When do you Cut/cluck/Yelp when a bird is around?

[C.j.]

lets say you have a gobbler fire back at your crow call, I usually get set up and yelp about 10 min later, i might throw in some soft clucks and cuts then yelp loud again 15min later to see where he is.

whats your method?

[CallDr]

If I had a gobbler hammer to a crow call I would spend the time to find the right place to set up and call once to let him know where I was....... then wait him out. No matter how many times he gobbles ( or not ) ....... he knows exactly where you are.

[C.j.]

anyone else ?

[USMC0331]

If he answers a crow, I will get set up and do a soft cluck, if he answers, shotgun is up pointed in his direction and I wait till he shows up. On game land if you get the  bird gobbling a lot on roost everyone in the county starts showing up not to mention the coyotes.

[Matt81302]

If he answers a crow, I will get set up and do a soft cluck, if he answers, shotgun is up pointed in his direction and I wait till he shows up. On game land if you get the  bird gobbling a lot on roost everyone in the county starts showing up not to mention the coyotes.

Reminds me of one of my first seasons of Turkey hunting. I am a self tought turkey hunter and in the begining I thought the more he gobbled the better I was doing. One morning on some public land I had a bird fired up and gobbling every 10-15 seconds. The next thing I knew I hear a gun blast off and pellets scatter threw the woods. Someone had slipped in between me and the Tom. Scared the heck out of me. That was a little to close for comfort, the joys of public land.

To the OP, I would make a few soft yelps and when I feel he is headed my way I like to throw a few very soft purrs and clucks from time to time.

[redleg06]

i usually dont use a hen call until i'm in a spot I think I can kill him so getting the right set up would be priority #1 then I'd go as light as i could on the calling and get louder if i needed to. Probably start off by purring and scratching leaves and if I got a response then I'd leave it at that and see if he didnt come on in.

[Triplgobble]

There are two things that let a gobbler gobble the next morning in my opinion, calling to much & moving to soon.

[C.j.]

with the scratching in the leaves, dont turkeys have about the same hearing ability as we do? so they would have to be somewhat close for that to work?