Turkeys and overcalling

[iccyman001]

A lot of people talk about overcalling with turkeys.


How do you \"talk\" to the birds?

Do you just hit them with a few calls until you know they are interested?
Do you have a spaced out sequence?
Do you just wait for one to respond and then respond back?

 

[Bowfreak]

A lot of people talk about overcalling with turkeys.


How do you \"talk\" to the birds?

Do you just hit them with a few calls until you know they are interested?
Do you have a spaced out sequence?
Do you just wait for one to respond and then respond back?

It is hard to quantify overcalling but with experience you know if you are overcalling....not a good answer I know.

I only give a few calls when gobbler is on the roost. This is the easiest time to overcall. They will be hammering and you will need to resist the urge to call a lot. Once they are on the ground I might call a little more but I still call less than most. I know......still not a good answer.

My default calling style is quiet and non aggressive. I like this method the best but will hammer on gobblers when I think that is what they need.

 

[elky McElkerson]

i kinda over call. i know it.

when i do get a response, i shut the hell up. i think it gets them curoius and they come slowly. i put the calls away and pick up my binos. i love seeing them coming thru the trees.

 

[mainebrdr]

Talk to ten \"Pros\" and you\'ll get ten different answers to this question. Some will say they just want to let the Tom know they are there and some say they demand that he gets over here immediately! I think it depends on the terrain, the time of day and how the birds are reacting. Mostly the latter.

 

[F M]

I agree with Tim that it depends on the bird. I have had toms that I could not call hard or fast enough for. Then some just a few soft calls once in awhile brought them in.

 

[otcWill]

First I\'ll say I\'m no turkey expert. I\'ve only been hunting them for 6 years. I do kill one or two every year and what I\'ve learned is that the more I hunt them, the less I call. Most of my birds have been killed with hard work and patience not great calling techniques.

 

[cohunter14]

Talk to ten \"Pros\" and you\'ll get ten different answers to this question. Some will say they just want to let the Tom know they are there and some say they demand that he gets over here immediately! I think it depends on the terrain, the time of day and how the birds are reacting. Mostly the latter.

Sounds a lot like elk hunting to me

 

[cohunter14]

First I\'ll say I\'m no turkey expert. I\'ve only been hunting them for 6 years. I do kill one or two every year and what I\'ve learned is that the more I hunt them, the less I call. Most of my birds have been killed with hard work and patience not great calling techniques.

Will, don\'t you use a similar philosophy when hunting elk as well?

 

[otcWill]

Yep, I do less calling then the average elk hunter.

 

[Bowfreak]

First I\'ll say I\'m no turkey expert. I\'ve only been hunting them for 6 years. I do kill one or two every year and what I\'ve learned is that the more I hunt them, the less I call. Most of my birds have been killed with hard work and patience not great calling techniques.

With this style you will keep killing more and more of them in my opinion. Less calling and making yourself less visible is the key IMHO for bowhunting.

When it comes to gun hunting, I just cover tons of ground and call a lot. I prefer to have a lot of timber with some broken fields. As long as I have timber I move. I eventually run into a bird that will commit suicide. When I gun hunted I never made it to the second weekend of KY turkey season before I tagged out. It is sort of the Corey Jacobsen style of turkey hunting.