This past weekend was opening turkey season here in California. I'm a beginning turkey hunter and I'm not sure if I was hearing turkeys or not. I got a number of single yelps in response to my calling and while on the move, I even saw a jake or hen running through an open area in the woods. When I called to it - I got another single yelp. I never did hear any gobbles. By late morning I did hear some consistent cutting - but it was far away. Any advice from you guys would be helpful - was what I heard a turkey?

Thanks!

Ron
Palm Springs, California

Do you know if there were other hunters in the area?

Don't think there were other hunters around - this happened while scouting last week too. Also, numerous locations.

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It was only one yelp and what ever was making the yelp came within about 40 yards of one of the places I setup - then spooked and I could hear it moving away from me (it covered some ground pretty fast!).

Without a recording, I can't be sure that what you heard was a turkey.

But, What on earth were you doing calling while scouting? Not meaning to scold, but never, never call while scouting. All you will accomplish is to educate the turkeys -- even if you get a response.

In any event, the sound you want to hear is a gobble. THAT, you will have no doubt about when you hear it.

Good luck

..Just a guess,if it spooked you herd a loud alarm cluck,and then it was gone...one
single loud note,and yes sometimes it could sound like a single yelp..[:-][:-]

Doesn't Bigfoot live out there in California?? Maybe that's what you heard!!!

I think Totoe is right you probably heard an alarm putt. Sometimes a sharp putt will sounded like someone pulling a cork out of a bottle a yelp is much longer sound.

Maybe.....An echo