In parts of the Southeast which lack the deer that are plentiful elsewhere, the wild turkey has come to be regarded as the big game animal. A wild turkey is virtually impossible to sneak up on, but, because it gobbles to claim a mate or establish its territory, hunters can use turkey calls to attract the bird. Though learning the technique isn't all that simple, in some areas one's manhood is in question if he can't properly use a turkey call. No one could mistake the sounds that emanated, bouncing around that roadside diner like wild things suddenly uncaged, the clear persistent heoh heoh heoh heoh of wild turkeys. The turkey calls are ingenious, made out of everything from a piece of red cedar or slate, a corncob or coconut shell, to hollow wingbone of turkey.
Turkeys respond to expert calling for a variety of reasons.
They are itching for a fight in the mating season, calling repeatedly for a mate just before dawn. They are curious about who else is doing the talking, and sometimes, just plain lonely. Also, turkeys normally travel in flocks, and the senior member of the flock frequently calls to reassemble them. Turkey calls Turkey tracks 2. Wild turkeys are hard to catch becoming extinct easy to hunt difficult to raise 3.