![]() ![]() The only difference between the cluck and the putt is the severity and the crispness of the sound. Usually a tom will stick his head straight-up when he hears that call. This call will successfully break a tom out of his strut. * Putt: The only time you should use the putt is when a gobbler comes strutting-in, and you want to break him out of the strut. On a box call, move the lid lightly across the side of the box. On the slate call, drag the peg across the slate with the slightest pressure. The purr is produced very softly on a diaphragm call with only the smallest bit of air forced between the tongue and the diaphragm. Oftentimes, this call will hurt an ole bird’s pride so badly that he will come waltzing right in to where you’re waiting. This call tells the gobbler that although he’s close by and strutting his stuff, the hen can care less. * Purr: This very-subtle, contented call often is used by a hen when she’s feeding and is especially effective for a hunter to use when a gobbler hangs-up just out of gun range. The assembly call is the vocalization that the hen uses when she’s gathering her flock. The same technique described when talking about the yelp call applies to the assembly yelp, except that you should start the call off quietly. * Assembly Call: This call is primarily given in the fall and consists of a series of loud yelps with a lot of pleading. With a push button call, quickly push or pull the dowel to imitate the cackle. On the slate call, make the same circles as when giving the yelp, but make them quicker, putting excitement into the cackle. ![]() On the box call, quickly move the lid of the box over the side of the call in rapid succession. To produce the cackle with the mouth diaphragm, blow quickly, using the tongue to pick-out each note of the cackle on the rubber membrane of the call. ![]() If a gobbler is slow to come in, use the cackle to speed-up the bird’s progress and excite him with the prospect of mating. * Cackle: The cackle is a series of fast yelps and denotes excitement in the hen. The yelp is often given when you want to call the bird in without getting him too excited. With the push button call, push the dial on the call back and forth with a regular rhythm to imitate the yelp. With the box call, move the paddle across the edge of the box in a regular cadence. The faster you move the peg, the more excited the yelps sound. With a slate or a plexiglass friction call, move the peg in a circle. To produce a yelp on a mouth diaphragm, meter the air in short bursts over the tongue and between the tongue and diaphragm. You can put many levels of emotion into a series of yelps. The louder the yelps, generally, the more pleading the call is. The faster the yelps are given, the more excited the hen appears to be. If a cluck is followed by a series of yelps, there’s no way a tom can misinterpret the call for a putt. Follow a cluck with some light yelping, because a cluck may be misinterpreted by a gobbler as an alarm putt. * Yelp: The yelp is the call that hunters use most of the time. The cluck is especially effective when a gobbler is in close range, and you don’t need to do much calling. On the push button call, gently tap the dowel to produce a cluck. When using the slate call, give a short strike across the slate to create a single note. You even can rest your thumbs on the top of the box and tap the lid to make a cluck. On a box call, simply make one short, quick note. On a mouth diaphragm, meter a small burst of air over your tongue and past the diaphragm. It’s also one of the easiest calls to make. * Cluck: A simple cluck is as effective as any call that can be made. Patience will kill more gobblers than calling.” That advice was given to me many years ago, and I’ve often thought about the wisdom contained in the old man’s words when I’ve caught myself overcalling. If you keep making calls, you’ll mess-up. If you hear a turkey gobble, cluck three times. “I’m convinced that the reason more hunters don’t take more turkeys is that they call too much. “When I turkey hunt, I cluck three times and then throw my turkey call away,” one old timer told me. But here’s an explanation of the sounds turkeys make and how and when to use them. ![]() Not until someone teaches a turkey to speak English will we find out exactly what each sound means. Although scientists and hunters attempt to explain the vocabulary of the wild turkey, their statements and conclusions may be contradictory. Editor’s Note: Wild turkeys have their own vocabulary. ![]()
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