Kee kee run

[letsgohunting]

When would you use the kee kee run in spring turkey hunting?

[shadetree callers]

All turkeys will kee and do so at anytime of the year. The sound is most associated with jake birds but gobblers and hens will kee also. The kee kee run is just a kee or series of kees followed by a yelp or two. This call is usually reserved for fall hunting but I will mix kees with yelps occasionally in the spring. I have watched hens keeing non stop in the spring when they are trying to locate each other.

[R.W. Mackey]

  Use it anytime you want, it's just turkey language, it won't scare em away. Most people will throw it
Out when they are not having much luck with traditional yelps. Remember in the spring, last years
Hens are still not a year old, they still use the Kee a lot. Gobblers will respond to it readily, I use it a lot during the spring.
  Also if your hunting public land, it may be something they haven't heard yet and may just be what you
Need to get them in.

Roy

[alloutdoors]

I mix it in with my yelps on a pretty regular basis.

[letsgohunting]

I have never used it spring woods. Ive been practicing it on my mouth call. I differently will give it a try this spring. Seems the area i hunt the toms are always henned up until about 11

[timberjack86]

Anytime I hear hens I will kee kee and hopefully bring them over. Nothing like live bait

[Old Gobbler]

I can't tell you how many big gobblers I've killed with the keekee in the spring , call the hens ...and he will follow

Quakerboy keekee diaphragm - Midwest has them , a good ghost cut diaphragm is a close second all the call makers have one , practice at it - the key is to incesenty keekee till you get one of the hens to sound off - once she replies do your best to mimic her , and keep calling and sounding like a lost hen and she will wander in to range

I think a good caller on the right slate can do real well , a kee disk is a specialized call that people say works well

--- Shannon

[timberjack86]

You can also whistle a kee kee with your mouth. I learned to do that during the fall bowseason when I did not have a call.

[paboxcall]

A quality long box can produce an excellent kee kee call too.  My first choice.

[cracker4112]

I hear it pretty regularly in the spring woods and use it a lot.  I use a mouth call.  Many times it will get a bird you didn't know was nearby to sound off.

[jblackburn]

I'll kee kee on a mouth call everyone in a while in the spring.  It can be done on a variety of mouth calls, most will use a Ghost Cut, but combo cuts also work well.  I learned on a two reed like Gooserbat's classic hen, it was either the HS or Quaker boy version. 

[bamagtrdude]

The NWTF website says this:

"The kee kee is usually a three-note call that lasts about two seconds. A variation of the call, the kee kee run, is merely a kee kee followed by a yelp.  The kee kee is the call of lost young turkeys and variations are also made by adult birds.  It's often associated with fall hunting and is used to reassemble a scattered flock. It can be used in the spring to make you sound more natural - especially on public land where it may set you apart from all the other hunters using yelps and cutts."

I have to admit; this is a call that I've only recently began to incorporate into my calling effectively.  I've found it works really well -- as others have said -- to bring hens into your setup.  I find it stirs up the curiosity of the bird, and can lure them in - when yelping & everything else fails.  So, I'm still learning how & when to use it, but I intend to use it in certain situations.  I've learned to do it on my mouth call.

[FullChoke]

I do kee kees using a diaphragm mouth call. I get my best results from the simple dual reed, uncut calls. You can also get a very good kee kee by flipping your mouth call over and call with it upside down in your mouth. Try it and determine which one works best.