Trumpet sound file

[g8rvet]

Son was recording me about 50 yards away in the woods.  Just wanted to get a feel about the sound.  Working on relaxing and slowing it down a bit and drawing out the notes, but we had a bird gobble a bit earlier so I was trying to sound a little excited in case he answered.  Let me know what you think.  I will try again a little closer for better sound. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krnGlUIu_P4

[hpo]

For what it's worth.

My opinion: Sounded good. You had the turkey sounds, especially the clucks. You seemed to lack some rollover in your yelps.

[g8rvet]

Like they are too cut off?  How does one accomplish that?  Meaning with the air flow of kind of relaxing and allowing more of a softer ending?  I do not know anyone that uses a trumpet, so kind of gonna have to figure this out on my own. 

[davisd9]

Slow down and chop the air to make two notes. I think your air flow is very good and that is rare. You just have to for the top and bottom note of the yelp separately. Your clucks need a bit of burst to them. Do not get too sharp like a putt, I have had to step back on this. Not sure how long you have been playing but I think you are on your way.

[hpo]

Like they are too cut off?  How does one accomplish that?  Meaning with the air flow of kind of relaxing and allowing more of a softer ending?  I do not know anyone that uses a trumpet, so kind of gonna have to figure this out on my own.

Good advice above.

Yes, somewhat to cut-off. I would look at drawing the sound out and then attempt to recreate the back end of the two note yelp.

[mountainhunter1]

Your clucks need a bit of burst to them. Do not get too sharp like a putt, I have had to step back on this.

Davis is correct, a little more rollover would make that calling very realistic. The good news is that with EVERY DAY practice, it tends to take care of itself. But I think that you would get results even now where you are presently at if the bird is in the mood.

As far as his comments on clucking and putting, Davis makes a great point. Good clucking is very close to good putting so to speak. I tend to try to throw in at softer two to three note yelp if I am doing some clucking to make sure he is not hearing putting when I am clucking.

Case in point, I have watched a Tom on multiple occasions hear an actual live hen cluck or clucking, and him go on red alert until he heard her a second or two later then throw in that two to three note yelp under her breath and then you see his feathers totally relax and him settle back into a strut or whatever he was doing before he heard her. If a live hen can run that close to sounding like she is putting when she is in fact clucking, then I know that a hunter has to keep that in mind as well.