Quiet birds

[Spitten and drummen]

I have killed quiet a few that only drumming gave them away. A very long time ago I figured out what spitten and drummen sounded like. Once I did , my dead bird count went up significantly. No telling how many slipped on by me when I was young and not picking up on that sound. Sometimes I can hear it 100 yards away.

I still don't know what it sounds like. I've had a few Infront of me and the spitting part is noticeable but I guess I can't hear the drumming.

Best way I can describe it sounds like a truck that's stuck in the mud way off reving the motor. I can't pick up the tick as well as the drum. You can almost feel it once you learn what you are hearing. There are some that cannot hear it at all. Had a buddy I called a bird up for. The bird was right over a finger ridge about 35 yards away. He was drumming hard and my buddy could not hear it.

[harleytom]

I have killed quiet a few that only drumming gave them away. A very long time ago I figured out what spitten and drummen sounded like. Once I did , my dead bird count went up significantly. No telling how many slipped on by me when I was young and not picking up on that sound. Sometimes I can hear it 100 yards away.

I still don't know what it sounds like. I've had a few Infront of me and the spitting part is noticeable but I guess I can't hear the drumming.

Best way I can describe it sounds like a truck that's stuck in the mud way off reving the motor. I can't pick up the tick as well as the drum. You can almost feel it once you learn what you are hearing. There are some that cannot hear it at all. Had a buddy I called a bird up for. The bird was right over a finger ridge about 35 yards away. He was drumming hard and my buddy could not hear it.

Good way to describe drumming, I've often said it sounds like a distant semi's engine brake, or one gearing down going downhill.


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[KYFrid]

For those with Instagram, Catman just posted a video of a turkey drumming. 


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[Marc]

I still don't know what it sounds like. I've had a few Infront of me and the spitting part is noticeable but I guess I can't hear the drumming.

We had birds drumming in front of us last season, and my daughter thought it was frogs...  Does not sound or "feel" like a sound turkeys would or should make.

This video has quite a bit of drumming...  Turn up the volume (just don't poop your pants when a bird unexpectedly gobbles).

I have always thought it sounded more like a humming bird, but deeper. Spit followed by a 1-2 second deep humming bird sound/blast.

There are birds drumming through the video, but Probably about the 2:20 mark is the best drumming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQDSrIUaQ2U

[ScottTaulbee]

I've never been able to hear drumming myself


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[Paulmyr]

Took me about 15 years before I could recognized drumming. Its not that I couldn't hear it, it's just I wasn't in tune to it. Than one quiet morning in had one drumming in the brush at about 35 yds. I couldn't see him. I kept hearing this low humming type sound. I was wondering what the heck is that sound. Than the light came on. If I was able to see that gobbler I guarantee I wouldn't have heard the the drumming as I would have been focusing on my vision instead of my hearing. Now that I know what to listen for I think I hear it everywhere, especially when the wind is blowing.