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Title: What’s the one call that never gets left?
Post by: chbarnha on April 24, 2022, 08:25:37 AM
What is the one call you never leave home without, that never leaves your vest? I'm not talking style of call but the one specific call you wouldn't go in the woods without. Mine is an enticer double trouble. It will flat out scream, and it will tone way down for the soft talk. I have plenty of calls but that is the one call that never gets replaced. What's yours?
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Title: Re: What’s the one call that never gets left?
Post by: ScottTaulbee on April 24, 2022, 08:30:18 AM
Enticer next generation


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Post by: Greg Massey on April 24, 2022, 08:33:10 AM
Ceramic
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Post by: Howie g on April 24, 2022, 08:59:58 AM
If I could only bring one ?  It would be my new t3 tube call . It's replaced my old Morgon call "retired " .
Can make every call needed on a tube . 
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Post by: callmakerman on April 24, 2022, 09:05:30 AM
My micarta aluminum.
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Post by: neal on April 24, 2022, 09:07:04 AM
Tube call


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Post by: MISSISSIPPI Double beard on April 24, 2022, 10:44:30 AM
Primos mouth call, greenleaf turkey foot cut.
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Post by: mspaci on April 24, 2022, 10:57:55 AM
my morgan style tube
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Post by: Stickbow98 on April 24, 2022, 10:58:28 AM
Primos True Double mouth call
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Post by: wchadw on April 24, 2022, 11:08:41 AM
Cody world class slate w black striker


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Post by: JoeA on April 24, 2022, 11:13:40 AM
A slate call w/o a sounding board, wood frame with a slate disk glued in. Super sweet soft calls.
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Post by: the Ward on April 24, 2022, 11:23:06 AM
K&H hammer slate. My wife and son got it for me for Christmas years ago. Even though i  cracked  the slate, it still works, and it has accounted for several gobblers. It will always go with me till it doesn't work
anymore, whether i use it or not.
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Post by: FLGobstopper on April 24, 2022, 12:42:45 PM
Supreme Pure Death corian pot with Neal's mac ebony or snakewood stiker. Cary both strikers and either sound so good on this call or any other pot I might be carrying they're always on deck.
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Post by: Gooserbat on April 24, 2022, 02:03:46 PM
Mouth call
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Post by: Wigsplitter on April 24, 2022, 02:05:43 PM
Mouth call
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Post by: TrackeySauresRex on April 24, 2022, 02:39:35 PM
K&H glass hammer! Picked it up for 6 bucks in a clearance bin. My go to call by far.
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Post by: grayfox on April 24, 2022, 02:58:44 PM
Mouth call
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Post by: Candyman on April 24, 2022, 03:25:08 PM
Cody Woodsman slate. This call has been the demise of many longbeards.
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Post by: TauntoHawk on April 24, 2022, 03:34:03 PM
I always have an SS holly walnut scratch box with purpleheart striker.

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Post by: RED NECK on April 24, 2022, 03:39:56 PM
A $7 dollar hs strut raspy old hen mouth call, I have called in and killed a lot of birds with that cheap little mouth call the last decade or so, I always have one stuck in my hat, I buy a new one every year.
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Post by: TonyTurk on April 24, 2022, 04:10:36 PM
Gooserbat's bacon.  Did you know turkeys like bacon?  They sure do!
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Post by: Tail Feathers on April 24, 2022, 04:21:40 PM
Mouth call.  And what I like varies a bit year to year with a couple or three that are always in my call carrier.
I hope to make a truly great sounding pot call before next spring.  I made a few this year but none were where I want them to be quite yet.  I was still able to take a bird with a call I made tho. 
I have a lot of good calls, I vary them through each season so the birds don't get too used to hearing one call-plus I just like using different ones.
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Post by: guesswho on April 24, 2022, 04:47:33 PM
I have two.   One is the squealing hen, the second is like posting spots on metube, it's better left to only the few who know.   Populations are already in trouble!
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Post by: ol bob on April 24, 2022, 05:11:34 PM
My delrin green death adj. trumpet.
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Post by: troutfisher13111 on April 24, 2022, 05:18:09 PM
Quote from: ol bob on April 24, 2022, 05:11:34 PM
My delrin green death adj. trumpet.
I'd like to see that...


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Post by: Turkeybutt on April 24, 2022, 05:33:11 PM
Old Lohman Thunder Dome I had for years
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Post by: Tom007 on April 24, 2022, 05:38:44 PM
Anyone of my Old Gobbler pushpins, I always carry 2.......
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Post by: ElkTurkMan on April 24, 2022, 05:45:16 PM
Hooks Heartthrob Diaphragm
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Post by: richard black on April 24, 2022, 05:51:27 PM
SS Custom Calls ebony and holly scratch box. It's a wonderful call and has been the demise of many gobblers.
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Post by: Mathews.1 on April 24, 2022, 05:52:14 PM
Mouth call
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Post by: CowHunter71 on April 24, 2022, 06:04:25 PM
I don't leave the truck without a Buice Yelper around my neck. All I ever carry anymore ;)
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Post by: Tail Feathers on April 24, 2022, 06:17:10 PM
If I had to carry a trumpet and nothing else, I may never kill another turkey.  I just can't seem to get the hang of it.  I have some beauties and I will be working on 'em for next spring for sure.
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Post by: nitro on April 24, 2022, 06:52:22 PM
Buice trumpet for sure.
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Post by: ChesterCopperpot on April 24, 2022, 07:00:43 PM
I always carry one main yelper and two or three pot calls. I trade out yelpers; I trade out pots; I trade out strikers for those pots (except one striker). But the call that always remains in my vest is a little, simple Ralph Permar improved Jordan. Probably because it fits in a striker holder and so I just leave it there, but also it just carries such a different sound than whatever primary yelper I'm toting that I always consider it an advantage. Lots of times when I can't get nothing else to strike I fall back on that little phenolic resin yelper and it'll get one to gobble.


