Calling wild turkeys in the fall lacks the excitement of hearing thunderous gobbles in response to calls made when hunting spring gobblers. Fall calling, however, can be just as effective in ...

We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

As a young hunter, Scott Ellis learned that wild turkeys had their own language. They not only gobbled, but clucked and purred and kee-keed and cackled. They can create 20 different sounds, each with ...