I have been turkey hunting for over 30 years now. I consider myself a decent hunter, i usually kill 2-3 birds a year and i have called in many for other people. So, i would guess i have been a part of killing somewhere between 80 and 100 turkeys. I have never heard one drum. I don't think my hearing allows me to hear that level of noise. Just wondering if anyone else can't hear them.

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I've killed a bunch of gobblers, haven't heard 1 drumming in at least 20 years. I think my old ears can't hear the frequency of drumming

Bein able to hear them is a boon..but i don’t understand it either..i know plenty of folks who cant…i think its like bein able to wiggle your ears..some can..some cant

Id almost say i feel them drum as much hear them

I'm convinced I can't hear it. I haven't been around a ton of gobblers, but I've had them strutting within 50-75yds a handful of times and I've never heard it. I've also had people post or send me videos claiming to be good examples of clear, easy-to-hear drumming, and *nothing*. Supposedly you can hear it clearly in this video below...but I can't.

I think it's just an issue of not being able to hear certain frequencies. I hate it too, because by all accounts it's a really cool thing to experience.

Invest in the Tetra AmPods. This was my first year with them and they are a game changer. I had trouble hearing drumming for years and if I did hear it, he was right on top of me but with the Tetra’s, I can hear drumming a long ways out. You can also pinpoint exactly where a gobble came from. They are not like the Walkers or others I’ve used as I could hear the gobble but couldn’t tell exactly where it came from. But now, I know exactly where it came from. Not being able to hear drumming is a huge disadvantage when turkey hunting. He may not be gobbling but more than likely he IS spitting and drumming on his way to you. It is money well spent!!!

I can hear the spit but no drum. lol

I hear drumming often in the woods , Gomer, but can’t hear it on your video from my phone. I hear the spit, but not the drum. Try some headphones maybe

I just listened to the video I posted on a $300 set of headphones...and other people I work with confirmed they can hear it

It's your ears are not pickup up the frequency level. I used to could never hear it, even when I was watching him do it. As I got older, either my ears got worse or better but I can hear it most of the time now. I remember the day it happened. I was on a WMA, about 11:30, taking a break in some shade. I hit a slate and boom he gobbled maybe 75 yds out. All of a sudden the woods was filled with vrooommm. Go figure.

The first time I heard it was hunting near a dirt road. Gobbler had stopped gobbling and I was looking for him to come straight at me. Was mentally cussing the guy running the bass wide open on his sound system behind me. I look back and the bird was in full strut right behind me. He lived but that boom has been the death of many more. I think I had heard the sound but never connected it to a turkey.

I can hear but can't in that video.

I had a couple of coworkers listen to the video....on regular speakers they couldn't hear it. Through my fancy headphones, their response was "Oh wow".

Heard it plenty - just no this year

Sometimes hard to coarse it or tell exactly where he at for me by hearing it

I hope you are correct , I bought a set at the end of season . I got to wear them a couple times , but wasn't in a situation to hear one drum. I called Tetra and explained I can hear one gobble far as anyone just can't hear drumming. They were supposed to turn that frequency up . They did enhance low end for sure , walking in leaves and low sounds are better. Them things ain't cheap, they better work.

If I couldn’t hear drumming my success would be cut in half. This year especially a few gobbles on the limb and nothing but drumming the rest of the day.

A lot of the time youll notice this annoying "pressure" or "bass" like sitting to close to a speaker. Then youll notice it when you realize what it is. I can hear them spit and drum luckily as many times that was the only way I know one was there.

My first Merriam was like that. I had him gobbling and he stopped. I was at the top of a drainage trying to hear him and there was this darn annoying bass like "noise" coming from my right and I was what is that and dang will it stop? I wont hear the bird with that noise. I looked to my right and he was strutting up a drainage drumming. Luckily Im left handed and just turned and smoked him.

Loudest drumming bird Id ever heard. It was so loud it was annoying. Once you do hear it you will recognize it a lot easier.

It’s a very low frequency and you just may not able to hear in that range.

I can hear it ONLY if they’re close enough to shoot. I can hear them spit a long long way though. If I hear the drum I know I can pull the trigger.