Let's talk turkey!

Winchester-1897 said:
I do a most of my hunting at the edge of fields that are primarily used for corn and some fields used for potato. I like an area that is dry at the edge of the field later in the day sometimes when it is hot. The turkeys seem to like to come out and do some dirt bathing in these very sandy dry areas as you often see the sign.
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Last year during season I was driving into town to get some beer and groceries and there was a huge tom flopping around on the side of the road... Just the way he was carrying on made me pull the car over to the shoulder not 15 feet away from him.... I thought he had been hit by a car so I grabbed a tire iron out of the trunk to put him out of his misery....

Turns out he was just having a dust bath and he got up and started running all over the road like a lunatic, in and out of the ditch and all around the shoulder etc.... Of course, at that time some woman drives by and here's Brad, tire iron in hand and this big gobbler running all over the place.... I won't repeat here what she said to me with the window rolled down as she drove by.....
 
Superbrad said:
Last year during season I was driving into town to get some beer and groceries and there was a huge tom flopping around on the side of the road... Just the way he was carrying on made me pull the car over to the shoulder not 15 feet away from him.... I thought he had been hit by a car so I grabbed a tire iron out of the trunk to put him out of his misery....

Turns out he was just having a dust bath and he got up and started running all over the road like a lunatic, in and out of the ditch and all around the shoulder etc.... Of course, at that time some woman drives by and here's Brad, tire iron in hand and this big gobbler running all over the place.... I won't repeat here what she said to me with the window rolled down as she drove by.....
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Now that is funny!!!!!!
 
I'm getting overrun here..... :)



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The diaphram call is very hard to master... but once you got it right, nothing is more exciting then turkey talk to a big one your eye on the bead of your shotgun on the incoming gobbler completely motionless, every call work but a mouth call make you a ghost... JP
 
Was thinking at my last 20 years of turkeys hunting and there is an item, i dont even know if it still exist, but this kit i have order in the state in early 90 and it do account for the 2 heaviest birds i got, it is the Fighting Purrs system, 2 push box, one in each hand and different pitch, it do simulate 2 turkeys fighting, it work wonder if you can find it, it does work on old worry birds... JP.
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I'm hoping to go for my first turkey hunt this spring. Thanks for all the information on this thread. By the way I'm practicing my diaphram call. Yes it's difficult to master but I am getting the hang of it. It took me a few tries just not to gag on it the first couple of tries. Lots to learn. I'll be going out with someone who knows what to do for myfirst time.
 
amber2010 said:
I'm hoping to go for my first turkey hunt this spring. Thanks for all the information on this thread. By the way I'm practicing my diaphram call. Yes it's difficult to master but I am getting the hang of it. It took me a few tries just not to gag on it the first couple of tries. Lots to learn. I'll be going out with someone who knows what to do for myfirst time.
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Good luck and keep practicing those calls :) The practice will drive your wife and kids nuts but it is fun!!
 
With the diaphram the pitch is less important than natural rhytm of the yelping, clucking or cutting, listen to real birds song and follow the ryhtm, birds have differents pitch but always the same rhytm... Good hunting. JP.
 
amber2010 said:
I'm hoping to go for my first turkey hunt this spring. Thanks for all the information on this thread. By the way I'm practicing my diaphram call. Yes it's difficult to master but I am getting the hang of it. It took me a few tries just not to gag on it the first couple of tries. Lots to learn. I'll be going out with someone who knows what to do for myfirst time.
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You aren't far from me... if you need help late season let me know... I'll go west and help you call one in... good times
 
I have had about 10-12 turkey's eating corn 50 ft from my front door every afternoon/evening last week. Lots of Jakes in the flock, going to be a good spring! They seem to be roasting in the bush behind my house!!
 
great post Brad, I'm doing my turkey course this year, going out in the fall or next spring most likely. GREAT info.

