During my hunt with him in Alabama he used it often and with great volume. A cutt was the call that pinpointed the tom he eventually lured in with additional yelps and clucks. Although our bird walked in slowly, Salter says that gobblers often come in fast to this call even running. Make sure you re ready to shoot before cutting, Salter advises. Since it s often used by receptive hens to stir gobblers into sounding off, it s not surprising that cutting brings toms in fast.
Hens also use it to gather members of their flock back together.
Cutting isn t a call you d use upon first entering the woods. Save it for times when softer yelps and clucks aren t getting a response and for hung-up birds. This is a loud, fast series of sharp-edged yelps. The calls are high-pitched, short in duration, almost strident, rising in pitch as the sounds come out. It can be used to order other turkeys to join the caller, as the bird flies down in the morning, or used by an excited hen contacting a tom to breed.