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Post by: Cowboy on April 24, 2022, 07:12:43 PM
MAD Super Crystal.  Had it for 20+ years.

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Post by: joey46 on April 24, 2022, 07:16:18 PM
Knight and Hale Lonesome Hen.  Little round push pull call.  Simple and effective.
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Post by: WildTigerTrout on April 24, 2022, 07:33:12 PM
Primos True Triple mouth call.
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Post by: Dtrkyman on April 24, 2022, 07:39:53 PM
Mouth call!   Otherwise Halloran Crystal Mistress.


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Post by: Old Timer on April 24, 2022, 07:42:23 PM
Lynch box call
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Post by: Zobo on April 24, 2022, 08:02:07 PM
For the past 15 seasons I almost always carry this little slate call Randy Clark made for me when my twin sons were young. It's great for early morning soft talk and reminds me of some of the good times I've spent with my sons. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220424/b7310dfbb7521d401a8960bed461406d.jpg)

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Post by: Yoder409 on April 24, 2022, 08:40:31 PM
A Gooserbat diaphragm.
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Post by: Tom007 on April 24, 2022, 08:41:20 PM
Quote from: Zobo on April 24, 2022, 08:02:07 PM
For the past 15 seasons I almost always carry this little slate call Randy Clark made for me when my twin sons were young. It's great for early morning soft talk and reminds me of some of the good times I've spent with my sons. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220424/b7310dfbb7521d401a8960bed461406d.jpg)

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Wow, a real treasure. Great story.....
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Post by: RiverBuck on April 24, 2022, 08:42:21 PM
Custom ghost cut
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Post by: TJR on April 24, 2022, 08:52:22 PM
Billy Bush Beggin Machine


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Post by: TrackeySauresRex on April 24, 2022, 10:33:13 PM
Quote from: guesswho on April 24, 2022, 04:47:33 PM
I have two.   One is the squealing hen, the second is like posting spots on metube, it's better left to only the few who know.   Populations are already in trouble!

Team that squeezing hen up with the acorn cruncher you'll be in business   :funnyturkey:
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Post by: paboxcall on April 25, 2022, 12:13:04 AM
Quote from: TJR on April 24, 2022, 08:52:22 PM
Billy Bush Beggin Machine

Mr. Bush crafts an incredible longbox.

For me, its a Snodgrass longbox. It goes everywhere. Everything else gets changed around but the longbox is always along.
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Post by: Paulmyr on April 25, 2022, 12:25:51 AM
Split V III diaphram.
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Post by: kelley91 on April 25, 2022, 02:53:56 AM
Primos-----Titan 2000   Titanium Fused Crystal
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Post by: Marc on April 25, 2022, 10:28:42 AM
Mouth call: Realistic, easy to carry (several), and most versatile call, and the only call that can be used without movement.

A mouth call is the call I practice on the most, and still like using the least though.  I find it far more "fun" to use friction calls, and have enjoyed calling birds in on Scratchers as of late.
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Post by: BDeal on April 25, 2022, 10:49:20 AM
I have 3 that are always with me-all pots. Paul Hicks red slate, Paul Hicks glass, and Darin Dawkins Aluminum.
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Post by: Old Dominion Tom on April 25, 2022, 12:24:39 PM
Halloran purple heart over cedar.  Not my most versatile call, but my most productive.
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Post by: strutstopper on April 25, 2022, 12:36:11 PM
Halloran crystal mistress
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Post by: redleg06 on April 25, 2022, 12:43:02 PM
Hooks diaphragm calls - the executioner or Persuader

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Post by: Turkeyman on April 25, 2022, 03:34:09 PM
Well, two actually. My Billy Bush longbox and my Cody glass.
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Post by: budtripp on April 25, 2022, 09:16:31 PM
Crystal Mistress and my pouch full of mouth calls.
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Post by: TalknTurkey on April 26, 2022, 09:39:18 AM
Halloran Twisted Sister
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Post by: TRG3 on April 26, 2022, 09:49:25 AM
My Primos Gobble Shaker tube has brought in many gobblers, especially in the late season when competition for the remaining hens still looking to breed escalates the peck order. They come in mad, so get ready to shoot!
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Post by: Jroddc on April 26, 2022, 11:44:13 AM
Mouth call Hooks Executioner 2
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Post by: ybuck on April 26, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
Tom Teaser, butt naked hen.
mouth
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Post by: zelmo1 on April 26, 2022, 12:20:51 PM
Woodhaven Green Hornet mouth call
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Post by: g8rvet on April 26, 2022, 02:22:59 PM
If I ditch my vest and am only pocket carrying like I do late in the day or when warm sometimes, I always grab:
HS Strut Triple glass
HS Strut Raspy Old hen

I don't think those are the best, just that I have used them and called in so many birds I have confidence in how I can make them sound. Both are simple and effective.

If it is a rainy day, I leave the Triple Glass and carry my Yingling Wet Dry glass call.
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Post by: cracker4112 on April 26, 2022, 03:03:48 PM
I always have a mouth call in my shirt pocket and a Lonnie Mabry aluminum pot that sings
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Post by: JohnSouth22 on April 26, 2022, 03:37:05 PM
River cane in the south, Pinhoti grey ghost anywhere else.