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One of the most common criticisms of spring hunters is that they call too loud, too long, and too often.  In the fall however, that is precisely what you want to do (except when working mature gobblers).  In particular, once you begin to get responses, mimic what you hear or even use more than one call simultaneously, such as a mouth call and a slate or box, to sound like turkeys getting together.  There's no better way for a young or inexperienced hunter to gain confidence in his calling skills.

Mix your yelps, clucks, and kee-kee-runs, and if it becomes clear an old hen is trying to reassemble her scattered offspring, stop calling and take drastic action.  You will never outcall a hen in such circumstances.  Her voice is recognizable to her offspring, and every one of her houngsters will go straight to her.  The solution is to shut her up, and the best way to do that is leave your blind and move straight in her direction - you want to drive her off.  Don't worry about bumping turkeys along the way.  They will soon be lonely again.

Should you be fortunate enough to come to grips with a bunch of gobblers at daybreak, a mixture of gobbler yelping and possibly a bit of gobbling may bring one your way.  Just feel out the situation and let the vocalization of the gobblers dictate what you do.  Indeed, that advice pretty well holds true for fall hunting in general, and chances are that in most cases you will hear a lot more turkey talk and a greater variety of turkey sounds, than you ever encounter in the spring.