How to Use a Turkey Wing to Call Gobblers In

Next time you head for the turkey woods, take some wings with you—not the BBQ kind, but a real turkey wing from a past successful hunt. Wings have been used for a long time by turkey hunters to make a flapping sound as they do fly-down calls, but here is another way you can use them. Set up within about 100 yards of a roosted gobbler and gently tap and scrape your wing against a tree as you yelp and cluck. That sounds to the gobbler like a hen stirring and preening on her roost limb as she begins to wake up. It will definitely get the gobbler’s interest. Now, wait a minute or two and then flap the wing as you do a fly-down cackle. Mixing the natural sounds of turkey wings and calls is pretty hard for any gobbler to resist.

This article was produced by Larry Whiteley for Bass Pro Shops 1Source, where it appeared first.