Turky Sounds?
#1
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Spike
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OK. So, i got me a mouth call and a box call, Being browsing the net for suggestions and how to (simple decent one like this how to make turkey sounds) but it's hard to master it.
Not sure about the quality of the sounds but while using box it seams like it takes me forever to make change from box to riffle. How do you do it without making a sound?
Not sure about the quality of the sounds but while using box it seams like it takes me forever to make change from box to riffle. How do you do it without making a sound?
#4
There is a CD out called the Kings of Spring.
It is a CD packed with real voice of many different turkeys. It does have some real good footage of the Spit and Drum. That low hum one needs to know when the bird comes to you in strut.
JW
It is a CD packed with real voice of many different turkeys. It does have some real good footage of the Spit and Drum. That low hum one needs to know when the bird comes to you in strut.
JW
#5
Hard to hear and the first time it happened many years ago I thought I was hearing things. I could hear it but couldn't see the bird. He ended up dead after he came into view but I had a good closeup of how they make that sound. Lots of feathers quivering and quite a sight.
#6
Due to my age, job, hobbies, I have lost quite a bit of hearing high tones. Low tones not so much.
I heard drumming this year far more than the bird actually gobbling. 12 out of 14 birds I got came in silent. No gobbles. 6 of those came in drumming. The other 6 totally silent.
They all came in strutting.
And I heard drumming which was driving me nuts only to see the bird 115 yards out. I watched his strut and resultant drum. I ranged the bird as I didn't believe I could hear that.
out that distance.
If you don't learn to recognize that low hum...that sound....good chance you will move at the wrong time.
JW
I heard drumming this year far more than the bird actually gobbling. 12 out of 14 birds I got came in silent. No gobbles. 6 of those came in drumming. The other 6 totally silent.
They all came in strutting.
And I heard drumming which was driving me nuts only to see the bird 115 yards out. I watched his strut and resultant drum. I ranged the bird as I didn't believe I could hear that.
out that distance.
If you don't learn to recognize that low hum...that sound....good chance you will move at the wrong time.
JW
Last edited by JW; 06-11-2016 at 05:46 AM.
#7
Back to Ainu_Jackson's original question, yes, going from using a box call back to having your gun ready isn't easy. Try to sit in a position that allows you to keep your gun in a ready position without having your hands on the gun at all times. My turkey vest has a gun stock holder on it that helps keep the gun close to my shoulder and I just rest the end of the barrel on a piece of wood or something. The best option is to just master the mouth call and you won't have to worry about the box call. Box calls are better for longer distance while mouth calls allow you to use it hands free without making any movements while you have a turkey close or within range. Practice, practice, practice.
#8
Back to Ainu_Jackson's original question, yes, going from using a box call back to having your gun ready isn't easy. Try to sit in a position that allows you to keep your gun in a ready position without having your hands on the gun at all times. My turkey vest has a gun stock holder on it that helps keep the gun close to my shoulder and I just rest the end of the barrel on a piece of wood or something. The best option is to just master the mouth call and you won't have to worry about the box call. Box calls are better for longer distance while mouth calls allow you to use it hands free without making any movements while you have a turkey close or within range. Practice, practice, practice.
Agree! I normally use the box call as a locator or long distance call. Once the bird starts coming in I'll switch to the mouth (diaphragm) call to seal the deal. If your in a blind its not that big of a deal but there is a lot less movement with the mouth call than the box call.
#9
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Spike
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Box calls are better for longer distance while mouth calls allow you to use it hands free without making any movements while you have a turkey close or within range.



