gobbler sound ?
This spring while working 2 gobblers in a field with live hens I was able to call the gobblers to within shooting range. The setup was not perfect but had no choice since the birds were above us in the field and I couldn't see the birds as they came in. Anyway as I was calling the gobblers were coming and gobbling as they did. It was clear that there was 2 different bird doing the gobbling. When they got really close I heard a sound that I don't know what it was and which bird made it. The sound was like a cough or a start of a gobble that was cut short. It was deep and raspy but short. I should tell you 1 bird was a jake and the other a longbeard. My guess it was the jake who made the sound after being put in his palce by the longbeard. Anyone ever heard such a sound or your thought on what it was?