Do you use a gobble call?

[YoungGobbler]

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Do you use a call that produces gobble and does it work? If so, any special way you use it?

[Sir-diealot]

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Tried one back in the 90's I was not impressed.

[randywallace]

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I have a Morgan tube call with me on every hunt that can be used for calling or locating.  Whether I use it or not is situational. 

[Tom007]

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Have with success on private land. No way on public, just not comfortable using one there…..

[Dr Juice]

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I used it a bunch of times on private land and came home successful. I highly recommend it.

[Bowguy]

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I’m going to answer your question by saying I don’t typically use one. It can work but be dangerous even on private land. Most of us understand trespassing.
Calls I much prefer are gobbler, jake yelps, or clucks. Turkey can certainly tell the difference the beginner to many past that stage can’t hear a difference. The other sound I use is fight rattles/fight purrs. Both gobbler sounds work as well or better and are safer.
I’ll give some easy examples of use.
Few years ago I was going to roost birds and watched them about to fly up. This longbeard had his flock. Three other longbeards came into field. The flock bird left his ladies beeline to the 3 and started bullying.
Next morning first thing I see is the longbeards. They wouldn’t come and I had a young lady with me I was calling for. Heard her deflate as she almost had a chance. Next the flock came but about 60 yards going away. They’d not even look. I gobbler yelped at em. The bird turned, left the ladies and came to whoop someone. The girl missed 3 times at 20 yards. Read the play right? It’s important for any calling.  Think a gobble call woulda done better?
Last year a buddy of mine was texting saying the bird he was working sounded almost angry. Idk if some could decipher gobbles but to me at times they have that dominant sound, or at times questioning  “where are you” sound to them., we change the message we are or aren’t sending to them.  Anyhow he said bird sounded aggravated and wasn’t coming.  I mentioned he should try rattling at em. Bird went ballistic he told me and within a very short spell was dead.
Anytime you rattle you’ll get about instant feedback if it’s working. Birds double triple gobble and about run in. I could go on for both calls but the most fun you’ll have calling imo is the rattle response. Never seen em act like that with gobbles
Do I use gobble sounds. No. Gobbler sounds yes.

[YoungGobbler]

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I’m going to answer your question by saying I don’t typically use one. It can work but be dangerous even on private land. Most of us understand trespassing.
Calls I much prefer are gobbler, jake yelps, or clucks. Turkey can certainly tell the difference the beginner to many past that stage can’t hear a difference. The other sound I use is fight rattles/fight purrs. Both gobbler sounds work as well or better and are safer.
I’ll give some easy examples of use.
Few years ago I was going to roost birds and watched them about to fly up. This longbeard had his flock. Three other longbeards came into field. The flock bird left his ladies beeline to the 3 and started bullying.
Next morning first thing I see is the longbeards. They wouldn’t come and I had a young lady with me I was calling for. Heard her deflate as she almost had a chance. Next the flock came but about 60 yards going away. They’d not even look. I gobbler yelped at em. The bird turned, left the ladies and came to whoop someone. The girl missed 3 times at 20 yards. Read the play right? It’s important for any calling.  Think a gobble call woulda done better?
Last year a buddy of mine was texting saying the bird he was working sounded almost angry. Idk if some could decipher gobbles but to me at times they have that dominant sound, or at times questioning  “where are you” sound to them., we change the message we are or aren’t sending to them.  Anyhow he said bird sounded aggravated and wasn’t coming.  I mentioned he should try rattling at em. Bird went ballistic he told me and within a very short spell was dead.
Anytime you rattle you’ll get about instant feedback if it’s working. Birds double triple gobble and about run in. I could go on for both calls but the most fun you’ll have calling imo is the rattle response. Never seen em act like that with gobbles
Do I use gobble sounds. No. Gobbler sounds yes.

Thanks for your comment, i like your idea. Makes me want to try it on birds who are not very interested in coming in… We’ll see next spring if I can get them crazy with these sounds…

[Bowguy]

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Roger Parks sells a gobbler pot. Imo you want to practice it. Gotta get the broken jake  sequence for instance in your head. Also need to make a sound chamber as there is none and run more towards pot center. Roger sends or used to a cd explaining this.

[crow]

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Do you use a call that produces gobble and does it work? If so, any special way you use it?

I use a tube call for gobbling both fall and spring, it's effective. To my ear the tube call makes the most realistic gobble. There are a couple good youtube videos on how to do it, one by Kenny Morgan, another by Joe Slaten, there's more go in this forums tube call section.


Gobbler/Jake yelps, are also very effective and worth learning, nothing works all the time, the more tools in your bag the better

[YoungGobbler]

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