I've been hunting for years, and just now decided to tune my skills for some reason lol
Great hunters are always trying to improve their skill set. I'm 60 yrs old and still work at it... after all, there is no graduation day at the school of turkey hunting! I collect and read a TON of turkey books always looking for other's experiences that mirror my own. It's probably true that most modern hunters call "Too long and too loud." On the other hand, the real old timers were probably too conservative. My Missouri mentor never yelped more than five syllables, always preceded by a light whistle almost like a kee, and always softer than I would call. He is such a turkey killer that I'm surprised there were any left when I finally got down there in 1994.
I have received the best gobbler responses from a four note yelp sequence with the second syllable being the loudest by far, trailing off to almost nothing. (Now I'm giving away some secrets). Try it. Most hunters use five to seven syllables or more when yelping and I think a shortened sequence is something the turkeys don't hear as often (at least from hunters). BTW- some nice looking calls on that website!
shoot straight-
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