Pea Cock Call

[Deer Hunter]

Does anyone know of anybody besides primos that puts out a pea cock call ?
A good quality one.

[ken w]

we make one called the triple play www.devcalls.com

[Deer Hunter]

ken w.

I went to you website but could not find the "triple play" call that you are talking about ?

[Big R]

Dont waste your money!

[Deer Hunter]

Big R

Is the call not any good or do you think that using a pea cock call is a waste of time ?

[WildmanWilson]

It a loud noise and will work sometimes. I can make the call with my voice but I still like the crow call better. I even saw a guy use a home made jackass call that worked well. I'm going to try some different sounds this year. I have heard squeeking farm equipment make them go crazy as well as roosters, dogs, truck backfiring, cop cars, and about anything else that makes a noise. I have several things up my sleeve to try.

[ken w]

sorry about that ,its new ,i forget i have not got it on there yet

[ken w]

its a woodpecker, coyote, and peacock, and it does work, its the only locator(peacock)
i could get those FL birds to shock gobble to last year

[turk2di]

Dont waste your money!
Yea, don't buy it.The last thing we need in the woods full of lousy crow callers is lousy peacock callers:D:D

[silentgate]

I have used a peacock call for several years now with much success. It's not a waste of time! Mine is a Woods Wise.

[Dev]

Quaker Boy makes a good one. I've had a lot of success with mine. Also try an air horn.

[Deer Hunter]

30 years ago while i was turkey hunting one morning. I was calling to a gobbler and there was another gobbler about 300 yards on up the ridge i was on gobbling its head off. Well after about 2 hours i finally got a shot at the one that i was calling to but missed it. So i walked on up the ridge and started calling to the bird i had herd gobbling so much. And it would answer to me and start to come in. And then i would here this high pitched screaming noise way off in the distance. I would say about 3/4 mile away. And there would go my gobbler headed to it. Gobbling continiously. Then he would come back. That went on until about 1 p.m. in the afternoon. I did not know what on earth was making that noise. I had never herd that before. But it sure had that gobbler worked up.

Well the next morning i went back to the same spot i had missed the gobbler the morning before and basicly the same thing happened as the day before. The gobbler on up the ridge was tearing it up gobbling at that strange noise. This time i knew what it was gobbling at and could faintly hear it. But i had the same gobbler that i missed the morning before gobbling to good to up and leave him and by 8:30 a.m. i had called him up and killed him. So i went on up the ridge to the bird that was hammering away at the strang noise and sit up on it and tried calling to him. Everytime i would get him headed my way. That strange sounding noise would fire him up and off he would go headed straight for that noise.

So the next morning i sit up futher up the ridge on this gobbler. Right at day light. The bird sounded off. Well to make a long story short. I had a repeat of the two mornings before and this went on until about 2 p.m. in the after noon. When finally what ever was making the noise finally quit. The old gobbler come strutting in to me at about 2:30 p.m. when i finally got to kill him. He weighed 23 lbs had a 11 1/2 beard with 1 3/8 inch spurs.

On my way home when i noticed a peacock out in a barn yard all fanned out. I pulled over and rolled down my window about the time it let out a loud squawl. That was my strange noise i had been hearing. I had never herd a pea cock before. I finally realized that where i had killed the gobbler was right behind the farm that this pea cock was on. And that it was what had been firing up this bird. I have thought about tring a pea cock call serveral times over the years since this happened but for some reason never have. But i am going to this Spring.

[Big R]

Big R

Is the call not any good or do you think that using a pea cock call is a waste of time ?



I wasnt talking about anyones call in specific,I was just refering to a peacock call period!
I have seen em,heard em,blown em and like em but Im not a peacock hunter.Ill stick with sounds that a natural to the woods,Owl,Hawk,Crow,coyote and piliated woodpecker(sp).Im not saying they wont work at times but there is plenty other natural sounding calls out there that work well.

[WildmanWilson]

Are you a piliated woodpecker hunter? A peacock is a natural sound why not use it if it works? Sometimes it takes something new to get them to gobble.

There was a peacock that used to run with the turkeys at H&H wildlife area. For a couple of years all you had to do was listen for the peacock to find the turkeys. The warden that used to work there ended up killing him however.

The guy I saw using the jackass call was doing a good job of getting the gobblers to sound off even though there were not any in the area. I don't see the harm in using it as long as it worked. Plus if someone is using a different locator call it's easy to tell it's another hunter working that bird and I can stay away and I hope they would do the same for me.

[ril7572]

I wasnt talking about anyones call in specific,I was just refering to a peacock call period!
I have seen em,heard em,blown em and like em but Im not a peacock hunter.Ill stick with sounds that a natural to the woods,Owl,Hawk,Crow,coyote and piliated woodpecker(sp).Im not saying they wont work at times but there is plenty other natural sounding calls out there that work well.

I agree. It never ceases to amaze me how gullable some turkey hunters when it comes to calls. It's really kind of funny. After a few years of hunting most hunters come to realize you don't need all the new bells and whistles to kill turkeys. just learn how to hunt them.

