Have a “meltdown” setup chosen before calling in case of a response nearby. Turkey hunting veteran, Ron Jolly, has success in getting a gobble response by putting a bit more emphasis and volume to a single yelp midway through a 7 or 8 note series. The plain hen yelp is a good call to begin a hunt for a gobbler. This can reveal a non-gobbling turkey’s location to a hunter. Jakes hanging with a strutter will often give a two to four note yelp in response to the gobbler’s spit and drum. A gobbler yelp is a coarser “yawk” and some say sounds something like a dog bark.
Wild turkey call sound series#
A series of 2 to 8 notes translates, “I’m here, where are you?” Volume, pitch and cadence may vary depending the bird’s attitude and age.Īccording to famed expert on wild turkey behavior and vocalizations, Lovett Williams, this call is often mistakenly referred to as the “lonesome hen yelp.” The plain yelp, in fact, is made by both sexes. The plain yelp of a hen is the most common turkey sound hunters hear.
The yelp is a basic sound that turkeys use year round to communicate their location. Read on for tips on “talking turkey” so they’re convinced you’re one of them. The message being conveyed with each sound and when to use it is as important as mastering the call itself. In the context of modern turkey hunting, to “talk turkey” means communicating directly with wild turkeys as if you’re a turkey. Today, the term “talk turkey” means to get down to business and speak directly. Historical accounts suggest the origin of “turkey talk” derives from colonial times when the first contacts between Native Americans and settlers often centered on the supply of wild turkeys and the day-to-day haggling over them, so much so that the Indians were said to have asked whenever they met a colonist, “You come to talk turkey?” The term actually originated with wild turkeys. If there’s one facet of hunting the grand bird that thrills hunters most, it’s being able to “talk turkey” with wild turkeys. Good communication skills are a big part of success in the human world, and likewise when turkey hunting.
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