VTbowman Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I was wondering if its possible to call in hens that a gobbler may be dogging or following? I know its hard as heck to get a gobbler to stray away from a hen if he has one or more around him. I was thinking about pulling the hen towards me with hopes the gobbler would follow. Does anyone do this? Is it possible or not worth the effort? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? Yes you can do it! I suggest that you try to do some fight-n-purr calling! That will help you out! Maybe even mock the hens calling! Try to make her make! The Hen will come in wantin to fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderhunt4 Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? I also like to mock the boss hen. If she gets really bossy or fired up, I will do exactly what she does--but louder and more aggressive. Usually, she comes to run off the "competition" and brings the gobbler in with her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWiggely Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? I imitate the boss hen. When she calls and cutts at me, I will cut her off and cutt right back harder. Usually ticks her right off and she will come in. It can take some time, but when she is finally on her way get ready. Wigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 257Roberts Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? Same. I start out like the dueling banjos. I let her yelp, then i yelp, then after she gets a little louder i will start cutting her off durring her yelp. This really makes em mad. If they are not with a gobbler sometimes just a few clucks and purrs brings them in for a closer investigation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deldeer Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? i also mock the hen, but louder & meaner. really paid off 2 yrs. ago. i let out a couple soft purrs at daybreak & she came flying through the woods, & landed about 20 yards in front of us. talk about a mad hen!!!! she stayed there & just yelped & yelped at our decoys !!!!.so i put my calls down & 10 min. later we had 3 gobblers come in from 3 different directions !!!!!...looked like something on tv. it was very cool..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? To answer your question honestly, sometimes. I've had my best luck using 2 tactics. 1. Cut at them to try to get one (the boss) to cut back at you. When she cuts back cut her off cutting back again and so on. Just like wigs said you're challenging her position in the pecking order. 2. Using contentment calls like clucking and purring and throw in some leaf scracthing if you can risk moving. Sometimes hens just want the company of other hens so I'll use a couple of different slate calls to make clucks and purrs in order to sound like more than one hen. I've had hens gradually work to me doing this, some walk right in, and some that just never changed going where they just wanted to go. The biggest double beard I killed was smoked using this tactic. He was with 2 hens and they gradualy fed their way to me but it took about 45 minutes for them to travel 200 yards across a field. He had an 11 1/4" beard and a 9" beard. I've actually had better luck using the 2nd tactic but both have worked in the past. Sometimes these tactics work but nothing is a sure thing when it comes to calling in turkeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? I've called in tons of hens. I couldn't tell you how. But I must be a lousy caller because Toms don't seem to like me. I had one last year standing about 5 feet from me for 20-30 minutes just squawking away at my deek. It was actually kind of fun. At least something came in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeviShot Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? I killed a bird last year by doing exactly what ya'll are talking about.I got an old hen really mad.She flew down and came looking to whip me.She walked within 3 ft of my boots(thankGODfor realtree camo)after she fussed for a while the old tom came in right behind her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Re: How or Can you call in hens????? So I was not to far off thinking that is a good tactic. Cool, Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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