fighting purrs

[tomanyturkeycalls]

I just recently got 2 push pins from old gobbler.... when you use both of them together and do the fighting purrs .. man does it sound awesome... my question is.. when is a good time to use fighting purrs?? hung up gobbler? or maybe when you are not hearing anything an want to liven things up a bit?  Does anyone use this method? 

[jakebird]

Fighting purrs can help bring in a hung up bird sometimes when nothing else works. If you have a partner, one of you make the calls, while one of you take both your hats and beat them like crazy against his legs or a tree to sound like wings. Turkey fights are rowdy occasions. Dont get so into it that you forget to stay alert and after a few seconds of this you prob wannna call time out and get your cheek down and gun up. When they do respond to this its usually very quickly, and on a run.

[Old Gobbler]

Thanks for the kinds words  

Admittedly the fighting rattle is my favorite and most effective hunting call - It works in any situation where a gobbler(s) have the mindset of being overconfident of dominant in your hearing range

I keep the mindset that the fighting rattle is not a call of last resort , I will bust it out at first light  but it has a tendency to pump back life into a dull or uneventful hunt - I use it all the time , however after doing a fighting rattle and nothing becomes of it after waiting a period of time , it signals me to move on to another area


Hens ----get interested in the call , and if they are towing a gobbler he will be pulled in to , brood hen / or dominant hen in the flock is especially vulnerable

 Multiple gobblers --- they often will fall easy prey to a fighting purr cause lets face it there is several of them , and they often fight in a cohesive unit or group effort - they tend to feel very confendent that they come over and whoop your but , so before they get distracted by something like hens
 

- If I am hunting and I hear 2 gobblers together I normally go right to the fighting purr , I don't care if they are still in the tree and they haven't flown down yet - It gets them good and pissed an they come in fast - I carry on with the rattle for a minimum of 10 minutes and normally cut while doing it - if the birds start to gobble at it , I don't lay up I just floor it with the rattle till they close in  

2 Gabon Ebony  calls that I make  - right now I have taken a break from making them while the season is in , I have a order of material in the works and I will have some more available as time permits - there is wait cause they are labor intensive for me to make  


link:
http://player.vimeo.com/video/35433821?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

[archery1]

Thanks for the kinds words  

Admittedly the fighting rattle is my favorite and most effective hunting call - It works in any situation where a gobbler(s) have the mindset of being overconfident of dominant in your hearing range

I keep the mindset that the fighting rattle is not a call of last resort , I will bust it out at first light  but it has a tendency to pump back life into a dull or uneventful hunt - I use it all the time , however after doing a fighting rattle and nothing becomes of it after waiting a period of time , it signals me to move on to another area

GOOD ADVICE
THANKS 4 THE INPUT


Hens ----get interested in the call , and if they are towing a gobbler he will be pulled in to , brood hen / or dominant hen in the flock is especially vulnerable

 Multiple gobblers --- they often will fall easy prey to a fighting purr cause lets face it there is several of them , and they often fight in a cohesive unit or group effort - they tend to feel very confendent that they come over and whoop your but , so before they get distracted by something like hens
 

- If I am hunting and I hear 2 gobblers together I normally go right to the fighting purr , I don't care if they are still in the tree and they haven't flown down yet - It gets them good and pissed an they come in fast - I carry on with the rattle for a minimum of 10 minutes and normally cut while doing it - if the birds start to gobble at it , I don't lay up I just floor it with the rattle till they close in  

2 Gabon Ebony  calls that I make  - right now I have taken a break from making them while the season is in , I have a order of material in the works and I will have some more available as time permits - there is wait cause they are labor intensive for me to make  


link:
http://player.vimeo.com/video/35433821?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

[Hootowl]

I got to witness hen's fighting one day while I was in the woods, This was long before I Hunted Turkey, and it was very intence, I only got a Glimps of the Birds, Knowing the Knee Eye sight, I stayed Back and Watched form a Blow down, I was probably 75 yards, and where they were Fighting it was close to the Edge of the woods, and the Tall grass blocked my View, There were other Birds that were excited by this, as they were Jumping around, But No Tom Ever Came. I sat there Motioness for waht seemed an Hour, and When I should of Got Closer to the Birds. But I was stunned at what I was seeing, I had at that time No Interest in Turkey, Just Deer.

Hoot

[mikejd]

Hoot pretty cool story. I have never seen a turkey fight but I have heard one. I didn't even no what it was. I was fallowing a big ol Tom all morning but he was heading the other way all the time. He wanted no part of my sweet talk. Then I managed to close to within about 60 yds because of this rise I could hide behind all of a sudden this sound that came from over the rise was like blood curdeling I honesly thought a cayote snuck in an ate my bird. So I walked over to see as I thought it was over for sure and bam it was 2 birds wippin some butt. Obviosly genios here didn't get either of them as that is not what I expected. That was along time ago and now let's say I don't do anything until I am sure of my move

[NYGobblergetter]

I called in my second gobbler with this tactic last. I was actually able to sneak a peak into a bottom field from the up ridge and saw a gobbler chasing around two jakes. Since he seemed to be in the fighting mood I set up just on top of the ridge off a logging road. After doing the fighting purr sequence I waited about 30 seconds before he came up the road. Instead of seeing a fight he got a face full of 6s.

[bnew17]

5 or 6 years ago i was turkey hunting mid morning. GOt to a new spot and yelped ona mouth call and got a response about 400 yards away. I made my way there and waited and called , and never heard him again. I had recently picked up some Knight and Hale fighting purr calls so i decided to give them a try. I got going on the calls and within 10 seconds of calling i had 5 different birds in every direction within 300 yards gobbling their heads off. It was the craziest thing. I was set up on a big pine tree with privet on both sides. As i was calling i was kicking my legs in the brush making all kinds of racket. The turkeys were eating it up. Within a minute of starting my calls  i had 2 birds coming in on a dead run. They got about 30 yards and i dropped on in its tracks.

I have had it work a few other times where the birds came in silent however. It is usually something i will use in desparation. I would say it works a quarter of the time .

[FloppinTom]

I use it when there are multiple gobblers and they hang up or gobble and just wont come in.