Are turkeys vocal in the fall?

[jesse8953]

This year was my 1st year turkey hunting.The sounds this spring were great.My ? is are turkeys as vocal in the fall as they are in the spring.1st year my county can hunt fall turkeys.Depending how deer hunting goes I might try to get another thunder chicken.Needless to say I got hooked on turkey hunting.

[Tom2008]

From what I have heard they are not vocal at all in the fall. On a rare occasion I guess it maybe possible. Your best thing is to probably find a food source that they are using.

[Casey]

You'll hear this a lot in the fall.

http://www.nwtf.org/audio/Kee_Kee_Run.mp3


Will also work wonders in the spring.

[wtnhunt]

We do hear some gobbles around here in the fall, but nothing like the spring.

[Strut10]

Turkeys are very vocal in the fall. It's just not the loud, booming gobbles like in the spring.

A feeding flock clucks and purrs quite a bit. It's on the quieter side. So in order to hear them before they know you're there, you will need to brush up on your stillhunting skills.

Break a flock up and you will find out just what a bunch of vocal turkeys sound like. There will be turkey calls coming from everywhere.

[ccwhitey]

From my experiance the gobblers don't gobble nearly as much but hens on the other hand can be quite vocal. I always try to set up between a food source and their roost for the morning hunt and then try to ambush them going to the roost later.

[GWSmith]

Like Strut said feeding turkeys make most of the sounds I hear in the fall.
There is the occasion where I've slipped into a deer stand early enough that I'll also hear some calls from the roost, cackles as they fly down, and a few lost hens once in awhile during the day but thats about it.

[Rhino]

You won't hear much gobbling. Out of the 50 to 60 days I'm in the woods in the fall I might hear birds gobble on the roost in the morning once during deer season. It's very rare to hear them gobble once their feet hit the ground.

There's been occasions when rival flocks of birds came together in the woods stirring up one heck of a fight. When that happens they make a lot a noise and it's real entertaining. Lots of loud fight purring going on. During a flock fight turkeys come running in from every direction to see the show too. Other than that though it's generally just light purring and clucking except for fly down cutting off the roost.

[camoman1]

You won't hear much gobbling. Out of the 50 to 60 days I'm in the woods in the fall I might hear birds gobble on the roost in the morning once during deer season. It's very rare to hear them gobble once their feet hit the ground.

There's been occasions when rival flocks of birds came together in the woods stirring up one heck of a fight. When that happens they make a lot a noise and it's real entertaining. Lots of loud fight purring going on. During a flock fight turkeys come running in from every direction to see the show too. Other than that though it's generally just light purring and clucking except for fly down cutting off the roost.

Yep....they make quite the noise when they get to scrappin in the fall. Had that happen a few times last year while in the treestand.

I have seen Toms gobble while on the ground, but VERY rarely. I think your best bet is to set up for them like you would for deer...somewhere between the roost and food. But dont leave your calls at home.

[dbHunterNY]

Turkeys always make noise. You'll hear them more when they are in large groups going to food, like a partially cut corn field. As others have said you'll hear kee kee runs a lot. This is usually those young poults growing up learning to talk, from my understanding.

[Squirrelhunter91]

You'll hear this a lot in the fall.

http://www.nwtf.org/audio/Kee_Kee_Run.mp3


Will also work wonders in the spring.

Bingo and.........

Turkeys are very vocal in the fall. It's just not the loud, booming gobbles like in the spring.

A feeding flock clucks and purrs quite a bit. It's on the quieter side. So in order to hear them before they know you're there, you will need to brush up on your stillhunting skills.

Break a flock up and you will find out just what a bunch of vocal turkeys sound like. There will be turkey calls coming from everywhere.

Bingo!

[redkneck]

Hear a gobble or two in the fall almost every year. Last year was bowhunting on Thanksgiving morning watching a group of jakes scrap, and all heck was breaking loose. If you're close enough, and listen closely, turkeys really never shut up. Always soft clucks, purrs, yelps between them as they feed. Mostly just contentment calls I suppose.

[woolybear]

Gotta agree with what's been said above with one exception.
One propperty I hunt is litterally covered up in birds come fall into winter. I mean 100's of birds, maybe 200 in one flock. As they move through the woods there is no being quiet about it. A flock this size covers some ground surface area and these birds are in constant communication from the front to those bringing up the rear.

Suppose they feel there's safety in numbers and it's not uncommon to walk 50 yds behind them and just push them along like hearding cattle with them talking the whole time.
Flocks like this- I've heard more turkey sounds from in one day then I've ever heard in an entire spring.
Even the smaller sattlelight bunches of 10-20 birds seem pretty mouthy around here this time of year. My best guess is they are looking to hook up with that major group before heading off to their wintering grounds where the snow doesn't pile up as high. Once they move out you wont find a lone turkey track till spring.

[redkneck]

Gotta agree with what's been said above with one exception.
One propperty I hunt is litterally covered up in birds come fall into winter. I mean 100's of birds, maybe 200 in one flock. As they move through the woods there is no being quiet about it. A flock this size covers some ground surface area and these birds are in constant communication from the front to those bringing up the rear.

Suppose they feel there's safety in numbers and it's not uncommon to walk 50 yds behind them and just push them along like hearding cattle with them talking the whole time.
Flocks like this- I've heard more turkey sounds from in one day then I've ever heard in an entire spring.
Even the smaller sattlelight bunches of 10-20 birds seem pretty mouthy around here this time of year. My best guess is they are looking to hook up with that major group before heading off to their wintering grounds where the snow doesn't pile up as high. Once they move out you wont find a lone turkey track till spring.

Man, I need to hunt with you next spring!

[woolybear]

It's quite the site that's for sure. You'd never guess you were in NY.