Wondering if anyone can tell me what the bubble cluck is. Is that referring to the really shoft cluck that almost sounds like a drop of water falling into a puddle. Hard to explain exactly but thats about the only "bubble" sounding cluck I've heard.
That is the first time I have heard that term in 40 years of turkey hunting. Somebody is pulling your string.
Brantley, yes the sound you're describing is what people refer to as a bubble cluck.
Thanks. Never heard that one until a few days ago.
Like silvestris, I had never heard any turkey sound referred to as a "bubble cluck" until about six months ago. Don't know who came up with it, but as soon as I heard the term, however, I knew exactly what it was in reference to. That is about as accurate a description of the sound as I can think of.
It is just simply referring to the hollow, popping clucks that turkeys make,...and from my experience, those are very difficult to produce accurately by most callers on most calls. As was stated in the thread on the two-note yelp, we rarely discuss the importance of realistic-sounding clucking,...instead, focusing on yelping or other calls...and in my opinion, being able to reproduce a "bubble cluck" at the right time is just as important, if not more so, than making a realistic yelp.
So now that we know what the "bubble-cluck" is, how is it accomplished on a diaphragm call?
There is a song bird that I have not identified that produces this sound very well. Hard for me to distinguish the difference.
There is a song bird that I have not identified that produces this sound very well. Hard for me to distinguish the difference.
Quote from: GobbleNut on February 22, 2015, 09:14:47 PM
It is just simply referring to the hollow, popping clucks that turkeys make,...and from my experience, those are very difficult to produce accurately by most callers on most calls.
This sounds like what I think of as the "walnut bouncing off a log cluck". I read that description somewhere, maybe here, and it stuck. Is that the same sound? Of the various calls I've attempted this with, the closest I can come is with a trumpet.
Quote from: silvestris on February 22, 2015, 05:13:52 PM
That is the first time I have heard that term in 40 years of turkey hunting. Somebody is pulling your string.
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I know a couple of hens with a "bubble butt" but never heard a rendition of a bubble cluck 8)
JBIRD22 posted a sound sample of the bubble cluck on the 2-note yelp thread -- http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,51078.0.html
BGD
That's a Scott Ellis terminology, it's a soft "bubbly" half cluck. A tree roost sound sometimes. Sometimes ain't enough to worry about it. Tree calls vary n so do fly downs
Quote from: Rapscallion Vermilion on February 23, 2015, 10:27:00 AM
Quote from: GobbleNut on February 22, 2015, 09:14:47 PM
It is just simply referring to the hollow, popping clucks that turkeys make,...and from my experience, those are very difficult to produce accurately by most callers on most calls.
This sounds like what I think of as the "walnut bouncing off a log cluck". I read that description somewhere, maybe here, and it stuck. Is that the same sound? Of the various calls I've attempted this with, the closest I can come is with a trumpet.
I think they are one and the same,...It's just a lot easier to say "bubble cluck". :laugh:
A bubble cluck is usually the last thing he hears from me, right before I bust his bubble. Sometimes I just tell him not to put his head up, they never listen.
I've read somewhere that the term "jake" originated in Arkansas.
Quote from: guesswho on February 23, 2015, 01:55:54 PM
A bubble cluck is usually the last thing he hears from me, right before I bust his bubble. Sometimes I just tell him not to put his head up, they never listen.
:icon_thumright: That's what I always thoughts a bubble cluck was, too!! :TooFunny:
BGD
The sound I assume people are talking about isn't made by a turkey.
Quote from: howl on February 25, 2015, 12:10:36 AM
The sound I assume people are talking about isn't made by a turkey.
I had never heard of the term, but as soon as I heard the description, I knew immediately what it was referring to---and yes, turkeys do make the noise.
Quote from: Hooksfan on February 25, 2015, 11:02:11 AM
Quote from: howl on February 25, 2015, 12:10:36 AM
The sound I assume people are talking about isn't made by a turkey.
I had never heard of the term, but as soon as I heard the description, I knew immediately what it was referring to---and yes, turkeys do make the noise.
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Maybe there is an inside joke somewhere that I am not in on, as I have never heard the term before, but the description of the sound is similar to the cluck that I classify as a contentment cluck and you will hear it most often when the birds are extremely close and either roosted or feeding. Sounds almost like a water dripping from a faucet. :goofball:
I hear competition callers make the sound regularly in their runs, but I've never seen a "how to" video or other example on how to exactly make it on a mouth call. I can get a sound on a ghost cut that is close, but it's not exactly that "water drop" sound. As an earlier poster asked, can anyone explain how you make the sound?
Never heard of the term, but I haven't been at this as long as others on this forum. I have, however, heard the phrase "like popping a bubble" when using a mouth call to cluck. I have heard it described like a softer version of a cutt.
Quote from: Bowguy on February 23, 2015, 12:00:48 PM
That's a Scott Ellis terminology, it's a soft "bubbly" half cluck. A tree roost sound sometimes. Sometimes ain't enough to worry about it. Tree calls vary n so do fly downs
This...
I've only heard it from roosted birds...more in the fall than spring...
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We had the squealing hen now the bubble cluck caller coming. I can see it already. Lol.... :funnyturkey: