Fall Turkey Hunting
Hunting in the fall can be as exciting as spring hunt. Learning the difference between calls and Setups can be important to become successful. Some of the most common fall calls to learn is the , Assembly Call , Cluck , Kee-Kee , Kee-Kee-Run , Yelp , Gobbler yelps

The Assembly Call is the call a Boss Hen makes to regroup her poults after they have wondered off. This call is very common in a Scatter or a Bust of a family flock. It is alot of yelping and done with some excitement in the call.

Cluck , is an attection getter , it means Look to the turkeys.

Kee-Kee and Kee-Kee-Run , is the whistle the same call but with a yelp at the end of the whistle. This is the call that Poults will do after the Bust. The call sounds a little like Pee-Pee-Pee and then Yelp.

Yelp , is just a plain Yelp like one would do in the spring.

Gobbler Yelps , These are a very course Yelp (deeper in sound) and drawn out , slower then the plain yelp. Most times a gobbler will only make 2-3 yelps at one time.

When hunting Gobblers it can be very timely hunt , sometimes it can take hours and at other times days to regroup them.

Most hunters find Family flocks easyer to hunt. After a bust, the hunt can start only in munites. The younger birds tend to regroup as soon as possible, after the bust. An evening bust can be successfull aswell , busting the birds at the roost and being setup before morning light is a good practice. This Tastic is one that is over looked in the spring season.

The hunter wants to bust the flock up the best he can scattering birds in all directions. You want to setup at the bust up point or as close to it as possible. Most times the hunter wants to call the same way as the birds do trying to regroup. Keeping an ear for the area birds and a good eye on the closes sounding birds. The hunter should have his gun in place before the bird comes into view. A good clean head shot from your shotgun in range, will make you becaome a successfull Fall Turkey hunter.

Decoys in the fall:

After a busted flock the fall hunter can also setup one or two decoys at the bust spot and call the same way as the scattered birds trying to regroup. Keeping in mind a gobbler flock can be very timely, as gobblers can take hours and even days to regroup.

Flock Setups, can also be used with 6-12 decoys at this time. Setting up as close to a roosting area as possible without the chance of spooking birds and mimicking the calls of the local birds can be very effective.
This can give the younger birds a veiw that the flock is getting togeather, and make them feel safe to approach the setup.

Adrian J Hare , QuakerBoy Game Calls