Of all the sounds turkeys make in the fall, the most commonly heard is the kee-kee. It’s a good call for hunters to use when a tom is still on the roost, as it sends a message that a hen has flown down and the tom should come find her. This is how turkeys communicate with and keep track of one another as they leave the roost. The fly-down cackle consists of three to 10 crisp, loud sounds like tuck, tuck.tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut.tuck, yup. When turkeys pitch out of the roost tree, they often call on their way down, thus the name fly-down cackle. The fly-down cackle sounds like the cutt, with some clucks and yelps mixed in. The tree call, or tree yelp, is simply the turkeys' way of talking among themselves.
Turkey mating call series#
When birds are on the roost early in the morning, they create a series of soft, muffled yelps and clucks called a tree call. But if you hear a series of putts - putt, putt, putt!.putt! putt! putt! put! - it means you’ve likely been busted. A putt sounds exactly like it’s pronounced: putt! If you hear just a single note putt, putt!, don’t worry.
Putts are a single alarm note to warn other birds of danger. The sequence sounds like, tut, tut, .tut, tut, tut, tut, tut. Often she’ll come in, bringing a tom with her.Ī cutt is not an alarm sound, rather one of excitement and dominance.Ĭutts are made in fast bursts of two or three notes, usually followed a second or two later by another burst. If a gobbler is henned up and the hen starts cutting, cut her off with the same sound. Often the toms that are with them will come too. It’s a very good call to bring in adult hens looking for a fight. Cutting also sends a message that says “If you hear me and are ready to breed, you’ll need to come find me.” CuttsĬutts, or cutting, are a series of loud, insistent, fast-paced, single-note sounds turkeys use when they’re excited, and are often used to elicit a response from another turkey. A combination of clucks and purrs sounds something like tuck, tuck, errrrr.tuck, errrrr.tuck, tuck, tuck, errrrr, tuck. The purr is a single, drawn-out note that sounds like errrr.įighting purrs are longer and more frequent, often with a putt in the middle or at the end like errrrrrrrrr, errrrrrrrr, errrrrrrrrrrrrr, errrrrrrrrrrrr, putt, errrrrrrrr, putt, putt, errrrrrrrrrrrrr, errrrrrrrrr.Ĭlucks and purrs together send a message that all is safe and the birds are content, especially in a flock situation. Purrs are a soft, quiet sound that roll in a smooth, calming fashion. They send the simple message that birds are content and feel safe. Many times when turkeys are feeding, clucks are made in conjunction with purrs. Hen clucks are a good call when a tom is hung up out of shooting range.
It’s an alluring, attention-grabbing sound that’s simple yet powerful when it comes to bringing in a tom. Birds use the one to three note to get the attention of another bird, or to reassure an approaching tom that a hen is waiting for him. The cluck is a basic turkey sound that carries a lot of meaning. They drag out and escalate in intensity, something like y uuup, yuuuuup, yuuuuuuup, yuuuuuuuup. Assembly yelps sound a lot like plain yelps, but are much more intense. Assembly yelps are most common in the fall, when adult hens try to gather poults that have wondered off. Assembly yelps bring back birds that separated from the flock. Lost yelps are more of a pleading sound that grows louder toward the end of each sequence.Īssembly yelps are even more intense. Lost yelps routinely consist of 20 or more notes, which also sets them apart from the more relaxed plain yelps. Lost yelps are more intense than plain yelps. The sequence is simple, and resembles a chirp, chirp, chirp or a yup, yup, yup sound.īirds use a lost yelp when they get separated from the flock, and it’s usually used by younger birds and hens with broods. Three or four notes are made about a second apart, and the pitch and volume remain the same with each note. It usually ranges from three to seven notes, but sometimes goes up to nine or ten notes. Turkeys generally use a plain yelp when they are within sight of one another. Specifically, there are three types of yelps hunters will want to be aware of, each of which carries a different meaning. However, yelps can take on various forms. The yelp is usually delivered in a series of one-note tunes. Toms also yelp, but it’s louder, raspier and often more drawn-out than that of hens. The most commonly heard sound in the turkey woods is made by the hen, and it’s called a yelp. Though most hunters can routinely fill tags by using only two or three sounds, it’s good to know what other sounds turkeys make and why. Turkeys make a lot of different sounds, many of which are different in spring and fall.
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