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We offer you a few turkey calling tips you might take into consideration on your next turkey hunting adventure:

• When you start hunting in a new location you should start with a soft series of clucks or yelps and if you don’t get a response right away you should increase the volume and the aggressiveness. In some cases, the gobbler might be right next to you and if you start off too loud you will most likely scare him away.

• In order to keep your mouth calls in perfect shape we recommend storing them in a cool and dark place, the perfect example would be a refrigerator. Sticking a flat toothpick or a paper clip between the reeds in order to keep them separated while they are in storage will maintain them in a good shape.

• Many amateur hunters ask lots of questions regarding what would be the most efficient type of turkey call to use. If you too are looking for an answer to this question, you must know that the best call would be the one you feel the most comfortable with. Learning to use a wide variety of calls is a great advantage. By mixing up your calling you’ll sound like more than a single hen which, in most cases, is all it takes to attract a curious turkey.

• When a gobbler is with hens and won’t come in, one of the most efficient strategies hunters use is trying to call the hens in. The very first thing a hunter must do is to imitate the sounds hens are making. If a hen yelps seven times, the hunter must reply with also seven yelps. In many cases this will anger the hen and will force her to come in looking for a fight. If this doesn’t happen, the hunter must get even more aggressive in his call by throwing in some excited yelps.

• In order to add more realism to the early morning calling, the hunter should use an old hen turkey wing to help call in gobblers. Flap or brush the wing against the tree you are sitting up against. By doing so, it will sound like a turkey moving around in the tree to a certain gobbler and in many cases is efficient in the early hours of the morning before the birds fly down from the roost.

• When the turkeys fly down, you must beat the wing on your leg or the ground in order to imitate a hen turkey that is flying down. The wise mature gobblers can in some cases be called using only the sound of the wing.

• When you hunt a call shy tom, it often helps to use your hands to scratch the leaves because this will imitate the sounds made by a hen when she is feeding and in many cases will bring a shy and old bird in your line of sight.

All things considered, turkey calling isn’t a very difficult thing to do if you take your time and follow our tips. We wish you best of luck on your next hunting adventure and we invite you to visit our turkey calls section where you can find useful information regarding turkey calls.

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