Turkey locator caller only attract female turkeys

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Turkey locator caller only attract female turkeys

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I don´t regularly hunt turkeys but was forced today for a mission I noticed that now the locator caller only attracted female turkeys. I did at least 15 attempts and every single time there was a female turkey responding and not male as in the description At least 6 females answered the call and there was male turkeys around I want to remember it used to be males responding last time I tried.
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What description? The store description says "Higher chance with lower scoring Turkeys", and that is exactly the problem. Most of the time the turkeys with a zero score respond, i.e. the females. Males also respond though, just much less.
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How often are you calling? Never had an issue with both coming to calls but have to stay on top of it and call every 3-4 in-game minutes (I do every 3) or they get easily distracted.
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Re: Turkey locator caller only attract female turkeys

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I'm not sure this is a bug so much as poor design. To be realistic, only male birds should ever respond to it. It should function exactly as the pheasant caller does in-game. It should never attract anything, only trigger a call, and only from males.

The point of a locator call is to get a gobbler to "shock gobble." They get so pumped during their breeding season that they're excited enough to gobble at any sudden loud noise. Younger or less experienced birds are more likely to fall for it, so technically the description of the item in the store is accurate. The problem is that it isn't low scoring gobblers gobbling, it's non-scoring hens that often respond. No hen in her right mind is going to cluck in giddy response to a predator.
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Re: Turkey locator caller only attract female turkeys

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Has the description always been low scoring turkeys? Just curious if they made a change at some times or it always been like this and I was just insanely lucky just getting males responding the first weeks I used it. That was ages ago though thus the fading memory :)
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