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#81

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by ScottTaulbee - January 05, 2026, 11:56:06 AM

One thing everyone is missing in this discussion, is the assumption that turkeys hear the same thing we do. I spent years studying the sound each call makes including several hours in a recording studio and I came to the conclusion the they don't. I think its not the sound we hear but how the sound is made. Just the rambling of a old wore out call maker.

Lot's of wisdom in those ramblings!!!

Yessir !!! 

Another thought I've had over the years .....and it applies to ALL calls.  Not just trumpets.  But, "that one call" that just had a tom eating it up ??  Going berserk ??  Is it because "that one call" has the tone qualities (whether WE can hear it or not) of a particular REAL hen that he knows ??  Some "local gal"....

Dunno.  If I DID know, I'd write a book and become rich and famous....instead of poor and infamous.

I've often thought the same thing. When you go through your call line up and never get a response and then you pull out a particular one and a gobbler comes unglued and seemingly appears out of the sky, if that call sounded like a local hen he's been gallivanting with.


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#82

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by Yoder409 - January 05, 2026, 11:46:09 AM

One thing everyone is missing in this discussion, is the assumption that turkeys hear the same thing we do. I spent years studying the sound each call makes including several hours in a recording studio and I came to the conclusion the they don't. I think its not the sound we hear but how the sound is made. Just the rambling of a old wore out call maker.

Lot's of wisdom in those ramblings!!!

Yessir !!! 

Another thought I've had over the years .....and it applies to ALL calls.  Not just trumpets.  But, "that one call" that just had a tom eating it up ??  Going berserk ??  Is it because "that one call" has the tone qualities (whether WE can hear it or not) of a particular REAL hen that he knows ??  Some "local gal"....

Dunno.  If I DID know, I'd write a book and become rich and famous....instead of poor and infamous. 

#83

General Forum / Re: Prayers Needed / Billy Bui...

Last post by bbcoach - January 05, 2026, 11:18:28 AM

Lifted him up Greg.  Keep us informed please.

#84

General Forum / Re: Prayers Needed / Billy Bui...

Last post by Notsoyoungturk - January 05, 2026, 11:13:40 AM

  Prayers

#85

General Forum / Re: NWTF 2026

Last post by Notsoyoungturk - January 05, 2026, 11:11:57 AM

If you don't want to pay the Opryland parking charge or parking is full, you can always park across the street and take the shuttle.  There is also a mall behind it.  Some people will park at the mall and walk in.

#86

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by Yoder409 - January 05, 2026, 10:16:00 AM

You already walk around with your hand in your pocket too much as it is

I wrote that one down, lol!!!

        

#87

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by EZ - January 05, 2026, 10:10:19 AM

One thing everyone is missing in this discussion, is the assumption that turkeys hear the same thing we do. I spent years studying the sound each call makes including several hours in a recording studio and I came to the conclusion the they don't. I think its not the sound we hear but how the sound is made. Just the rambling of a old wore out call maker.

Lot's of wisdom in those ramblings!!!

#88

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by bbcoach - January 05, 2026, 09:48:42 AM

Bob, I have always wondered about what you just posted.  I posted about Redwad's dog post, wondering what the dog hears, and I've always wondered if turkeys gobble to a certain frequency.  We always talk about the hen in our heads so...  IMPO, I get a lot of gobbling from calls that have a thump in them like a Bass has.  Just my observations. 

#89

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by Dr Juice - January 05, 2026, 08:43:52 AM

Hydrate

#90

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by ol bob - January 05, 2026, 08:31:27 AM

One thing everyone is missing in this discussion, is the assumption that turkeys hear the same thing we do. I spent years studying the sound each call makes including several hours in a recording studio and I came to the conclusion the they don't. I think its not the sound we hear but how the sound is made. Just the rambling of a old wore out call maker.