We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

Spice up your Thanksgiving dinner toast this year by sprinkling in some poultry stats: Did you know Minnesota has raised more than 2.3 billion turkeys since 1929, more than any other state? And, ...

I woke Monday morning to sunshine and the temperature hovering near 15 degrees. That’s 15 degrees celsius. At the time I was watching the weather in London, where the metric system reigns. When I ...

If I try to purr on a diaphragm I can make a sound, but it won’t be a turkey call. On the other hand, with my slate call I can purr, yelp, cutt, cluck, tree cackle, and even kee-kee run without much ...

There are thousands of turkey calls on the market, and just about any of them will work fine for yelping up a gobbler. Designating one call as being “better” than another is tricky. A pot call’s sound ...