|
|
Post by serion on Apr 25, 2016 15:06:03 GMT -5
Does anyone have any websites or other resources that would help me learn which call to use when? This is my first year turkey hunting. I have several different calls and can use them decently, but I never really seem to know which type of call to use for what situation. When do I cluck vs pur vs cut vs yelp etc...?
I took my son out Saturday AM and setup in our blind with 2 hens and a jake decoy. We heard a couple gobbles at daylight and then at 730am a hen moved in about 30 yards out and she stuck around about 30 minutes and moved on and then another hen moved in about 930am. Neither seemed bothered by any of the calling I did, but we never did have a tom move in on us.
Suggestions?
|
|
|
|
Post by featherduster on Apr 25, 2016 15:09:46 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by serion on Apr 25, 2016 15:29:08 GMT -5
Thanks! I'll watch it after work tonight. I've watched several videos, but I'm still quite unsure of what to do when. Seem most videos are good about explaining how to make the certain sounds but not very good at explaining when to use them. |
|
|
|
Post by hornzilla on Apr 25, 2016 19:55:10 GMT -5
I always like to be the FIRST HEN he hears in the morning. I do this with soft yeps. If he answers you. He knows where your at. If he is headed my way I only use soft clucks and purrs. If you hear other hens talking. Then I become the loudest hen he hears. This is where cutting comes into play. It will tick off the hens and they will possibly just bring there boyfriend with them.
Listen to other birds. They will tell you what they like. Just remember, a little goes a long ways.
|
|
|
|
Post by ridgerunner on Apr 26, 2016 5:10:45 GMT -5
....and then sometimes calling is the last thing you want to do..knowing when to call and when to shut up..calling is a small part of the game..after you do your homework, scouting, studying maps and terrian..knowing where the birds are roosting and where they wann go after they fly down..( this comes from scouting). After you figure out the best place to setup and get there, that's when the calling will seal the deal....but you're not just gonna sit down in the woods and call turkeys to you..you gotta be where they wanna be...personally i think calling is overrated...learn everything else first...you'll kill many more birds being a woodsman and scouting than calling.
|
|
|
|
Post by serion on Apr 26, 2016 9:12:40 GMT -5
Thanks! I appreciate the help and suggestions.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Apr 26, 2016 12:18:51 GMT -5
Does anyone have any websites or other resources that would help me learn which call to use when? This is my first year turkey hunting. I have several different calls and can use them decently, but I never really seem to know which type of call to use for what situation. When do I cluck vs pur vs cut vs yelp etc...? I took my son out Saturday AM and setup in our blind with 2 hens and a jake decoy. We heard a couple gobbles at daylight and then at 730am a hen moved in about 30 yards out and she stuck around about 30 minutes and moved on and then another hen moved in about 930am. Neither seemed bothered by any of the calling I did, but we never did have a tom move in on us. Suggestions? Youtube is full of good ones. Here's a different approach that I like and will use this year. By nature, a tom expects the hen to come to him, but he will run to fight for his territory. I will use a Haint gobble call. Sure, I have a slate and box call too. If a tom is on the other side of the field, but all he sees are hen decoys and stays put. The hunter may think that is one smart bird to not come over. No, he's a little pea brain bird that is doing what he is programmed to do. Wed morning, I want to be the first tom he hears in his area. I now use a Funky Chicken and a Dirty-B (injured bird) with a couple hens. It will look like the skinny funky chicken is getting ready to finish off the injured bird. They will pounce on their best running buddy to finish him off. I'll let you know how it works. Last year, I didn't see or hear a bird during hunting season. This year, I know where a couple are. |
|
|
|
Post by HillBillyJeff on May 7, 2016 18:45:27 GMT -5
I have yet to call a turkey. Might try it the rest of the season since I'm done shooting until August 15th
|
|
|
|
Post by bullseye69 on May 9, 2016 20:51:03 GMT -5
I have yet to call a turkey. Might try it the rest of the season since I'm done shooting until August 15th I have only called in one turkey, of course my first one too. Haven't got another one to come to anything. All my others are just from scouting where the are heading when they hit the dirt in the morning. I did have to use a goose layout blind to get one real smart bird. Sometimes you have to think outside the stuffing.  |
|
|
|
Post by parrothead on May 10, 2016 5:35:26 GMT -5
When I first started hunting them I went to the Refuge and would take everything like I was hunting except my gun. I would practice calling that way. It was a lot of fun. If you can find a state park or some public land that doesn't allow hunting it is a great place to go and practice. Just don't go to where you hunt or others hunt to do this. You could also go out after season minus the gun to get practice.
|
|
|
|
Post by jackryan on May 10, 2016 18:48:15 GMT -5
Does anyone have any websites or other resources that would help me learn which call to use when? This is my first year turkey hunting. I have several different calls and can use them decently, but I never really seem to know which type of call to use for what situation. When do I cluck vs pur vs cut vs yelp etc...? I took my son out Saturday AM and setup in our blind with 2 hens and a jake decoy. We heard a couple gobbles at daylight and then at 730am a hen moved in about 30 yards out and she stuck around about 30 minutes and moved on and then another hen moved in about 930am. Neither seemed bothered by any of the calling I did, but we never did have a tom move in on us. Suggestions? If you've bought calls, didn't you buy the one with the cd or audio tape with it first? If not then get one. It answers about all these questions more than well enough for beginers. Only suggestion I'd add is to record it on to a tape if you have one or some other device you can control. Then when he explains and demonstrates each call, back it up and record the call over and over about 5 or ten times. Then as you go through listening and imitating, you can listen once, try once, and repeat over and over. www.primos.com/products/turkey-instructional-packs/ |
|
|
|
Post by serion on May 12, 2016 8:54:00 GMT -5
Does anyone have any websites or other resources that would help me learn which call to use when? This is my first year turkey hunting. I have several different calls and can use them decently, but I never really seem to know which type of call to use for what situation. When do I cluck vs pur vs cut vs yelp etc...? I took my son out Saturday AM and setup in our blind with 2 hens and a jake decoy. We heard a couple gobbles at daylight and then at 730am a hen moved in about 30 yards out and she stuck around about 30 minutes and moved on and then another hen moved in about 930am. Neither seemed bothered by any of the calling I did, but we never did have a tom move in on us. Suggestions? If you've bought calls, didn't you buy the one with the cd or audio tape with it first? If not then get one. It answers about all these questions more than well enough for beginers. Only suggestion I'd add is to record it on to a tape if you have one or some other device you can control. Then when he explains and demonstrates each call, back it up and record the call over and over about 5 or ten times. Then as you go through listening and imitating, you can listen once, try once, and repeat over and over. www.primos.com/products/turkey-instructional-packs/I did. However, it covered how to make the call sounds and not so much when to use the calls. I've been doing lots of research and learning a lot so I'm a bit more knowledgeable than I was a the beginning on the season. |
|
|
|
Post by jackryan on May 17, 2016 10:48:10 GMT -5
Nothing beats sitting out there listening to the birds and how they chat it up at different times of the year and under different circumstances.
When you do hear THEM, then imitate what they are doing. Pay attention to when and where they "do that" and especially WHY if you get the chance to figure that out.
|
|
