More on YouTube Turkey Hunting

[GobbleNut]

More and more YouTube videos on turkey hunting keep popping up.  Seems like they are everywhere.  The one glaring conclusion I have come to in watching a bunch of them is that good calling ability really isn't all that important.  There are a lot of folks calling and killing gobblers whose calling abilities I could only describe as sounding marginally like a turkey, to put it politely. 

Don't get me wrong.  There are a number of great callers and hunters on YouTube (many of which participate here),...but there are also quite a number that, to be perfectly honest, are really pretty awful.  Yet, the gobblers keep coming and dying.  Go figure....

[guesswho]

I've not watched any, but would take a wild guess and say visual aids played a part in some of their successes.   

[Ozarks Hillbilly]

If you get on the right bird when the time is right you can call him in with a loose staple in a barb wire fence or a squeaky gate hinge.

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[Tail Feathers]

I agree.  I've heard some pretty bad calling on TV shows and some Youtube videos as well. But sometimes it works!

[Turkeyman]

I've always stated that on a scale of "1 to 5", if your calling is a "3" but your turkey woodsmanship is a "5" you'll kill more turkeys than the other way around.

[Stickbow98]

Most REAL hens probably wouldn't even "place" in a calling contest. Some of the most god awful series of yelps and squawks I've ever heard have been from live hens, and the gobblers still responded!

[Pluffmud]

You gotta put the belly crawl on 'em bo!

[Jstocks]

The one where the boy shoots the turkey out the air after they miss him 2 different times and he takes off running down a trail by a field to shoot the turkey.......
Not saying I ain't done some dumb stuff, but dadgum I'm glad it ain't on camera.

[LaLongbeard]

One show in particular, not going to mention the name due to soft people getting upset, but that guys mouth calling and owl hooting is absolutely horrible, yet he's still killing Gobblers. Every time a Gobbler answers his yelps I'm astounded. Obviously competition calling is not required. On the flip side the current "hero" is actually a competition caller and he's not doing any better percentage wise than the other guy as a matter of fact if you only watch the same number of shows per "expert" the guy with the bad calling is actually ahead lol. Should give anybody struggling with calls some inspiration.

[eggshell]

So we now know how Gobblennut is spending his shelter at home time  . what else are you watching? As for me I have this habit of watching and posting on certain internet forums....hmmm, do I have a disease? Is there a support group for over-indulging on old gobbler? I guess it's better than being addicted to porn!

Yeah, I have thought the same thing for years and wondered, what makes people want to be seen doing something that obviously they don't do well. I have never for one moment ever thought that I wanted a video posted for the world to see of me doing something which obviously I am not good at. Actually I never had the desire to video a hunt. I don't mind that some do, but I do appreciate that it's at least marginally good. One of the things that comes with old age is you quit giving a damn what people think of you and do what you enjoy more than what others expect from you.

[Greg Massey]

Youtube, guns , TSS, decoys, camo, calls, vest or satchels , it's all part of the game now.. a lot of these items have taken the place of becoming a better caller to point. But it still takes some knowledge and woodsmanship to be successful. Some of the Youtube video's are pretty good with showing calling and the importance of cadence and patience. Let's take decoys , it's a lot more to it than just flopping decoy out and waiting on a turkey, setup is key regardless what equipment your using.

[Hobbes]

I used to cringe at some of the calling until I listened to my own.     If it took great calling with a lot of different vocalizations, I probably would have to sneak on turkeys.  I basically use one vocalization, yelps.  Soft yelps, loud yelps, fast excited yelps, etc.  I throw in a few cuts every now and again for good measure.  I am hunting dumb and easy Western turkeys, so maybe that's how I get by with it.

[Spurs]

I've not watched any, but would take a wild guess and say visual aids played a part in some of their successes.

While many of the YT channels do use decoys a BUNCH, there is an obvious change in the norm.  Many this past year or two have been ditching them.  And there have been a few mentions from a couple of those channels that they decided to leave them.  The best reason, which is why I ditched them years ago, is because they also saw the decoys hindering their ability to move into better positions.

I love YT channels like Pinhoti, THP, catman, and Calling all Turkey.  I will definitely admit that they have all driven me to work on my calling and expanding my knowledge.  But it's just like many things out there, you have to recognize it's a show, and people with a voice will always have their own opinion what is the "right way".

[howl]

I've not watched any, but would take a wild guess and say visual aids played a part in some of their successes.

Watched one the other day, bad calling and they tried to use a visual aid but they set up so bad it wouldn't have helped. Bad calling, bad setup, no cover and they still killed the bird. Of course, they shot it in strut and had to chase it down the hill.

There's no point to this post. Just had to share that junk!

[howl]

I used to cringe at some of the calling until I listened to my own.     If it took great calling with a lot of different vocalizations, I probably would have to sneak on turkeys.  I basically use one vocalization, yelps.  Soft yelps, loud yelps, fast excited yelps, etc.  I throw in a few cuts every now and again for good measure.  I am hunting dumb and easy Western turkeys, so maybe that's how I get by with it.

Watched your videos. You sound like those birds. I don't sound anything like that. I'm taking notes for if I ever hunt those areas.