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#21

Turkey Pot Call & Strikers Classifieds / Re: Park’s Gobbler Pot & Scoot...

Last post by revjtwiggins - December 31, 2025, 10:16:53 PM

You still have these available? Does parks have the striker?

#22

Turkey Locator Calls / Test

Last post by Lonehowl - December 31, 2025, 09:01:23 PM

#23

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by Kypossum - December 31, 2025, 08:31:28 PM

I usually don't touch my friction calls until a day or two before season. I am going to try to learn to use a mouth call this year. Going to start working on that shortly. Wish me luck!

#24

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by Lcmacd 58 - December 31, 2025, 08:22:21 PM

Leader

#25

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by BullTom - December 31, 2025, 07:25:12 PM

Bit of an unpopular opinion here...

I don't believe that trumpets are ultra-realistic. I also dont believe that they elicit some near magical response from a wild turkey any more or less than any other call. Let me elaborate, but before i do, here are a few disclaimers. I say what I am about to say as someone that loves trumpets and wingbones. Ive hunted with them since the early 2000s when I was a teenager. At my current stage in my hunting career, my wife and I kill between 10-15 birds a season, all called in with either a trumpet or a mouth call (a tiny handful with a box call). I acknowledge that what im about to say may well be very wrong. Perhaps confirmation biased or perhaps ive just missed somthing that others have been able to identify.

Now, to my first claim that trumpets and wingbones are not ultrarealistic- I can think of maybe 2 or 3 guys that can run a trumpet and make it sound like a real wild hen turkey. A bunch of guys can sound sort of like a turkey (I put myself in this category) and the vast majority sound more like a chipmunk than they do a hen. I know of dozens of guys that can run a mouth call and sound like a turkey, many many more that can run a box or a pot call well. So, the claim that trumpets are so "effective because its what turkeys hear every day", I just cant get on board with that. For most, they are the least realistic turkey call in their arsenal. Now, that said (and this is the magical part), despite sounding more like a chipmunk than a hen, turkeys still do respond and even come in to those calls on occassion (just the same as they do poor calling on a mouth, box, pot call, etc. on occasion). Which leads me to my next claim...

Trumpets and wingbones do not elicit some response from turkeys that is any different than any other type of call. Over the last 20+ years I have called to and called in dozens and dozens of wild turkeys of all subspecies in every region of the US. I have done so with just about every type of turkey call you can imagine. In the last 10 years or so, I have used mostly trumpets, wing bones, mouth call and on rare occasion my trusty long box (when I know im gonna be out of breath). In all of this experience, if i remove my confirmation bias to the best of my abilty, turkeys do not respond any differently to trumpets than they do any other type of call. Ive called to birds with a mouth or box call and heard crickets only to have him run in on a string when i switch to the trumpet or bone. But i have had the opposite experience as many or more times as well. Like I said in an earlier post... the trumpet is another tool in the bag, but on any given day, its no more or less effective than any other call type. If i didnt feel this way, I wouldnt use any other type of call besides a trumpet.

I like trumpets because it is so difficult to make it sound like a real hen. Combined with the uniqueness of the call styles and woods and other materials, they are special to me, but not because they are extra good at striking or calling in turkeys.

Just one turkey hunters (drastically outnumbered lol) opinion. YMMV

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#26

Turkey Calls / Re: Firewood to HenBox

Last post by Tom007 - December 31, 2025, 06:02:35 PM

Awesome!

#27

General Forum / Re: I’m a huge Browning fan bu...

Last post by Tom007 - December 31, 2025, 06:00:03 PM

Hey Tom good luck with the new SBE. How are you going to set it up? Spring will be here soon enough!

I put my Aimpoint Micro S rib mount Red dot on it with an Indian Creek .570 choke. Shoots Long beard 6's and Federal 9's real nice. Carlsons Choke also a fine shooting tube. The gun is fantastic. Can't wait to tote it this spring. Be safe buddy

Sounds like a great set up, best of luck with it. Aimpoint is top of the line, I still have one that is 10 + years old.

Thanks, and best of luck to you too!

#28

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by zelmo1 - December 31, 2025, 05:31:46 PM

Role

#29

General Forum / Re: 3 word story

Last post by zelmo1 - December 31, 2025, 05:31:13 PM

Believe in something

#30

General Forum / Re: I’m a huge Browning fan bu...

Last post by lunghit - December 31, 2025, 03:27:09 PM

Hey Tom good luck with the new SBE. How are you going to set it up? Spring will be here soon enough!

I put my Aimpoint Micro S rib mount Red dot on it with an Indian Creek .570 choke. Shoots Long beard 6's and Federal 9's real nice. Carlsons Choke also a fine shooting tube. The gun is fantastic. Can't wait to tote it this spring. Be safe buddy

Sounds like a great set up, best of luck with it. Aimpoint is top of the line, I still have one that is 10 + years old.