Chapter 1: Terminology
Review the most common phrases and behaviors you’ll hear and encounter in the spring woods.
Learn To Talk the Talk
Learn To Talk the Talk
Videos
1.1: Roost, Strut, and Drumming
Duration 3:57
Cuz Strickland and Neil Haas break down iconic wild turkey behaviors.
What You’ll Learn:
• Types of roosts.
• Why turkeys strut and what strut marks look like.
• What drumming sounds like.
What You’ll Learn:
• Types of roosts.
• Why turkeys strut and what strut marks look like.
• What drumming sounds like.
1.2: All Things Gobbles
Duration 2:18
The turkey gobble. Some consider it the greatest sound in the natural world. Brush up on gobble-related terms you’ll likely hear at turkey camp.
What You’ll Learn:
• Why and when turkeys gobble.
• What a shock gobble is.
• What “hot turkey” really means.
What You’ll Learn:
• Why and when turkeys gobble.
• What a shock gobble is.
• What “hot turkey” really means.
1.3: Dusting, Scratching, and Bugging
Duration 1:56
Understand some of the more nuanced terms related to turkey feeding and preening activities.
What You’ll Learn:
• Why you want to be where turkeys are bugging.
• When you’re likely to see dust bowls.
• What scratching means.
What You’ll Learn:
• Why you want to be where turkeys are bugging.
• When you’re likely to see dust bowls.
• What scratching means.
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