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.

Every sleep-deprived Texas turkey hunter walking down a dark two-track or slipping along the edge of a pasture an hour ahead of a spring dawn aches for the morning to be a perfect one, when everything ...

I woke Monday morning to sunshine and the temperature hovering near 15 degrees. That’s 15 degrees celsius. At the time I was watching the weather in London, where the metric system reigns. When I ...

The National Wild Turkey Federation website lists several common sounds turkeys use to communicate amongst themselves. You can see a full list or listen to these and ...

When turkey hunters head into the woods Saturday morning, they’ll be doing their best to sound sexy. The better they are at sweet-talking tom turkeys and making the males think that they are lonely ...

Seated against a big pine tree, behind a ground blind, I was sending out a series of urgent yelps when I heard the distinct sound of a hen, off to my left. I turned my head to the direction of her ...