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Need help with call shy toms
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05/06/10 03:36 PM
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Hall
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ok i have a flock of 5 toms all long beards located i've been trying to call in but once they hear the call they gobble turn around and leave(i think there gay). its no problem to get them to gobble there fired up but they dont like the hen talk i guess. would it help if i maybe went and got a gobble call?
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Hall]
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05/06/10 03:58 PM
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kwrhuntinglab
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Try that squealin hen call...
Spend time with the ones you love. Time is not guaranteed.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: kwrhuntinglab]
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05/06/10 04:01 PM
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txhunter24
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do a gobble call and throw a tom decoy out there if they are truly gheeey.
Every good and perfect gift is from above . James 1:17
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: txhunter24]
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05/06/10 04:21 PM
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perch jerker
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Roost them one evening. Before it gets to dark walk through the roost. Try and make every turkey fly off. Go back the next morning. Setup close to where they all flew to. Shoot the first one that come in.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: txhunter24]
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05/06/10 07:31 PM
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Smiling Mallard
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do a gobble call and throw a tom decoy out there if they are truly gheeey. How many times have we ALL thought this? And then uttered...or in my case screamed out loud..."Why those stupid Mot#%%* Effn Birds! Ignore my Mot#%%* Effn sweet azz "Me so Horny" Hen speak!!! Why they must be a bunch'o Rooster Fish, Rump Ranger, Broke Back Gobblin Mot#%%* Effers! Sound familiar?? Gentlemen....I have the solution!
"Call 'em up close and shoot 'em in the face"
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Smiling Mallard]
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05/06/10 07:32 PM
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txhunter24
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Every good and perfect gift is from above . James 1:17
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: txhunter24]
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05/06/10 10:35 PM
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TxCase73
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: txvarminter]
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05/07/10 01:19 AM
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ccvidimos
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and that ladies and gentlemen, is the end result of multiple years of drinking heavily. thank god for SM
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Hall]
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05/07/10 01:23 AM
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TxCase73
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ok i have a flock of 5 toms all long beards located i've been trying to call in but once they hear the call they gobble turn around and leave(i think there gay). its no problem to get them to gobble there fired up but they dont like the hen talk i guess. would it help if i maybe went and got a gobble call? My experience with the "hard to call" Tom is to call less and call softer once you have had one gobble multiple times that is reluctant to show itself. Typically you'll have one go back and forth in your area, but just won't commit to coming in. In situations like that I would stop calling for a bit, change calls, and go with a sequence of soft calls and purrs...and then maybe really soft yelps. I went through the same ordeal this past Sunday and it took going through three different calls, spacing call sequences, and really softening calls. Basically, I started soft calling because that's what the hens around me were doing, so I just tried to do what they were doing and it finally brought out a hen with a Tom in tow. Sometimes less is more.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: TxCase73]
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05/07/10 01:33 AM
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ccvidimos
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must be nice hearing and seeing birds. no notta for me at all this year. i think clay season has officially begun.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: ccvidimos]
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05/07/10 01:35 AM
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bama1416
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DUDE. You ain't right. I'm my mind I'm picturing Richard Simmons tiptoeing around in those striped shorts saying "here turkey turkey.
This river don't go to Aintry.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: bama1416]
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05/07/10 02:15 AM
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Scoop
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That pic is very "Village People"... too funny.
Seriously, though, I had a group circling me this past weekend, and soft yelps with a box call, mixed with a few purrs (with a push box call) finally did the trick. Had a hen and Jake decoy out (no mustache though). Same as was mentioned above... it worked for me.
Last edited by Scoop; 05/07/10 02:15 AM.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Scoop]
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05/07/10 12:07 PM
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Ed Lingenfelter
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I believe the soft calling may help but SM is right either the damn things are stupid or we are. Most day I think it is just me and those gay birds are over in the woods laughing at me.
Old Soldier
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Ed Lingenfelter]
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05/07/10 02:22 PM
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Smiling Mallard
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Awwww hell TX Case73 had to go and get all serious……Professor Rio Grande on us! LOL From the stand point of the original jest of this thread, TX Case73 is dead on with his analysis in that soft stuff is usually the best in that situation (and I posted on his thread the other day as such)…but….it’s turkey hunting and I’ve had birds continue to skirt me while giving them the soft, coy stuff. When they got out of site I gave them a hard cut and they were in my lap in about 60 seconds….I’ve done the same thing and they continued on their merry way! I love our sport boys! It’s not us….it’s the bird! Hell yote killer, don't worry about calling, just get in there tight on them at their roost and uncork one of those 65 yard bombs you talked about over in the "How long is too long" thread when they fly down! Good luck getting one in the freezer. Cheers!
"Call 'em up close and shoot 'em in the face"
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: ccvidimos]
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05/07/10 05:50 PM
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Ed Lingenfelter
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must be nice hearing and seeing birds. no notta for me at all this year. i think clay season has officially begun. Heck I aint no good at clays either. But it sure has been fun. Son and I are heading out one more time tomorrow.
Old Soldier
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Ed Lingenfelter]
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05/07/10 10:33 PM
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TxCase73
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That picture is the Freddie Mercury of turkey. Reminds me of a scene from police academy, but only with a, well, you know, a turkey.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: TxCase73]
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05/08/10 06:00 AM
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Sniper John
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Yes this is my video from two years ago and I was as suprised as you will be. Keep any comments squeeky clean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uw-BYJbgp0On your turkeys. Soft purrs and yelps with long pauses between sets have worked for me for silent, usually mid day Turkeys when I have been able to keep my patience, believe they will come in, and stay with it.
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: Sniper John]
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05/11/10 05:59 PM
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KeithTT
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Yes this is my video from two years ago and I was as suprised as you will be. Keep any comments squeeky clean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uw-BYJbgp0On your turkeys. Soft purrs and yelps with long pauses between sets have worked for me for silent, usually mid day Turkeys when I have been able to keep my patience, believe they will come in, and stay with it. lmao SM Love the Decoy. Bama's right "You ain't Right" Def. were drinkin' heavily on that one! John we are head hunter's and that gobbler's is a head humper! That's hilarious! Seen em' beat each other up but never mount the dead! lol
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Re: Need help with call shy toms
[Re: TxCase73]
#1424070
05/14/10 01:31 PM
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hawglips
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They're probably skeered of getting their butts whupped. Never seen 5 of them skeered before though.
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