Ep. 349: BONUS How to Talk Turkey with Andrew Johnson

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Today on the show we’re back with our final bonus turkey hunting episode and we’re here with Andrew Johnson to break down the top six turkey vocalizations hunters need to be able to interpret and replicate.

Topics discussed:

How Andrew came to be involved with turkey hunting and turkey hunting media
Why so many hunters have one-sided conversations with turkeys
What the most important turkey vocalizations
Why it’s important to understand what different vocalizations mean to turkeys
Understanding and replicating a yelp
Understanding and replicating the tree yelp
Understanding and replicating clucks and putts
Understanding and replicating cutting
Understanding and replicating a purr
Understanding and replicating a gobble
Most common turkey calling mistakes

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