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The History of Turkey Calls and How to Use Them


The Basics of Turkey Calls and Their History - Project Upland

While some controversy exists around the date of the original turkey call, one turkey wingbone call sits in the National Wild Turkey ...

The History of Turkey Calls and How to Use Them - Banks Outdoors

Hunters have been using turkey calls for centuries. “Wild turkeys are native only to America, and turkey calls have been dated back to 6,500 ...

The Evolution of Turkey Calls | Mossy Oak

I find it hard to believe and will put myself on the spot and say it most likely was used to fool a turkey by someone. The first advertised ...

Turkey Call History and Calling Tips | onX Hunt

Wild turkeys are native only to America, and turkey calls have been dated back to 6,500 B.C. These first calls were made by Native Americans ...

The History of Tube-Type Turkey Calls | Mossy Oak

In the mid-1970's, Dick Kirby founded Quaker Boy Calls. One of their calls was made from the Memphis Snuff Company half-ounce cans to make ...

A history of turkey calls | Sports - JDNews.com

The first turkey calls were constructed from natural materials including some from the birds themselves. Wing bone calls were some of the ...

Turkey call - Wikipedia

The term turkey call can refer to either the different vocalizations of the turkey or devices designed and used to imitate these sounds.

Turkey Sounds: How & When To Use Them | Mossy Oak Gamekeeper

The yelp is a basic sound that turkeys use year round to communicate their location. The plain yelp of a hen is the most common turkey sound hunters hear.

Turkey Calls 101 - OoCities.org

Jordan, who also wrote about turkey calling and hunting in Forest and Stream magazine in the late 19th Century, made a call from the turkey's radius bone, ...

Forgotten Calls: Bring Your Old Calls Back to Action

The wingbone is the oldest turkey call man has used. The NWTF says it's the original turkey call used by American Indians to put turkey dinners over the fire.

Wild Turkey Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Males often gobble from their treetop roosts, where the sound carries better than on the ground. They use it to attract females and in response to other males— ...

The Art of Turkey Calling | Hook & Barrel Magazine

Turkey hunters and collectors began searching for calls in earnest. Thousands of turkey calls sat on the mantels of private homes, in hunting ...

Our History - Lynch Since 1940

In 1940 ML Lynch started his world famous turkey call company. He had many years to perfect the sounds of his call and even wrote a book about how to call.

William C. Lester, "A Historical Look at Mississippi Turkey Hunting"

... their success in hunting helped these new arrivals survive.” Lester has made turkey trumpet calls for decades. “About forty years ago when ...

Calling Turkeys - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Listening to turkeys in the wild or online is a good way to learn how to call these birds. Being able to mimic a wide range of wild turkey sounds and knowing ...

Learn How to Call Wild Turkeys Day 1 - John In The Wild

In the 1970s, well known call makers made turkey-calling cassette tapes that a would-be turkey hunter could listen to and learn how to call turkeys. I bought a ...

Tube Calls for Turkey Hunting | Mossy Oak Gamekeeper

For the gobble, we will use the letter “T” as well as a sound of “Kuh.” Rotate the call, turning the latex to the bottom and using the top lip against the latex ...

Turkey Calls: Overview and Selection Guide - Blog.GritrOutdoors.com

When the NWTF talks about 4000 year old calls, these are the variety they are describing. These calls are operated with the mouth of the user, ...

The Ultimate Turkey Call Collection - Garden & Gun

And in that small but obsessive world, there has long been one call considered the Holy Grail: an eight-inch wing-bone-and-cane yelper call (which resembles a ...

Mad dogs, ventriloquists and turkeys - The Tuscaloosa News

Jim Radcliff, Sr., who lived in Mobile, developed the mouth diaphragm call in the 1920s, and M.L. Lynch, a pharmacist from Homewood, made box ...