Heard a new sound tonight

[WNCTracker]

Was hunting tonight on private land and after calling a few rounds I heard some really odd yelping behind me, almost like a hoarse turkey mixed with a squeaky spring.....it responded to my calling but not every time.   This went on probably off and on about 40 mins when a coyote appeared in front of me, looked around and went back where he came from. Did I hear a poult?  Was it the coyote?  I never heard it again after seeing the coyote.


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[catman529]

I'd guess you had a hen yelping back and the coyote snuck in and spooked the hen so you never heard it again


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[Dr Juice]

I'd guess you had a hen yelping back and the coyote snuck in and spooked the hen so you never heard it again


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X2

[WNCTracker]

Must have been yelping in French, I've never heard anything like it.


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[dublelung]

Must have been yelping in French, I've never heard anything like it.


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I've heard a few turkeys with distinguishable yelps and gobbles. We had a gobbler on family land about 7-8 years ago that could only get out half a gobble. We heard him all of one season and most of the next. Got a bearded hen behind my house you can tell apart from any other hen back there. I'd say you've just got a unique sounding hen and it's the first time you've heard her. 
Then again, she could just be yelping in French like you said.

[Happy]

I dealt with a mixed flick years ago that had Jake in the bunch. I had the whole flick worked up and every once in a while he would make the most gosh-awful sound. Sounded like a cross between an injured cat and a peacock. I actually watched him do it.

[chcltlabz]

I had a super raspy hen answer me one morning with the same 3-4 note raspy yelp every time I called.  Thinking she may be towing a gobbler or even a gobbler yelping, I sat down and let her come in.

If I didn't see it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it, but it was a red fox barking.

[Ozarks Hillbilly]

I'd guess you had a hen yelping back and the coyote snuck in and spooked the hen so you never heard it again


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Some of the worst turkey sounds I have ever heard came from real turkeys.

[eggshell]

It was a Jake .....I'd bet all happy's money on it.

[WNCTracker]

It was a Jake .....I'd bet all happy's money on it.

I had that thought but it was so slow in cadence. You're probably right.


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[Happy]

It was a Jake .....I'd bet all happy's money on it.

Easy now. I am saving up to buy one of those Dixon vests. Only $1350 to go...

[WAGinVA]

My rule is if you hear a weird noise you cannot identify assume it is a turkey.

[JoeA]

A long while ago, I heard what I thought was a chonic smoker trying to yelp with a diaphragm call. It was raspy with a phlegm-y rattle sound. It was the worse sounding turkey-ish noise/call I've heard.

The calls were coming from the direction of an area some guys park their trucks. I waited to see who the hunter was. 5-6mins later, with the calls getting closer, a hen walked into view at 30-35yds. I saw her make the sound. The way she moved her head and neck looked like she had some injury that healed, but messed up her throat.