Does anyone do this on a normal basis, and with any success? Always wanted to try, always been too scared to.
I think I've seen where quavers59 has said on here that he has. My son who is now 12 yelps with his voice at the different fairs without the turkeys seeing him and gets the Toms gobbling. It's pretty neat, he draws a pretty good crowd sometimes. He's done that since he's been about 7. Never turned him loose with it while we've hunted though. Maybe I'll let him try if nothing else is working and it's do or die. Lol...
I kinda wanna try it. Can't sound much worse then my diaphragm calling lol
I've called in a few gobblers with my mouth outside of turkey season. I don't get that worked up when I know he's not getting ready to take a ride in the truck, so my voice isn't choked up and squeaking. In the spring, I can hardly talk for a few seconds, let alone yelp right after killing a gobbler.
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yep, ive used my natural voice for years. I also use calls but do not rely on them. im not the best but ive heard lots of real turkeys that sounded alot worse.
A young boy and his dad went to Kansas with us last spring and the young man could natural voice call very well. He could Yelp, purr, cluck, cutt and did a pretty good gobble.
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I do on a regular basis. Not much difference between my natural mouth calling and me using a mouth call, they both kind of suck. I can get more volume with a call though.
I don't usually like to use diaphragm calls, so I learned to finish with low subtle mouth yelps, whines and clucks if needed. Gotta do what ya gotta do if you can't move. Learn to owl too. Hang around real birds and "talk to them" if you can.....I walk by a chicken coop about every day and we always talk.....helps keep me birdy.
I did it once in Kansas to get a gobbler to stick its head up, worked pretty good.
the penned bird at the petting zoo thinks i am a 110% sweet talking hen.. :newmascot:
i practice just about everytime I get in the shower...drives The Boss Hen insane...and not in a good way...she stormed in one day and said..."Its not even turkey season!" I told her that turkey season never ends...go back to bed. The acoustics are just really good in there!
Couple years ago while bow hunting right after fall turkey shotgun season closed, I had a tom worked up and almost to 20 yards but with too much thick stuff to shoot my bow through. I didn't have a turkey call so was using my voice. He was gobbling and blowing up into half strut like they do in the spring. But it was late October
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Check this young man out! Wish I had his skills... funny too. -Eric
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Ha that kid has got some skills for sure!
I had success with it last year. Had a bird hung up and I couldn't use a mouth call and made some soft yelps and scratched the leaves and he couldn't resist. He was the dominant bird in that area to so I musta done something right.
Got a buddy here that does it all the time. Sounds fantastic.
I do natural voice calling. It is easy- but takes practice like anything. I can do yelps--easily heard out to 70 yards- and my (go To) call using my voice box is the (whit-whit). I prefer Boxes and pot callers and when the gobbler closes in on me- I use natural voice calling. I just don't like the horseshoe callers at all.
Not me but I have a friend that does not even hunt that has called in birds with her voice. It is amazing
My son can yelp pretty good and has used it hunting, he's 19 now and the high front end / rollover is not as good as it used to be.
If I can find myself in the right situation I may buck up and try it this year.... thanks for all the responses !
Yes often.
A friend and I were checking traps one morning when I heard a hen yelping in the distance. I let out some yelps and she got louder. My friend did not believe she was answering me. So I told him that he could also make that hen answer. Still not believing me. He tried it. Not only did she answer but soon was approaching our location and popped up over the ridge to take a look. He became a believer and in himself too.
I live with 90 Easterns everyday and only wish I could make all the sounds the make. I still say what the heck was that.
That kid in the video is good!