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Calling is my worst feature when it comes to turkey hunting. Since
I am an ambush hunter, I haven't had the need to put my calling to
the test. I suppose if I get my bird early, I should continue to hunt
without a gun and work the calls and see what I can do with them
like that. I will attempt to discuss what I know about calling here.
My suggestion to you would be to go to a seminar or contest and
get a feel for it there. Perhaps find a good turkey caller that can
take you under their wing and show you the ropes. But just
because you can talk like a turkey, it doesn't mean you can
convince that ole boy to come to you.
The first call used is usually before daylight and is a crow call or an
owl call. Nothing to special about those two calls other than they
get a reaction gobble out of the tom and you can figure out where
he is roosted up at.
When trying to get the dominate tom, who has a bunch of hens
with him, to come to you, there is a two fold approach. Gobbling
like another tom, and yelping like some hens. You gotta get his
feathers a little ruffled to have him come see who this stranger is
and why this hen is so in love with him.
There are a few different kinds of yelps. The yelp that is just a
signal she is happy to be alive and all is well. A yelp that is showing
some kind of enthusiasm. Could mean something scared her, or
she is looking for a man. Then there is the yelp where she is
looking for other birds to hang out with. If you do some fast
excited yelps in a row, now that's a cackle.
If you can have a friend with you hunting and can have one doing
the gobbling and one doing the cackles and yelps, you will drive the
ole dominate tom nuts and he will come a running in most cases.
Of course, this is just what I have been taught, I haven't tried it,
but the people I heard this technique from have killed a number of
birds and say it works well for the old wise gobbler.
Later in the day you might want to look over some fields and see if
there are any birds out there feeding. If there is and there is a tom
strutting out there with them, he probably isn't the dominate bird.
He is still looking for love. Try to get as close as you can without
him catching a look at you. Set up and do some yelping. Wait a
few minutes and give a really excited cackle. He should come to
you hoping to find love before the dominate tom does.
There are other calls you can use for different situations. Once it
starts getting light and the gobbler is still up in the tree, give a
muffled dull yelp. This is a tree yelp and it is what a hen does when
she first wakes up. This will turn the gobbler on usually.
The lost call is another version of the yelp that has desperation in
its voice. Generally used in the fall after you have disturbed a rafter
of birds and they are trying to get gathered back up. Should be
able to get you a shot at a jake like this.
Clucks are yelps that are contented yelps like I explained before.
These need to be low pitched easy going yelps. If you give it in too
high of a pitch, the tom could think it is a putt. And you don't
want that to happen. The putt is the turkey's version of yelling
Fire!!
There are other calls out there. Calls like cutting, kee kee run,
drumming, and others. It is an art form all in itself. Listen to
different calls and study calling if you really want to get good at it.
And I would advise calling and seeing what happens when it isn't
season. That is what I am going to do to better myself as a turkey
hunter.
These have just been my ramblings and I am happy to be able to
post them up here and perhaps help someone else learn to love to
turkey hunt. The more people we have enjoying the outdoors by
hunting, fishing, and trapping, the less there are to try to take it
away from us.
New thought on the shot loads. Some say number 4 shot for
longer range shots for better knock down. Others will say number
6 shot for more pellets in the pattern for longer range.
I am an ambush hunter, I haven't had the need to put my calling to
the test. I suppose if I get my bird early, I should continue to hunt
without a gun and work the calls and see what I can do with them
like that. I will attempt to discuss what I know about calling here.
My suggestion to you would be to go to a seminar or contest and
get a feel for it there. Perhaps find a good turkey caller that can
take you under their wing and show you the ropes. But just
because you can talk like a turkey, it doesn't mean you can
convince that ole boy to come to you.
The first call used is usually before daylight and is a crow call or an
owl call. Nothing to special about those two calls other than they
get a reaction gobble out of the tom and you can figure out where
he is roosted up at.
When trying to get the dominate tom, who has a bunch of hens
with him, to come to you, there is a two fold approach. Gobbling
like another tom, and yelping like some hens. You gotta get his
feathers a little ruffled to have him come see who this stranger is
and why this hen is so in love with him.
There are a few different kinds of yelps. The yelp that is just a
signal she is happy to be alive and all is well. A yelp that is showing
some kind of enthusiasm. Could mean something scared her, or
she is looking for a man. Then there is the yelp where she is
looking for other birds to hang out with. If you do some fast
excited yelps in a row, now that's a cackle.
If you can have a friend with you hunting and can have one doing
the gobbling and one doing the cackles and yelps, you will drive the
ole dominate tom nuts and he will come a running in most cases.
Of course, this is just what I have been taught, I haven't tried it,
but the people I heard this technique from have killed a number of
birds and say it works well for the old wise gobbler.
Later in the day you might want to look over some fields and see if
there are any birds out there feeding. If there is and there is a tom
strutting out there with them, he probably isn't the dominate bird.
He is still looking for love. Try to get as close as you can without
him catching a look at you. Set up and do some yelping. Wait a
few minutes and give a really excited cackle. He should come to
you hoping to find love before the dominate tom does.
There are other calls you can use for different situations. Once it
starts getting light and the gobbler is still up in the tree, give a
muffled dull yelp. This is a tree yelp and it is what a hen does when
she first wakes up. This will turn the gobbler on usually.
The lost call is another version of the yelp that has desperation in
its voice. Generally used in the fall after you have disturbed a rafter
of birds and they are trying to get gathered back up. Should be
able to get you a shot at a jake like this.
Clucks are yelps that are contented yelps like I explained before.
These need to be low pitched easy going yelps. If you give it in too
high of a pitch, the tom could think it is a putt. And you don't
want that to happen. The putt is the turkey's version of yelling
Fire!!
There are other calls out there. Calls like cutting, kee kee run,
drumming, and others. It is an art form all in itself. Listen to
different calls and study calling if you really want to get good at it.
And I would advise calling and seeing what happens when it isn't
season. That is what I am going to do to better myself as a turkey
hunter.
These have just been my ramblings and I am happy to be able to
post them up here and perhaps help someone else learn to love to
turkey hunt. The more people we have enjoying the outdoors by
hunting, fishing, and trapping, the less there are to try to take it
away from us.
New thought on the shot loads. Some say number 4 shot for
longer range shots for better knock down. Others will say number
6 shot for more pellets in the pattern for longer range.
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