to hearwhat i thought was a turkey, but i dont think it was a gobble (im pretty sure it wasnt). could it have stillbeen a turkey? or is gobbling the only sound they make. I just want to know exactly what to listen for. Also,do hens respond to your calling sometime as well?
my question is...when you are hunting and make a call (yelp, purr, whatever) is the response from the turkey always going to be a GOBBLE. are there any other sounds that a turkey will make? so should i always be listening for that gobble? or can another sound represent a turkey present.last year i continued to hearwhat i thought was a turkey, but i dont think it was a gobble (im pretty sure it wasnt). could it have stillbeen a turkey? or is gobbling the only sound they make. I just want to know exactly what to listen for. Also,do hens respond to your calling sometime as well?
02-06-2006, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: south east alabama
Posts: 1,268
RE: interesting ? about turkey responses...always a gobble?
usually just the gobbler gobblin, but a hen will call back and fuss at your calling, she's probably the dominant hen in the area. i've had her respond and come to with about 10 feet, fussing up a storm, ready to fight. hen turkeys also make the kee kee sound, not as often though, hope this helps, good luck and hunt safe
02-06-2006, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sugar Grove NC USA
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RE: interesting ? about turkey responses...always a gobble?
There is no 'for sure" rules in turkey hunting but 99% of the time, if you get a vocal respose from a springtime mature gobbler it will be a gobble. I've had jakes yelp back before but never a a mature bird. Gobblers will cluck and purr also, butif you hear a turkey clucking and purring you should be able to see it as well. The only other frequent gobbler vocalization would be spitting and drumming, if you hear this, likely a mature bird is 100 yards or less and you better be ready. He will be strutting when he isspitting and drumming.
Many timesyou will hunt and hear birds gobble on the roost and then after they fly down they will shut up. Likely, this meansthey have hens with them. You may call and only the hens respond. In this situation youralmost better off calling to the hens because not many gobblers will leave hens to come to calling. Although ifyoucall to the hens and get them to come investigate, they bring the gobbler(s) with them.
Another hint is that if you are calling to a bird and have him gobbling good but then he stops, itmeans usually 1 of 2 things:A) Hens have come to his gobbling so he has stopped B) You better be ready because he is headed your way...
It took me several years to learn that to kill turkeys,there is no need to be the loudest, most aggresive caller in the woods. You will start killing turkeys when you become a hen. Call just like you hear the hens calling. Different situations call for different modes of calling butif you sound like a hen, you will kill plenty of turkeys.
Good luck---
Many timesyou will hunt and hear birds gobble on the roost and then after they fly down they will shut up. Likely, this meansthey have hens with them. You may call and only the hens respond. In this situation youralmost better off calling to the hens because not many gobblers will leave hens to come to calling. Although ifyoucall to the hens and get them to come investigate, they bring the gobbler(s) with them.
Another hint is that if you are calling to a bird and have him gobbling good but then he stops, itmeans usually 1 of 2 things:A) Hens have come to his gobbling so he has stopped B) You better be ready because he is headed your way...
It took me several years to learn that to kill turkeys,there is no need to be the loudest, most aggresive caller in the woods. You will start killing turkeys when you become a hen. Call just like you hear the hens calling. Different situations call for different modes of calling butif you sound like a hen, you will kill plenty of turkeys.
Good luck---
02-06-2006, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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RE: interesting ? about turkey responses...always a gobble?
ORIGINAL: wholelottagobble
There is no 'for sure" rules in turkey hunting but 99% of the time, if you get a vocal respose from a springtime mature gobbler it will be a gobble. I've had jakes yelp back before but never a a mature bird. Gobblers will cluck and purr also, butif you hear a turkey clucking and purring you should be able to see it as well. The only other frequent gobbler vocalization would be spitting and drumming, if you hear this, likely a mature bird is 100 yards or less and you better be ready. He will be strutting when he isspitting and drumming.
Many timesyou will hunt and hear birds gobble on the roost and then after they fly down they will shut up. Likely, this meansthey have hens with them. You may call and only the hens respond. In this situation youralmost better off calling to the hens because not many gobblers will leave hens to come to calling. Although ifyoucall to the hens and get them to come investigate, they bring the gobbler(s) with them.
Another hint is that if you are calling to a bird and have him gobbling good but then he stops, itmeans usually 1 of 2 things:A) Hens have come to his gobbling so he has stopped B) You better be ready because he is headed your way...
It took me several years to learn that to kill turkeys,there is no need to be the loudest, most aggresive caller in the woods. You will start killing turkeys when you become a hen. Call just like you hear the hens calling. Different situations call for different modes of calling butif you sound like a hen, you will kill plenty of turkeys.
Good luck---
There is no 'for sure" rules in turkey hunting but 99% of the time, if you get a vocal respose from a springtime mature gobbler it will be a gobble. I've had jakes yelp back before but never a a mature bird. Gobblers will cluck and purr also, butif you hear a turkey clucking and purring you should be able to see it as well. The only other frequent gobbler vocalization would be spitting and drumming, if you hear this, likely a mature bird is 100 yards or less and you better be ready. He will be strutting when he isspitting and drumming.
Many timesyou will hunt and hear birds gobble on the roost and then after they fly down they will shut up. Likely, this meansthey have hens with them. You may call and only the hens respond. In this situation youralmost better off calling to the hens because not many gobblers will leave hens to come to calling. Although ifyoucall to the hens and get them to come investigate, they bring the gobbler(s) with them.
Another hint is that if you are calling to a bird and have him gobbling good but then he stops, itmeans usually 1 of 2 things:A) Hens have come to his gobbling so he has stopped B) You better be ready because he is headed your way...
It took me several years to learn that to kill turkeys,there is no need to be the loudest, most aggresive caller in the woods. You will start killing turkeys when you become a hen. Call just like you hear the hens calling. Different situations call for different modes of calling butif you sound like a hen, you will kill plenty of turkeys.
Good luck---
