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Kevin
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« on: March 08, 2010, 10:01:52 PM » |
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The 2010 Arkansas turkey hunting season is only about a month away, and now is the perfect time to fine-tuning your turkey hunting strategies. Certainly, the most important aspect of turkey hunting is imitating the sound of a turkey as accurately as possible. No matter what kind of call you use (box, mouth, slate, etc.) one inaccurate mimic and you're chance at a big tom can end before you even know what happened.
With Arkansas turkey hunting just weeks away, let's take a look at some of the most common types of turkey sounds, what they mean, and when to use them.
Yelp or Cluck - The basic sound of a hen, you'll hear hens yelp in a number of situations. The bottom line is, this is a great general call to alert gobblers to your presence and to start drawing him in. Cluck or yelp in counts of three to five.
Hen Cut - Similar to the yelp/cluck, yet louder and more urgent. Hens use this call when they are in search of other birds, and when they are excited.
Purr - The turkey's version of a cat's purr. Turkey's make this soft rolling sound signifies contentment. You can keep n incoming turkey calm by mimicking its purr. Often you'll hear feeding turkeys add a single cluck before the purr.
Putt - Basically the opposite of the purr in both sound and signal, the putt is a single, sharp note turkeys will repeat one right after the other, signifying danger. If you hear a turkey putting, chances are you've been spotted. Don't try to call or save the day, just sit still and see if things calm down. You may also sometimes hear intermittent putts between yelps and purrs. In this case, this does not signal danger.
Cackle - Hens oftentimes make cackle sounds as they are flying down off the roost. The fly-down cackle of the hen has been called the true mating call. It sounds just like a yelp, except it gets faster and faster as the hen pulls the limb and flies to the ground, then taper off and slows down as she lands.
Tree Yelp - A very soft yelp, hens make this call before they fly down from the roost. If you have a gobble roosted, try to get into position and make this call before he flies down. Works great with a wing flap sound.
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