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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 11, 2013 23:31:47 GMT -5
Help me understand my experience. This spring was my first turkey hunt. One morning, I was working a bird with my haint gobbler call. I'd call and he'd call back. Each time (15-20 mins apart) he was closer to me. I had a tom and hen decoy in the field and I was in a blind up against the trees. Suddenly, I was startled by a hen behind me squawking up a storm. It sounded as if she were less than 20 yards behind me. I've heard hunters talking about other hunters who were calling too much or too loudly ...wearing the box out. Well this hen behind me started squawking as if one were wearing a box call out. She squawked as if one had stroked the box aggressively 25 times in a row. About 5 minutes later, she does it again, but she had moved about 20 yards to my left and squawked fewer times, but just as loudly. About 5 minutes later, she's clucking. This is where I last heard the tom that I'd been calling in. I think he hooked up without a fight from my tom decoy.
My question is: has anyone heard a hen do this? Is it bad to work a box call in this manner?
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jun 12, 2013 8:30:19 GMT -5
She may have caught a glimpse of your blind and was sounding an alarm. I am from the school of you can call too much. I try to only make a few calls at a time and wait a while in between calling sequences. I also think it is helpful to carry a couple of different calls to add a little variety and sound like there might be a couple of different hens looking for love.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 12, 2013 11:01:08 GMT -5
Interesting. This blind had been there for years with the back closed, but she may have been new to it.
Thanks for your response!
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Post by schall53 on Jun 12, 2013 14:03:16 GMT -5
I have had a loud mouthed hen several times. As the saying goes, "take their temperature" to see how frequent to call. If I get a hen like that she is normally in the company of a tom. I imitate her, when she calls I call. Whatever she does do the same right back at her, she yelps you yelp, she clucks you cluck. That usually gets her really P.Oed. She will come in looking to kick the upstart hens hind end and most of the time the tom will be following close behind. This has worked for me 4 or 5 times. If you are imitating what a live hen is doing you won't be over calling. One other thing about turkey hunting is, what works one day won't the next, be versatile, don't be afraid to try new things.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 12, 2013 14:12:08 GMT -5
I have had a loud mouthed hen several times. As the saying goes, "take their temperature" to see how frequent to call. If I get a hen like that she is normally in the company of a tom. I imitate her, when she calls I call. Whatever she does do the same right back at her, she yelps you yelp, she clucks you cluck. That usually gets her really P.Oed. She will come in looking to kick the upstart hens hind end and most of the time the tom will be following close behind. This has worked for me 4 or 5 times. If you are imitating what a live hen is doing you won't be over calling. One other thing about turkey hunting is, what works one day won't the next, be versatile, don't be afraid to try new things. ^^^^^ THIS |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 12, 2013 15:28:13 GMT -5
I have had a loud mouthed hen several times. As the saying goes, "take their temperature" to see how frequent to call. If I get a hen like that she is normally in the company of a tom. I imitate her, when she calls I call. Whatever she does do the same right back at her, she yelps you yelp, she clucks you cluck. That usually gets her really P.Oed. She will come in looking to kick the upstart hens hind end and most of the time the tom will be following close behind. This has worked for me 4 or 5 times. If you are imitating what a live hen is doing you won't be over calling. One other thing about turkey hunting is, what works one day won't the next, be versatile, don't be afraid to try new things. Thank you sir! I had been working the tom who was about 100 yards in the woods at the time. When she first started up, I thought that she was mad that my hen decoy was with the big tom in the field as if she were the dominate hen, but when she continued to move in the direction of the real tom and continued squawking, I thought that she was ready to mate and ready right then! When she reached his area, she started clucking. I didn't know that turkeys could make so many different sounds, but they can. Excellent advice! I appreciate it so very much as I know very little. |
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Jun 18, 2013 8:18:49 GMT -5
Hens get quite vocal sometimes themselves. Doesn't always hurt but sometimes it is best to give that weary ol' tom the silent treatment. That's what helped bring mine in this year. I got quiet and he came looking and found my decoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIoFeng_Q00 |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 18, 2013 19:22:49 GMT -5
That's a good video! I'm not sure if I'll hunt turkey this fall. I haven't really researched it yet, but I've heard that it's different in the fall compared to spring. What is a good approach to hunting fall turkey? Do the toms still gobble in the fall?
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