[turk2di]

I agree. It never ceases to amaze me how gullable some turkey hunters when it comes to calls. It's really kind of funny. After a few years of hunting most hunters come to realize you don't need all the new bells and whistles to kill turkeys. just learn how to hunt them.
Amen brother RIL7572....amen!

[Valley Station]

If somebody would just come up with a call that would duplicate the sound of "thunder" or "slammin' an ol'Chevy truck door".

[turk2di]

If somebody would just come up with a call that would duplicate the sound of "thunder" or "slammin' an ol'Chevy truck door".
I tried years ago to come up with a ' Thunder" box! I guess if one could pack around a 10ft section of sheet metal, u could come close to replicating thunder;)

[Big R]

Are you a piliated woodpecker hunter? A peacock is a natural sound why not use it if it works? Sometimes it takes something new to get them to gobble.

There was a peacock that used to run with the turkeys at H&H wildlife area. For a couple of years all you had to do was listen for the peacock to find the turkeys. The warden that used to work there ended up killing him however.

The guy I saw using the jackass call was doing a good job of getting the gobblers to sound off even though there were not any in the area. I don't see the harm in using it as long as it worked. Plus if someone is using a different locator call it's easy to tell it's another hunter working that bird and I can stay away and I hope they would do the same for me.


I didnt know we had a wild Peacock population here in Ky.:p
Sure a Turkey will shock gobble to just about anything but I feel that unatural sounds just alert most birds to the presence of something they arent acustomed to hearing and make them a little more weary thats my reason to use whats natrural to the woods.I very seldom use anything other than Owl,Crow and agressive cutting to strike up a bird.I just prefer not to use one and dont think you need one.
Just my 2cnts+ worth;)

[Deer Hunter]

ken w

What does the tripple play call cost and how do i go about odering one ?

[WildmanWilson]

I've seen peacocks take up with turkeys three times. I have no idea where they came from. For some reason they like their company I guess.

I use mostly crow calls myself but I'm not too proud to try something different. I believe they get call shy to crow calls at places like Peabody and some other public spots where they hear about a million crows each day.

So whats a natural sound to a turkey? I'm sure they don't set around and think about what just made him gobble. Every morning I would hear gobblers sound off to this guys car starting up. Is that a natural sound? I don't care if it's a sound from nature or man made as long as it works. I have yet to see a gobble alerted by sound from machinary or other man made objects. It's hunting pressure more than anything thats going to change their gobbling behavior imo.

[Big R]

WildmanWilson


If you read all of my previous post you would have seen that I agree that birds will shock gobble to almost anything if the timing is right.They will shock gobble to a shotgun blast but Im not gonna shoot my gun just to here one gobble.
You are right when you say that turkeys on public land get shy of even a crow call and that is due to overuse and poor sound.
I have hunted Peabody for 15 years and know what pressure is put on the birds there now.
If you think birds a pressured at Peabody try Ft.Campbell out.I have hunted all over and never found a place more pressured than that place is but I still dont use unconventional calls there just to get a bird to Gobble.If you hunt a place that is private ground and birds arent pressured much at all then fire away with the peacock calls or anything you want to but I believe that when they hear a sound they arent acustomed to hearing it just makes em that much more weary of their surroundings whether they shockgobbled to it or not!
I have more luck locating with a tube call than any other locator call on the market.
Now you can go out and buy a Peacock call,a Donkey call or whatever you want but I dont think it will increase your chances of killing a Turkey much if any at all!
But maybe you just like to here em Gobble I dont know!;)

[WildmanWilson]

Big R...

I've been turkey hunting for 20 years and I know what works for me after all these years of chasing long beards. Like I said earlier I use a crow and owl call most of the time but I will try something different also. I haven't found that a unique sound spooks a turkey at all. I saw a farmer pull a wagon that was squeaking and the turkeys would gobble their heads off. I have seen them gobble like crazy at a machine gun one day when the national guard was training. An ambulance siren works great too. None of these noises ever spooked them because they don't have the reasoning power to associate them with a human. So yes I will use something different and have had good results.
I also use a tube call but one of my favorite for pressured birds is a wing bone call. Good luck.

[jeff ward]

i have to jump in on this, i will start off by saying that im not a gadget freak, and alot of turkey hunters get so wraped up in getting every new toy to hit the market(im not)..
but as far as the peacock goes i have a great one ..it is the one in my cage out back.in the spring when there mateing(my peacocks) .and my big ole male gets fired up and starts calling he gets all the gobblers in the hills fired up.. that peacock has put me on some great mid-day hunts...
as far as manmade calls go i cant tell ya.. but as far as my live one he is awsome..
turkey vests are getting like tackle boxes plumb full of stuff, but only about 1/4 of it really works..
there is nothing like good woodsmanship to take any game out there..
just my 5 cents...jeff

[30WCF]

If somebody would just come up with a call that would duplicate the sound of "thunder" or "slammin' an ol'Chevy truck door".
old ford truck doors work too, two of the places I hunt I wait until about crack of dawn and slam the truck door when I'm ready to go. If I have to I'll do it a couple or three times and go towards the one that sounds biggest or close to me.