I have read that you can call in a gobbler using only yelps.
Has anybody found this to be true?
Yep.
Why would you want to? I guess I don't understand the question really. If he is fired up to yelping, I suppose, but if he hangs up a little, I would not yelp at him if he is pretty close. Not usually at least.
Which yelps ? Gobbler or Hen, I find 1 of the 2 to be very deadly if I were limited to yelping only...
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I did not realize that there were gobbler and hen yelps. I assume whichever average, everyday yelps that you make with a mouth call?
I just know that on the NWTF website, under the call samples, it says that if you can yelp, you can call in a gobbler.
Yes you can easily call in gobblers using only hen yelps. Many people used to live by the mantra "yelp 3 times and shut up."
However, early in the season, or if spring is late and birds are still a little ganged up, or henned-up for that matter, I believe that gobbler yelping may be the deadliest call you can put on them.
Learn how to gobbler yelp and do fighting purr calls.
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I have a buddy who only purrs and clucks
And shoots a lot of big birds by just doing
That!!!!
Quote from: deerbasshunter3 on March 11, 2015, 09:59:37 PM
I did not realize that there were gobbler and hen yelps. I assume whichever average, everyday yelps that you make with a mouth call?
I just know that on the NWTF website, under the call samples, it says that if you can yelp, you can call in a gobbler.
When I first started turkey hunting I went years without feeling confidant in mouth calls. Once I tried to use them hunting the only thing I could do was cluck and yelp. Many a bird died to me hearing one gobble then sneaking close as I thought I could doing a 3-5 note yelp and waiting for a response. If he gobbled at me I did it agian. If he was closer I would shut up and wait. Last year I killed two or three birds using only hen yelps. They all came in fast. I don't think a turkey reasons at all, he is not going to turn away thinking "that hen failed to fly down cackle" or "I didn't hear a feeding purr from that one, run away!" Don't scream at them and if you think you've over called, you did, ten minutes ago.
I am hunting Rio's in California...
Never heard a live hen purr before, but I know that a hesitant tom has reacted to it a few times..
The primary sound I hear is yelping, and the toms sure seem to react to those live birds... I have heard hens cut quite a bit, and I have also noted that when they do so, they are on their way to the toms (probably in response to my calling). I have heard a lot of clucking as well, and it seems to be a contented call.
I have had a couple lone hens come into my spread... I notice when they are on the move, they tend to cut, and when they are looking for company in a stationary spot they seem to yelp more... I tend to yelp more, but I have done my share of clucking and cuttin' (especially when trying to make another hen angry).
If I could only do one sound on a turkey call, it would be a yelp... I imagine this would vary regionally and by species though.
You could choose the not use any calls and just decoy them in fields
You could only use a box call and never buy another call
You could do nothing but cluck and purr on a pot call
You could stalk of out the sneak on birds to get in range
Anyone of these methods could easily produce birds for a hunter every single year. But why limit yourself learn as many tactics, and calls as you can
Quote from: TauntoHawk on March 11, 2015, 11:20:34 PM
Anyone of these methods could easily produce birds for a hunter every single year. But why limit yourself learn as many tactics, and calls as you can
Of course nobody would purposely limit themselves... But, I will say, that I do believe it is better to use one call proficiently than to use a variety of calls or sounds poorly... I can tell you, that as I was learning to cut or purr on a mouth call, that doing such in the field would have been to my disadvantage.
So I would say that proficiency is a limiting factor as far as utilizing a variety of calls or sounds.
Yes...
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The birds in my area will sometimes respond to yelps but more often soft clucks gets them to the gun. I don't hear much hen yelping either. They just soft cluck. Not sure why, predators or pressure maybe. We have a lot of both. Listen to what the hens are doing.
yes you can kill birds with just a yelp. some days if you sound remotely like a hen , they will break their neck running to you. depends on the birds mood at the time. turkeys being turkeys.
Last year I took a two birds by giving 3 note very soft yelps. I threw in a few clucks here and there. These wary public land birds responded very well to it. I called once to every three times they gobbled at me.
For me... Less is more when it comes to calling.
I am trying to get proficient at different calls but will always use what works. I believe you have to "nurse" turkeys, take their temp and go from there.
Yes yelps only will work,but remember its always better to have more than one call you can make.Even if you think you dont sound great,dont hesitate to try different sounds.I know its cliched' but real turkeys dont always sound real good either.Remember its more of learning turkey cadence and rhythm than just sound alone.
Gobbler yelps can be deadly also.Same as a hen yelp basically,just a little deeper sound and a slower cadence.
Quote from: deerbasshunter3 on March 11, 2015, 08:57:46 PM
I have read that you can call in a gobbler using only yelps.
Has anybody found this to be true?
Yes, and I have. Usually it happens unintentionally for me. That is, I'll be having a bum morning and be out and about trying to drum something up. I'll be yelping every 15 minutes or so and a gobbler will come up on me silently. The last time this happened, I was out enjoying a warm rainy morning at the end of season, and not expecting much. I just sat in the same spot and yelped on the quarter hour and read a book. After 3 hours and enumerable rain squalls, I looked up and there was a gob staring me down at 30 yards-- had me dead to rights. I managed to get a tail feather out of the deal.
In a word, yes.
Sometimes the most basic tactics ate the deadliest.
Absolutely. If you pay close attention to footage from Denny Gulvas, you'll notice that he yelps 95 plus percent of the time.
Quote from: jakesdad on March 12, 2015, 02:21:28 PM
Yes yelps only will work,but remember its always better to have more than one call you can make.Even if you think you dont sound great,dont hesitate to try different sounds.I know its cliched' but real turkeys dont always sound real good either.Remember its more of learning turkey cadence and rhythm than just sound alone.
Gobbler yelps can be deadly also.Same as a hen yelp basically,just a little deeper sound and a slower cadence.
I agree w this. The more calls/calling technique you have though the better you will be. Some gobblers may run to a yelp but sometimes different calls will kill that bird when a straight up yelp won't. I agree to w the gobbler yelps and fight sounds. Learn them. Cadence is sometimes more key than perfect sounds
I often am called upon to coach new turkey hunters. Many of them have quite a bit of angst about their calling. I tell them " learn to yelp with confidence and you can kill a turkey."