{"id":2771,"date":"2020-12-02T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2020-12-21T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:18:40","slug":"getting-better-at-turkey-calls-takes-practice-and-more-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/getting-better-at-turkey-calls-takes-practice-and-more-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting better at turkey calls takes practice and more practice!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><figure style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtree.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/site_large\/public\/content\/inserts\/2020\/jakes.jpg?itok=w19nbqND\" alt=\"Are you trying to sound like live turkeys, or other turkey hunters? (John Hafner photo)\" width=\"406\" height=\"280\" class=\" img-fluid\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: John Hafner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>It&rsquo;s a few days after Thanksgiving.&nbsp; Still have turkeys on the brain?&nbsp; Certainly, one of the many skills that are helpful in hunting turkeys is the ability to attract birds with a call.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s as much of an art as a science, and there are many potential reasons why your calls aren&rsquo;t working. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtree.com\/turkey-hunting\/articles\/10-reasons-why-you-suck-at-calling-turkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story<\/a> on the Realtree website points out, the problem could be anything from using the wrong cadence, to being in the wrong spot, to not taking your time.<\/p>\n<p>Like many things in life, the best way to improve is to practice. A lot. It&rsquo;s also helpful to learn from friends who are masters at calling, whether it&rsquo;s imitating their rhythm, or seeing what equipment works best for them.<\/p>\n<p>And while many hunters tend to use traditional types of callers, like boxes, pots and diaphragms, there are also other options. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwtf.org\/hunt\/article\/turkey-calls-might-not-know-much-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post<\/a> on the National Wild Turkey Federation notes, tube calls, scratch boxes and trough calls can also be effective. So try different types and see what works for you.<\/p>\n<p>As you get out in the woods this winter, think about how nice it would be to have a spot nearby to camp or build a cabin. PotlatchDeltic has numerous recreational properties within easy reach of quality turkey hunting spots, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/contact.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact one of the experts in the PotlatchDeltic Preferred Broker Network<\/a> to get a spot of your own.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s a few days after Thanksgiving.&nbsp; Still have turkeys on the brain?&nbsp; Certainly, one of the many skills that are helpful in hunting turkeys is the ability to attract birds with a call. It&rsquo;s as much of an art as a science, and there are many potential reasons why your calls aren&rsquo;t working. As a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/getting-better-at-turkey-calls-takes-practice-and-more-practice\/\">more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting better at turkey calls takes practice and more practice!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,12],"tags":[636,580,728,729,730,95],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2785,"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potlatchdelticlandsales.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}