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Only using yelps.

Started by deerbasshunter3, March 11, 2015, 08:57:46 PM

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deerbasshunter3

I have read that you can call in a gobbler using only yelps.

Has anybody found this to be true?

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g8rvet

Why would you want to?   I guess I don't understand the question really.  If he is fired up to yelping, I suppose, but if he hangs up a little, I would not yelp at him if he is pretty close.  Not usually at least. 
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BowBendr

Which yelps ? Gobbler or Hen, I find 1 of the 2 to be very deadly if I were limited to yelping only...



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deerbasshunter3

I did not realize that there were gobbler and hen yelps. I assume whichever average, everyday yelps that you make with a mouth call?

I just know that on the NWTF website, under the call samples, it says that if you can yelp, you can call in a gobbler.

BowBendr

Yes you can easily call in gobblers using only hen yelps. Many people used to live by the mantra "yelp 3 times and shut up."

However, early in the season, or if spring is late and birds are still a little ganged up, or henned-up for that matter, I believe that gobbler yelping may be the deadliest call you can put on them.
Learn how to gobbler yelp and do fighting purr calls.



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I have a buddy who only purrs and clucks
And shoots a lot of big birds by just doing
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dirt road ninja

Quote from: deerbasshunter3 on March 11, 2015, 09:59:37 PM
I did not realize that there were gobbler and hen yelps. I assume whichever average, everyday yelps that you make with a mouth call?

I just know that on the NWTF website, under the call samples, it says that if you can yelp, you can call in a gobbler.

When I first started turkey hunting I went years without feeling confidant in mouth calls. Once I tried to use them hunting the only thing I could do was cluck and yelp. Many a bird died to me hearing one gobble then sneaking close as I thought I could doing a 3-5 note yelp and waiting for a response. If he gobbled at me I did it agian. If he was closer I would shut up and wait. Last year I killed two or three birds using only hen yelps. They all came in fast. I don't think a turkey reasons at all, he is not going to turn away thinking "that hen failed to fly down cackle" or "I didn't hear a feeding purr from that one, run away!" Don't scream at them and if you think you've over called, you did, ten minutes ago.

Marc

I am hunting Rio's in California...

Never heard a live hen purr before, but I know that a hesitant tom has reacted to it a few times..

The primary sound I hear is yelping, and the toms sure seem to react to those live birds...  I have heard hens cut quite a bit, and I have also noted that when they do so, they are on their way to the toms (probably in response to my calling).  I have heard a lot of clucking as well, and it seems to be a contented call.

I have had a couple lone hens come into my spread...  I notice when they are on the move, they tend to cut, and when they are looking for company in a stationary spot they seem to yelp more...  I tend to yelp more, but I have done my share of clucking and cuttin' (especially when trying to make another hen angry).

If I could only do one sound on a turkey call, it would be a yelp...  I imagine this would vary regionally and by species though.
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TauntoHawk

You could choose the not use any calls and just decoy them in fields

You could only use a box call and never buy another call

You could do nothing but cluck and purr on a pot call

You could stalk of out the sneak on birds to get in range

Anyone of these methods could easily produce birds for a hunter every single year. But why limit yourself learn as many tactics, and calls as you can
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Marc

Quote from: TauntoHawk on March 11, 2015, 11:20:34 PM

Anyone of these methods could easily produce birds for a hunter every single year. But why limit yourself learn as many tactics, and calls as you can

Of course nobody would purposely limit themselves...  But, I will say, that I do believe it is better to use one call proficiently than to use a variety of calls or sounds poorly...  I can tell you, that as I was learning to cut or purr on a mouth call, that doing such in the field would have been to my disadvantage.

So I would say that proficiency is a limiting factor as far as utilizing a variety of calls or sounds.
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cahaba

The birds in my area will sometimes respond to yelps but more often soft clucks gets them to the gun. I don't hear much hen yelping either. They just soft cluck. Not sure why, predators or pressure maybe. We have a lot of both. Listen to what the hens are doing.

Spitten and drummen

yes you can kill birds with just a yelp. some days if you sound remotely like a hen , they will break their neck running to you. depends on the birds mood at the time. turkeys being turkeys.
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alclark2

Last year I took a two birds by giving 3 note very soft yelps. I threw in a few clucks here and there. These wary public land birds responded very well to it. I called once to every three times they gobbled at me.

For me... Less is more when it comes to calling.
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