Jorden Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 How much calling do you consider too much. I always say to myself when I'm out there that I will try and not call to much but I always get nervous that I might be missing something by not calling. Here are a couple senarios that I, and I'm sure all of you have run into. What do you guys do in these situations? Senario 1: Its early in the morning and you have a gobbler in the tree. You give him a few soft yelps and clucks and he starts gobbling. He continues to gobble, should you keep calling to him or shut up? Senario 2: You have a gobbler on the ground. You give him a few soft calls, he gobbles. You get a little more aggressive and he gobbles again. He sounds like he is getting closer. Do you keep calling to him or shut up and wait for him to come to you? Senario 3: You have on the roost or on the ground, but he is with hens. Do you call to him or just shut up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curdog Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 On the roost I call very little. If he hears you, he knows where you are. If he wants to come he will come. On the ground I get call a little more. If he is gobbling alot and getting closer, I slow down on calling. Sometimes they will hang up if you call to much. If he isnt gobbling alot to crows etc. but is gobbling to me. I get a little aggressive with calling. Sometimes I will call to him just to to see where he is. This is my experiance. Just get out their and hunt. You will learn alot more by experiance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 How much calling do you consider too much. I always say to myself when I'm out there that I will try and not call to much but I always get nervous that I might be missing something by not calling. Here are a couple senarios that I, and I'm sure all of you have run into. What do you guys do in these situations? Senario 1: Its early in the morning and you have a gobbler in the tree. You give him a few soft yelps and clucks and he starts gobbling. He continues to gobble, should you keep calling to him or shut up? Senario 2: You have a gobbler on the ground. You give him a few soft calls, he gobbles. You get a little more aggressive and he gobbles again. He sounds like he is getting closer. Do you keep calling to him or shut up and wait for him to come to you? Senario 3: You have on the roost or on the ground, but he is with hens. Do you call to him or just shut up? 1) I dont call to a bird on the roost too much, but depends on the situation. If you can hear other hens yelping, then you're already outgunned, just let him know your there. If you call too much, he'll get full of himself and strut on the limb for an hour before he flies down. Dont call much unless your competing against hens, then get more aggressive. 2) You got to seal the deal sometimes, and when they get closer, they are really lookin to find you. Get softer, turn your head if your blowing a mouth call and throw the sound behind you, make him think your farther than you really are. Better yet, a few soft purrs or maybe a little scratches in the leaves if you can risk movement will convince him your the real deal. 3) This is more of a logistical trick. You got to get the idea of where the birds are headed and try to intercept them. you can often sway them a bit, but ultimately you cant make them do a 180. find out the direction they are moving and get in front of them. They move slowly, so be patient, it may take a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 It all depends on the bird and the pressure the bird has had. If you have birds that haven't been pressured at all, you can usually quite a bit and do alright. If you have birds that have been heavily pressured, sometimes, quieter is better. I try not to call too much to a bird on the roost, but if he has hens roosted with him, and I have both the hens and gobbler fired up, I will call and as soon as I know they are on the ground, I will try to get really aggressive and tick that hen off and try to draw her in and bring the gobbler with her. I did that last year, I had 4 gobblers that I heard and some hens, had the hen almost in, then she left. I heard 2 gobblers go North, 2 gobblers go south, both groups with hens, then 2 minutes later, I see a head and a full fan. There was a 5th gobbler that never gobbled in the group. He was a 2 yr old bird lookin for a girlfriend and I believe since I was so aggressive, I got him to come in and leave the other gobblers. Like I said, it all depends on the situation and how heavily pressured the birds are. Every situation is different and there is no "correct" amount of calling. You just have to hunt a lot and get experience hunting the wily gobbler. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 very good information already!!! Just remember that when calling there is such a thing of calling to much which will make a tom call shy,, you wont educate a bird by calling to little,, in fact if you play hard to get you usually have a good chance at calling the bird in,,, and say the next day you set shop in the same location you may get round 2 to happen b/c he knows that yesterday you left he might come right in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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