http://youtu.be/sPioEmpF9cgHey guys: Check out the video above... You know, when I first started turkey hunting, I found it really tough to determine the following -- "Is the gobbler responding to ME & my calling??"
Even now, many years & hunts later, sometimes I find it a little tough to determine that, *BUT* I do believe that there are certain calls that you can issue in the woods to get a better (not 100% complete, but BETTER) determination of whether or not a gobbler is responding to you... NOTE: you do NOT have to issue this call on a mouth call, as I demonstrated; it could be done on a box, slate, trumpet, pill bottle, whatever -- but it's the TYPE & RHYTHM of the call I demonstrate that matters here...
Try this out this coming spring & see if it doesn't help you some & let us all know... If I have a gobbler that's gobbling pretty good, I ESPECIALLY LIKE to "cut him off" in the middle/tail-end of his gobble & HIT HIM with this particular call, esp the quick CUT-CUT-CUT--yeeeeLP YELP YELP sequence... I just found that a gobbler who's relatively hot can get REAL HOT when he's got a HEN that's cutting him off; think about it, you're talking to a lady you're hitting on & then SHE GETS EXCITED and starts cutting you off in the middle of your sentences, very excitedly!
I think you see the point...
Good luck, guys!!
BGD
PS. If I've done all my soft stuff, first thing in the morning & nothing's happened by 8-9am, I'll go from ridge-top to ridge-top (ie HIGHEST POINTS on your land) & do this excited cutt/yelp or cluck-yelp sequence to "locate" gobblers... I have had MUCH SUCCESS doing that... You DO NOT have to do a ton of it; just hit it a couple times (maybe 3 times) and then move on to the next ridge-top... Direct/shower these calls down into multiple bottoms, off the ridge... Turkeys can hear good; if they're wanting some action, they'll respond back to you and then it's all woodsmanship/maneuvering from there.
