Kee-Kee'ng in the spring?

• Mar 11, 2013

• #1

chefrific

Senior Member

I went out scouting/listening this weekend. Heard some gobbling at daylight, then nothing. Around 10am down in a creek bottom I heard Kee-kee's and whiny yelping like crazy.
Then... a gobble, and more kee-kee'ng. This went on for over 20 minutes.
I thought a kee kee was a fall call for turkey?
Somebody school me.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

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hawglips

Banned

I use it all the time in the spring.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

• #3

rex upshaw

Senior Member

I use it in the spring. Not all the time as Hawglips does, but I certainly use it a fair amount.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

• #4

Curtis-UGA

Senior Member

It can be deadly. I think one of the main things is finding a sound or call the gobbler is familiar with. A call a hen he regularly hooks up with does.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

• #5

MKW

Senior Member

I kee a lot in the spring.

Mike

 

• Mar 11, 2013

• #6

hoppie

Senior Member

I also use it in the spring and have had good results. Do not use it every hunt, but will mix it in. Have heard birds do it in the spring and gobblers go nuts before.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

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longbearded1

Senior Member

Alot of the birds have not broken up yet, still use it as a regrouping call.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

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TK1

Senior Member

Have used the kee kee/kee kee run for over twenty years in the spring..Every turkey can produce this sound and doesnt matter what time of the year..poults,young hens,adult hens,jakes and adult gobblers..

 

• Mar 11, 2013

• #9

WOODSWIZE

Senior Member

My first bird back in the 80's was called in with a Kee Kee in the spring -it was the first call I learned back then using diaphrams.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

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gregg

Senior Member

Yep, I called in one of my first Spring birds with a kee-kee too, late morning, dang tom ran to me like he was on a string.....So, I use it a bunch.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

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Timber1

BANNED

It will bring birds in...not always the one you want it to though. You start whistling birds in and your gonna get busted by birds coming in from all directions. Mostly lonely hens and jakes. It will make a gobbler start yelping and clucking and I doubt many here would know the difference.

 

• Mar 11, 2013

• #12

hambone76

Senior Member

Yep. Like using the Kee Kee.

 

• Mar 14, 2013

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Turkeyhunter34

New Member

The kee kee is a grouping call often used but not limited to mature hens in the spring, all turkeys are capable of making the sound including jakes, gobblers and poults. The Whiney yelp you hear after-wards is a transition on to a plain yelp usually, somewhat of a pleading for other turkeys. I see jakes do this a lot. Timber1 is correct about not always calling the right one in.