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Tree Top Turkeys
and Woodhaven Custom Calls presents
Get Real - Tree Top Turkeys
Volume II
Up your game with this 60
minute CD of 100% real wild turkeys
digitally recorded in the woods, with
commentaries by the Woodhaven Sting Team and
Brad Taylor of Tree Top Turkeys. Hear the
pros break down the vocabulary of the wild
turkey into insightful tips and tactics to
effectively communicate with turkeys in the
wild to make your hunt an experience
you will never forget…....... You will hear
volumes of never heard before footage of
very vocal hens recorded at close range;
listen for all of the
major calls of the wild turkey. “Get Real”
in the turkey woods while calling to that
illusive gobbler.
Track 1 – Introductions -
Discussion with the Pros about track 2
This CD captures birds
stirring on the roost as they greet the
first light of day until they walked out of
hearing range nearly an hour later. The
next track starts out with a big ol’ red
squirrel barking in a tree beside my set-up.
You will hear him barking off and on
throughout the recording. The first turkey
sound is from an older hen roosted close by
as she starts with some pretty loud yelping
and clucking. As things go on then you hear
the other birds waking with soft tree yelps
and clucking. This first segment or track of
turkeys lasts a little over 14 minutes.
Near the end of the track listen for the
turkeys getting louder; listen for some kee
kee’s and fast clucking.
Track 2 – “Wake up and
Crank it up” (Tree Calls, Clucks, and
Excitement calls)
Track 3 – Discussion with the
Pros about track 4
The following track presents
a lot of yelping, cackles, and cutting. This
track enables you to hear more individual
turkey calls and many break into some long
yelping series. The flydown cackle is also a
very popular call lately. You’ll hear
several birds with many different forms and
sounds. The last couple of minutes of the
next track include many turkeys on the
ground and some still roosted, who
eventually fly down. The brood hens seem to
usually stay in the tree longer to locate
their own.
Track 4 – “Leaving the
Roost” (Fly Down Cackles, Cutting, Kee
Kee Runs)
Track 5 – Discussion with the
Pros about track 6
As we move into Track 6,
you’ll hear some hens already on the ground
nearby clucking, purring and scratching in
the leaves. Many of the younger turkeys are
kee keeing and looking to regroup. About
2-1/2 minutes into this track you will hear
an old brood hen assembly yelping for her
young ones. She starts out about 30 yards
from the microphone then walks within 5
yards exhibiting loud desperate yelps. Some
of the kee kee whistles are at a lower pitch
than others.
There is much confusion in
the upcoming track. You’ll hear some
aggressive purring or fighting rattles, as
well as the wing beats of flogging. Is this
a successful call in spring or is it
strictly for fall use?
Track 6 – “Let’s Get it
Together” (Plain Yelps, Assembly Yelps,
Lost Yelps, Kee Kee Runs, Fights, and Clucks
& Purrs)
Track 7 - Discussion with the
Pros about track 8
Much fighting is going on,
while the turkeys try to establish a peaking
order. Do hens do this as well? This next
track finds almost all the turkeys on the
ground. Listen at the beginning for two hens
who are yelping within very close range to
the microphone. These two seem to honor one
another; in other words they don’t try to
call over top of one another/outcall one
another. One will yelp and the other hen
seems to wait until she is almost finished
before she starts. This demonstrates
the advantage of running several different
calls while hunting. I’ve always felt that
when hunting with a buddy, you should let
each other finish his call before the other
starts. Simply put, courteous calling works
best. Many times when turkeys aren’t too
awfully excited, they will honor each other
while calling. Several fights are included
on the next track. Will mixing of different
family flocks lead to more fighting? This
following track has some close purrs, whines
and whits. How important is the soft talk
to bringing that gobbler in the last 10
yards for the shot. This track captures
more good examples of the kee kee run and
the variety of this call. You’ll also hear a
hen as she jumps up on a log near the
microphone about 2 minutes into the track.
She begins to cluck as she gets nervous, and
then flies off about 20 yards away. You will
hear her cackle as she flies and hits the
ground. As the track winds down you can hear
the turkeys drifting as they feed farther
away.
Track 8 – “Hit the Ground
Running” (Clucks, Purrs and Yelping)
Track 9 – Wrap up and Thank
you
Track 1 – Introductions and
Track 2 Intro
Track 2 – “Wake up and
Crank it up” (Tree Calls, Clucks, and
Excitement calls)
Track 3 – Discussion with the
Pros
Track 4 – “Leaving the
Roost” (Fly Down Cackles, Cutting, Kee
Kee Runs)
Track 5 - Discussion with the
Pros
Track 6 – “Let’s get it
Together” (Plain Yelps, Assembly Yelps,
Lost Yelps, Kee Kee Runs, Fights, Clucks &
Purrs)
Track 7 - Discussion with the
Pros
Track 8 – “On the Ground”
(Clucks, Purrs and Yelping)
Track 9 – Wrap up and Thank
you
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