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Offline Happy

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #30 on: June 07, 2020, 02:19:04 PM »
Yes. They can drum without strutting. I used to have a wild turkey that would sit on my lap and drum. His tail feathers would fan out slightly and he would fluff up a little while he was doing it.

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #31 on: June 07, 2020, 05:26:42 PM »
I can still hear drumming further then most folks I’ve hunted with through the years .
   I seem to feel it more then hear it . I’ve never been able to pinpoint it either , just get a general area it’s coming from .  It’s fooled me more then once .  Move gun towards the drumming only to have him appear way to left or right of my prediction.

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #32 on: June 07, 2020, 10:51:47 PM »
happens everytime i hear him one way and he comes from another.  the calmer the conditions the easier i can pinpoint them also listening for other sounds

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2020, 09:03:40 AM »
Do not believe I have ever heard drumming, It could be a bearing issue for me since could not hear it in the video Marc posted

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #34 on: June 13, 2020, 11:25:22 AM »
Do not believe I have ever heard drumming, It could be a bearing issue for me since could not hear it in the video Marc posted
Could also be below the frequency range of whatever you are listening on.  My laptop or computer's built in speakers don't reproduce those low frequencies well at all.  But the drumming is very clear on my truck's sound system or even half decent headphones.

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #35 on: June 15, 2020, 10:09:19 AM »
Thank you, that could be true.

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #36 on: June 15, 2020, 04:08:48 PM »
Do not believe I have ever heard drumming, It could be a bearing issue for me since could not hear it in the video Marc posted

As said earlier...find yourself a power transformer...they're 60 HZ....drumming is probably closer to 50 HZ. But...if you can hear the transformer you should hear drumming. Just concentrate. If you can't hear the transformer you're SOL. The majority of people with hearing loss is at the higher frequencies rather than the lower.

P.S. Years ago before I knew what to listen for I know I heard drumming, but didn't recognize it and would prematurely leave a setup...most likely spooking a bird in the process.  Now I know, and concentrate trying to hear it. Really pays dividends. I have hearing loss at the higher frequencies, as most, but hear the lowers fairly well.

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #37 on: June 16, 2020, 05:34:22 AM »
Do not believe I have ever heard drumming, It could be a bearing issue for me since could not hear it in the video Marc posted

As said earlier...find yourself a power transformer...they're 60 HZ....drumming is probably closer to 50 HZ. But...if you can hear the transformer you should hear drumming. Just concentrate. If you can't hear the transformer you're SOL. The majority of people with hearing loss is at the higher frequencies rather than the lower.

P.S. Years ago before I knew what to listen for I know I heard drumming, but didn't recognize it and would prematurely leave a setup...most likely spooking a bird in the process.  Now I know, and concentrate trying to hear it. Really pays dividends. I have hearing loss at the higher frequencies, as most, but hear the lowers fairly well.

I hear the 60 Hz hum of a transformer just fine.  Used to work around them all of the time.  Just have never picked up on a turkey drumming in the woods. 
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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #38 on: June 16, 2020, 08:35:55 AM »
I've never heard drumming in the woods. Even when a hunting partner told me he could hear it. I think it happens at too low of a register for me to hear. I can't even hear it on videos. But I did hear it on some of Lovett Williams recordings.

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #39 on: June 16, 2020, 09:27:04 AM »
For me, its much less hearing the drumming, and more becoming aware of the drumming. Like its suddenly everywhere around me. Its not like you hear a gobble - and think that's a gobble. Or hear a whipper-will - and think that's a whipper-will.

I just suddenly become aware I'm immersed in the drumming vibration. And that's when the adrenaline dump happens because I KNOW he's close, super close, my rational thinking brain turns off, and I too often do something stupid, like move my head to try and pinpoint him.
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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #40 on: December 29, 2020, 03:05:27 PM »
The only times I've heard drumming, it's been at Danger-Close distances, and it invariably means I've got an immediate shooting opportunity.

For some reason, I had 2 such experiences this past spring during my pre-season podcast.

The first incident was on 3/28; I had a gob roosted close to my blind, so I planted the mike and moved a safe distance off.  The gob pitched down and tried to make love to the umbrella mike.  See [urlhttps://genesis9.angzva.com/?p=8303]The Mistaken Gobbler [/url]

The second incident was on 4/4:  The gob came up directly behind me.  See Yute Hunt, 2020

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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #41 on: December 29, 2020, 04:49:01 PM »
I can hear the drumming from around 60 yards or more depending on the terrain - one hell of a sound in the timber when it echoes off a hillside with the gobbling. It's a positively prehistoric set of sounds, but I only get a very vague notion of where the bird is - basic points of the compass type stuff. Hard to pinpoint with any level of detail in my limited experience.

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« Reply #42 on: February 18, 2021, 09:43:27 AM »
Great Thread!!
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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #43 on: February 18, 2021, 02:47:23 PM »
I hear both and love it. It pumps me up more than a gobble , hence my username lol.
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Re: Pinpointing drumming
« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2021, 03:21:04 PM »
For me, its much less hearing the drumming, and more becoming aware of the drumming. Like its suddenly everywhere around me. Its not like you hear a gobble - and think that's a gobble. Or hear a whipper-will - and think that's a whipper-will.

I just suddenly become aware I'm immersed in the drumming vibration. And that's when the adrenaline dump happens because I KNOW he's close, super close, my rational thinking brain turns off, and I too often do something stupid, like move my head to try and pinpoint him.

This right here. I think a lot of people expect to hear a sound, and while you can hear it, you can feel it almost as much. To me it's more like a vibration. I think some people that say they can't hear it don't recognize it. It's very hard to describe in words.