carrying many calls

[noodle one]

  Many people have asked me, why do I carry so many calls? My answer to them is because turkey hunting is a lot like fishing. Yesterday the fish were killing the lurer that I was using and today they wouldn't look at it. I needed to change the color ,size and or the presentation in  order to catch fish. Turkeys are like fish. One day they like it loud and the next nice and soft. Sometimes when fishing they just pick at your bait and until you find the right presentation you are not going to catch any. When you do find the right presentation (bang) they will hit it hard and you will catch all the fish you want. Turkey hunting is the same, give them the right presentation and they will come. Many times when you call, a turkey will answer ,but will not come to your calling. "Why?" . Because your calling is almost there , but your presentation is wrong. You need to find what the turkey wants and he will come running. I experienced this many years ago first hand. I had setup one hundred yards from our property line calling. and got answered by two gobbers three hundred yards away on private posted land. I knew  where the turkeys were and felt that I needed to call loud for then to hear me. They would gobble at my loud calls every time, but would not come to me. I was sitting there when a hen came in from behind me. She was ten yards from me when she gave a very soft cluck and those gobblers went wild. She walked off toward the gobblers. I sat there thinking that with all my loud calling and they would only gobble once for me, but when she came in and only with a soft cluck made then go gobbling crazy. I sat there for and hour before giving another call. The call I gave was a very solf cluck and the gobblers went  crazy again and came running all the ways from three hundred yards out. The first thing I learned that day was that turkeys have very superior hearing it is amazing how far they can hear. I also learned that when you give the right call the turkeys will come running.

[landtracdeerhunter]

I totally agree with you. Finding what the turkeys want to hear is the key to  success.  This year however, they seem to be coming in more silent then usual. Maybe because it's getting late in the year. Had one jake present himself this past Saturday, but passed on him. Come in without a peep.  He'll be a nice gobbler come next year. Sunday was deer day. Monday was two nice hens very early.  No gobbler with them. Seemed very lonely just wanting to make a friend with the decoys. One more day left, maybe the best for last?  Good luck to all that all still out in the woods.