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Do turkey respond to calling during the fall season? I can not remember hearing any gobbling during fall elk hunts. Do you hunt the same as you would in the spring?

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Bust up flocks, walk a little ways in the direction one or a few flew from where you busted them up and call one back in.

They will start calling to reassemble after a short while. Once they start conversing back and forth you can call one in with no issues.

Or you can shoot one on the fly as they take to the air when you bust em. I have done it both ways.

Hunting mature gobblers is possible in the fall but it is a different game than during the spring. No doubt targeting adult gobblers in the fall is the toughest turkey hunting challenge in the sport of turkey hunting. Young of the year is a piece of cake. Learn the hen assembly yelp and the kee kee run and find some birds. Get a good scatter in multiple directions and you are in business.

We have heard Goobles in the fall but nothing like in the spring more of a shock gobble. Like others have said in the fall your best bet is to split them up and either set up in between when they are talking to each other or call after you bust them up.

Years ago I was delivering a load of lumber to young and saw a huge flock of turkeys( in the winter). I hit the air horn and about 6 toms couldn't take it and let out a gobble at the same time it was pretty cool to see and hear.

Adult gobblers yelp. It is slower paced, fewer yelps in a series and much deeper pitched than a hen.

My experience (though limited ) is that they do NOT respond as they do in Spring. BUT, they do respond!!!


We've had a little success in the fall if/when we bust-up a group of birds, we will then set-up with a decoy quickly and do some calling. Sometimes it seems like the birds will kind of come around and try to 're-group' after we've busted them up....

Good luck!!!

Have tried getting response in the fall with no luck even after busting up the flock

I have heard gobblers in the fall, but not like spring. 10 ga. is how we used to do it before spring hunts were started. Still works.