We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

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There are thousands of turkey calls on the market, and just about any of them will work fine for yelping up a gobbler. Designating one call as being “better” than another is tricky. A pot call’s sound ...

If I liked basketball, it would be beyond cool to learn how to shoot a jump shot from Michael Jordan. But I like turkey hunting, and the Michael Jordan of turkey calling is Matt Van Cise. He’s won 16 ...

Like all my turkey hunting gear, my accumulation of turkey calls started a long time ago. I killed my first gobbler, an Ohio bird, back in 1990. My wife, Julie, killed her first, a Washington state ...

Thunder — a term most commonly associated with rainstorms and lightning. But to the turkey hunter, it holds a far different meaning. We learn how to call turkeys so that we can hear the thunder of an ...

Mimicking turkey vocalizations is a turkey hunter's most important asset, and those that can do it with their throats have a great advantage. If you don't have the ability to mimic turkey sounds ...

Aside from having multiple hens in one call, you can optimize a portion of your slate for tree talk or finishing a bird with soft talk. Jones recommends very lightly pulling the Scotch-Brite or ...

TAMPA, Fla. — For all the hunters itching to get their gear on and go out to catch some game, the 2023 spring wild turkey season is just around the corner. Florida is home to two subspecies of wild ...

About half of the remaining calls will be placed in a duffle bag which will stay in the truck during the hunt. Also in that bag will be extra gloves, extra face masks, extra decoy stakes, a couple ...

The icy peaks of Turkey’s mountains are quickly losing their snowy crowns. In the southeastern part of the country, the towering Mount Cilo is one of the worst hit. Just ten years ago, this mountain ...