a turkeys hearing
 

I always knew turkeys possessed great hearing,
but I didnt really phathom how great until yesterday.
I came across 2 hens feeding on some rye about 150 yards or more
down an old logging road. I hid behind a blowdown and watched them
with my binoculars. As I was watching the birds I scratched the bark on the tree with my fingernail. Both hens stopped feeding and stared my direction. I waited until they started feeding again and tried it agagain. They stared my direction again. I kept doing this and gradually did it lighter and lighter until the hens finally coulnt hear it. It makes me wonder how far those gobblers hear these turkey calls in the spring

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Try this the next time you roost a bird
in the evening. When you hear a gobbler fly
up to his roost in the evening. Try to approach
to within 100 yards to a spot that would make a good
morning setup. Flap a turkey wing vigerously and make
3 or 4 yelps. when you return the next morning that gobbler will
remember that a hen was there the previous evening and he will
almost land on top of you. My grandfather taught me this and
I have gotten several hard to hunt birds over the years with this
technique. I sometimes sneak in the mornings and dont even call or
anything and the gobblers practically fly down into my lap.
My grandfather told me that the reason many older/more wary
toms fly down and walk directly away from a hunter in the mornings
is because he didnt hear that hen fly up to the roost the evening before and a hen that just pops up out of nowhere sometimes makes
these old toms a little more wary. I believe it.

RE: a turkeys hearing
 

Benhuntin, that is some excellent food for thought. That is another technique that a person could try when the going gets tough. I'm always open to new suggestions that have worked for others. IMO, you can't ever learn too much about the ways of the wild turkey.

RE: a turkeys hearing
 

No doubt about it,a wild turkeys as well as most wildlifes ability to not only hear but pinpoint sound is truly amazing.Many mistakes are made by hunters calling to loud when a gobblers in tight or on the roost!Old gobblers learn how to pattern hunters and get wise to waking up every morning to be yelped,clucked,and flydown cackled at.Some of the best calls to a roosted woodwise gobbler,are either not to call at him on the roost at all and meet him at his strutzone, or use a wing and as BB suggested rub limbs or wings together!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Monarch isn't a butterfly it's the King of the Spring!

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Hearing, is what stops or slows a hunt faster then any other mistake in this sport. Most hunter make to much noise when getting to there setup. We had a question on this over at the TSO site...BT

I like them with Long Sharp Spurs....

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here's an example of how great a turkey can here with pinpoint
accuracy.

you can here a turkey gobble 300yds away on the roost.
sit down right where your standin, and yelp 3 times on
a box call, and never call again. that turkey can come
right straight to where your sittin. gauarntee ya!!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Ward Burton-- Daytona 500 winner--
go Cat-22

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Ben huntin-- excellent advice. I'll have to put that little trick
in my brain bank.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

ps- I beleive it to.

Ward Burton-- Daytona 500 winner--
go Cat-22

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Ben,
What a great tip! Can't wait to try it! Much mahalos!