RE: Drumming
 

O.K. 10-4, Yea, when they seem to get excitted I will hear that, in fact on the bird I got this year I had the opportunity to watch and listen to him for 20 minutes in close before I shot, heard the " drumming" several times, I just never heard it called that, thanks for the reply:)

RE: Drumming
 

PPPHHHHT....vrooom! (soft sound--NOTHING like a grouse)
is the best I can do on the keyboard. I' ve tried making this sound when there were a couple of jakes around me (that I was gonna pass up anyway)--as an experiment. One of them gobbled at me and the other left in a hurry---so that' s a 50-50 split on THAT experiment! (so characteristic of turkey hunting--unpredictable).

Someday you have a gobbler in close and you will be able to witness this for yourself and you WILL see him kind of shudder or vibrate when he makes the " vroom" part of this call.

Also, if you hear this sound but you can' t see him yet...make sure you' re ready because is going to be VERY close...best of luck to you and get back to this board with your observations:)

RE: Drumming
 

In all my years of turkey huntin, I' ve never heard a tom drummin. I' ve heard the spit many times, but I guess my ears are just not good enough to hear the drummin.