A couple questions:

You mention carrying sandpaper to tune up your calls, how fine? like 220 or 600 or somewhere in between?

what time of day seems to be most productive?

When you're calling, is there a general lapse between your call and response?
 
ALLS London said:
great post Brad, I'm doing my turkey course this year, going out in the fall or next spring most likely. GREAT info.

A couple questions:

You mention carrying sandpaper to tune up your calls, how fine? like 220 or 600 or somewhere in between?

what time of day seems to be most productive?

When you're calling, is there a general lapse between your call and response?
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actually bud, I carry 180.... 220 would likely work... not saying that is what you need but it works for me.... good job on doing the course.... it sucks that we have to do it but at least we get it over with......
 
I'm still quite new at turkey hunting myself, but I find the mornings the most productive by far, really neat to watch and listen to the outdoors come alive. The sound of gobbles first thing in the morning sends chills down my spine!! As for calling, less is more. I try not to call anymore than about once every 10 minutes-ish. Just tease the toms, and let them come and find you. They have excellent hearing and can pin down where the yelps came from very quickly. Also be prepared to have them sneak in from a direction you weren't expecting. I had a jake sneak in from my left, when all the turkeys were just inside the woods to my right. He busted me when I turned my head when he chirped. Last spring I had a couple toms across the field in front of me, when one started gobbling behind me and came in. Fortunately I was in a blind and he was noisy so I could hear him come in for a while. He died 5 or 6 feet outside my blind.:rockOn:
 
sawatzky said:
I'm still quite new at turkey hunting myself, but I find the mornings the most productive by far, really neat to watch and listen to the outdoors come alive. The sound of gobbles first thing in the morning sends chills down my spine!! As for calling, less is more. I try not to call anymore than about once every 10 minutes-ish. Just tease the toms, and let them come and find you. They have excellent hearing and can pin down where the yelps came from very quickly. Also be prepared to have them sneak in from a direction you weren't expecting. I had a jake sneak in from my left, when all the turkeys were just inside the woods to my right. He busted me when I turned my head when he chirped. Last spring I had a couple toms across the field in front of me, when one started gobbling behind me and came in. Fortunately I was in a blind and he was noisy so I could hear him come in for a while. He died 5 or 6 feet outside my blind.:rockOn:
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less is defintely more... as long as you are getting responses to your caling... certainly sounds like you hav ethe turkey spirit.... good times
 
Still lots of snow up here but getting the fever again. Was down in Orillia a couple of weeks ago on business and picked a scope base from Epps for my new Benelli supernova I bought off the EE. I also drove down to Bass Pro and picked up new Primos diaphragm calls (I throw them away every year and buy new ones to prevent bacteria issues, even though I clean them with mouthwash). You can always tell when spring is coming in my office as I am calling there as I cant do it in the house :p

I am sitting here watching my Primos 22 turkey video right now - Primos makes the best videos for learning turkey hunting and calling in my opinion.

I drive 10 - 12 hours south every spring - I admit I am an addict. :runaway:

In addition to a good vest and clippers, I also carry a semi inflated 8 inch inner tube - is the best thing to sit on in addition to the cushion. You can move around a bit on it when your ass starts to go to sleep and its one of the cheapest and best seats you can use when you are sitting on the ground.

Looking forward to the spring
 
I find also that if you don't get a response don't be discouraged, give it some time because that Tom or Jake hears you and will be with you when he's done with his other lady friends.

I've had the best luck around 10am, I will get out there first light and call and wait.
 
ALLS London said:
forgive the obvious noob question: when you're calling, are you imitating a hen to get them horny, or competition to make them mad?
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I do both.... imitate a hen with the call doing yelps, cuts and purrs..... if I get a response from a gobbler and he hangs up I will do some hen yelp and then throw in a jake gobble (call is shown in post 1)..... the purpose of this is to make the Tom think a jake is tryong to breed one of his hens.... If he comes to investigate he see my two hen and jake decoys and that usually puts him off the deep end....
 
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