turkey sounds
 

First, I would like to thank BOSSTOM for his listing of sounds and their definitions. And a thanks to BURCH for the link to vaturkey.com for the downloadable sound files. Now I'm going to go out on a limb ( no pun intended ) on these turkey sounds and say that I don't see it possible to make the kee kee or purr sounds on a mouth call. Am I right? ( yelp,cutt,cluck,cackle,yelp,putt are possible on a mouth call)

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With a little practice you'll be able to make any sound a live turkey makes on a mouth call.Even a gobble.To kee-kee form your mouth just like you are goin to whistle.It helps to have a call with very thin latex.To purr it's kinda like blowin air over your lips makin a horse sound.Not everybody makes calls the same way so the other guys can probally tell ya a diffrent way or at least explain it better.

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..Just for me,i picked the KEE-KEE-run up right off the start,just can not get that ...PUR....:)...

..JESUS IS COMING BACK BE READY...

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Mike, That purrin has to be the hardest call to try to explain to somebody but you done good.

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F-I-C,maybe I can help a little here,I must be one of the lucky ones because for me the purr was not only one of the first but easiest calls to make on a diaphragm turkey call.The real key to using a diaphragm is making sure you have a good seal around the call at the roof of your mouth that no air is getting around the call.If air does get around your call,it wont work to its capabilties.It will also prevent you from properly making good turkey talk.Make sure your using a call that fits stationary at the roof of your mouth as this will help in solving this problem.I have seen the purr done on a diaphragm in 3 different ways.1.With your lips.2.With the tip of your tongue.3.With your throat,using like a gargling technique.The easiest for me is using the tip of my tongue.I keep pressure on the call with the middle of my tongue like saying the letter K,and I curl the tip of my tongue up to the roof of my mouth just behind my front teeth and blow a steady flow of air,while flittering my tongue.Once again if you have a good seal around your call you wont have to blow very hard to make any turkey sound especially on calls with light or less reeds.Dont over blow your call.If your having to blow hard to get sounds then air is getting around your call.The harder you press on your call with the middle of your tongue the higher the pitch.Maybe one of these 3 ways will work for ya,"hope so".Practice is the key,lots of it at the start.The more your call is in your mouth the more you will feel comfortable with it.Keep that air flow going through the call and tongue and not around it and you will eventually be able to make all turkey talk as GC said, with alot of practice.Hope this helps! :)

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I'll take a Kick at the Cat here on exsplaining the Purr

If a hunter can gargle with like mouth wash , that is the same way you use a mouth call with a Purr. by placeing the call in your mouth do not apply a lot of presure and do a dry gargle , then slowly and lightly apply persure to the latex reeds allowing the vibration to travel between the tongue and the reeds,stop when the pitch sounds right. By closing down your mouth opening this will allow the sound to quiet down and only give a small opening to come out making it easyer to control the call. Its the throat viberations on the call that make the Purr. Enough practice you can do a fighting Purr on a mouth call aswell and the Purr and Cluck....BT Hows that ! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Edited by - BOSSTOM on 01/13/2002 07:49:02

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BT gargle mouthwash through your call!<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>LOL!Got a friend of mine that uses this same technique,and sweet talks em right in. :)

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Thanx for all the input! I can't wait until I get to go to Gander Mountain now and get my bow reworked and pick up my new calls!
F-I-C