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.

Some days, turkeys gobble from dawn to dark. Other days, they don’t gobble at all. Why? The easy explanation is that they’re unpredictable. While that may be true, turkey gobbling does follow a ...

Of all the creative ways to strike up a gobble, the owl hoot is a tried-and-true classic. But in all the times you’ve let “who cooks for you” rip, have you ever stopped to wonder why turkeys often ...

It’s a sound only male turkeys make, but the Michigan Department of Natural resources wants to know about all wild turkey sightings – male or female – during January throughout the state. Reporting ...

I cherish this experience. The sound of a male turkey gobbling is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful vocalizations nature has to offer, and working these birds with calls, communicating with ...

Dogs bark and pigs oink. But the turkey has many calls, making a Cedar Key biologist's book on the subject a must-have for hunters. Dogs bark. Cats meow. But the wild turkey does not live by the ...

There are a lot of passionate turkey hunters out there. I know several. Come Saturday morning they will be somewhere out in the wilds, cozied up next to a pine tree, hoping to call an elusive wild tom ...