Which one do you use more of???
 

Was reading through T.R.' s tips segment of the forum here at bbs and was wondering which one of the 4 yelps of the wild turkey do you use more of during the spring season!A clear understanding of these vocalizations can make the turkey hunter a better turkey caller by making these vocalizations in the right time and (place,situation) afield!;)Here' s the choices...
tree yelp
plain yelp
lost yelp
assembly yelp..

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in the morning i' ll do the tree yelp and then do a fly down, but then i tend to use the lost yelp......never heard of the assembly yelp..and if i have , i didn' t know it:)...where can i get audio of it?

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Bob, I tend to use the Plain Yelp and add my own emotion to it. As a Compation caller I tend to practice Stage talk in the yelp as I work birds, not sure if it works , but some birds fall for it ;)

huntnma
the Assembly Yelp is a long series of yelps with an excited faster yelping emotion. This call can have up to 12-15 yelps in the call, also a good call that will work in spring aswell as the fall...BT

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Good point BB on the Kee-Kee ,, I use it aswell on windy days. [:-]...BT

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I tend to stay away from the yelp due to the fact that most hunters learn how to yelp before any other call. I have found that soft clucks and purrs work better because most hunters stay away from those types of calls. But that is only my opinion.
I have put a yelp or two in the middle of my cutting which really makes it sound as if thought hen is excited.

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thanks.....i know that one :D i just thought it was excited.......lol......i' m still learning, but like pat...i usually don' t do that much yelping........

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Plain yelper here as well!! Along with a good dose of Cluck' s and Cutt' s as well!! I guess I call very similar to BT!!;)

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The plain yelp i use more of:) But we use them all during the course of the day;) with the possible exception of the assembly call, which is more of a fall call:D

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From what I understand, the assembly yelp is actually particularized to each hen and her brood, which means, to me at least, that an assembly yelp will be pretty ineffective, as I have never raised a brood of turkeys. I think they are used in turkey calling contests, but I don' t think they are of value in spring turkey hunting, for sure.

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I use the assembly yely a lot in the fall,after I scatter a bunch or at fly down time.it works good then.I don' t use it much in the spring.
I like a lot of purrs and feeding chatter in the spring.

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The plain yelp works for me most of the time. I throw in a series of cutts now and then to liven things up a bit.

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For me, it all depends on the situation. This spring I used a tactic in Wisconsin that has been successful before. A first light I walked along the edge of a field about 20 yards in the woods and yelped as I walked along. I' d stop every so often and yelp, then walk along. I want to sound and act like a hen walking along as much as possible. I covered the one side of the field and setup on a lower edge of the back. Just when I sat down a gobbler sounded off and eventually came in.

Earlier this spring, I was setup with my camera and call one morning getting some practice in before my hunts. It was a park reserve where hunting isn' t allowed so I' d spent some mornings out there observing and calling. I setup close to a gobbler who was roosted and after gobbling for awhile I called to him. He responded and so did the hen sitting next to him. I mimicked her calls and as she got louder so did I. She was really getting mad that I was infringing on her turf and flew down to within about 5 yards of me. She called again a few times and then got spooky and flew off. I got a chance to hear her up close and will remember that for a long time to come.

Typically in the morning I' ll try a few soft yelps, flap my homemade turkey wing on the branches, and start clucking/purring a little. Scratching leaves. It worked on my Minnesota hunt this year as a late season gobbler took what he could find and that was me!!

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I use the lost yelp more than anything. I also use the " I sat on a pointed stick" yelp.[:o]

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I USE COMBINATIONS OF PLAIN YELPS AND CUTS.