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Title: What is your go to call ?
Post by: King Cobra on April 08, 2024, 06:26:01 PM
What type of call do you use most during the course of a days hunt?  Example: Box, slate, etc.
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Post by: TrackeySauresRex on April 08, 2024, 06:27:02 PM
The Squealing hen  :funnyturkey:
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Post by: Bottomland OG on April 08, 2024, 06:43:59 PM
Mouth call.
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Post by: turkeymanjim on April 08, 2024, 06:53:24 PM
Tube call

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Post by: Greg Massey on April 08, 2024, 07:45:23 PM
Assortment of calls
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Post by: Yoder409 on April 08, 2024, 08:05:02 PM
Diaphragm
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Post by: Marc on April 08, 2024, 08:06:18 PM
If I could only have one call, it would be a diaphragm...
Two calls I would add a box call.
Three calls, I would (and do) take a scratcher.

I have a box call that birds seem to respond (initially) to more than any other call I have.  I probably roll that lid more than I blow into the mouth call, but the mouth call is more versatile.
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Post by: Vintage on April 08, 2024, 08:09:45 PM
Slate
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Post by: 357MAGNOLE on April 08, 2024, 08:15:48 PM
I use a Marlin Watkins box call when trying to get their attention and usually go to my slate to get them to close the distance. I cannot for the life of me use the box call to purr, the slate does great at light clucks and purrs.  So its my go to when I need them to close distance.
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Post by: WV Flopper on April 08, 2024, 09:05:01 PM
 Pot call and mouth call. Mouth call is trending up
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Post by: ScottTaulbee on April 08, 2024, 09:05:49 PM
I use a mouth call 98% of the time. On my son's turkey yesterday, I struck him with a pot call, he didn't budge. After a while, I tried my trumpet, he climbed all over it but wouldn't budge, tried my box call, wouldn't budge, we made a move on him and I left the vest and everything. I took nothing but the mouth call in my mouth, and my boy killed him.


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Post by: Sanders153 on April 08, 2024, 09:08:43 PM
A Daybreak calls pot and Harold Fowler striker
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Post by: deathfoot on April 08, 2024, 09:15:47 PM
If I could only take one call. It would be a box. I use a slate as well. My mouth call skills suck, much like my hooting. So I do neither. Also hard to use my tobacco and a diaphragm. Priorities lol
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Post by: Howie g on April 08, 2024, 09:22:16 PM
Mouth yelper more then anything else .
Tube and wingbone are around my neck as I feel naked
Without either .
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Post by: hipp2412 on April 08, 2024, 09:34:35 PM
Red slate
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Post by: Cottonmouth on April 08, 2024, 09:56:47 PM
Homemade slate and finish with a new favorite mouth call...Houndstooth Sawbriar. Raspy and can get real soft with it.
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Post by: Missouri hunter on April 08, 2024, 11:03:20 PM
Box call is my favorite. I also use a trough call when I need to tone it down or give them something different. Long box is something I always take as well, they are extremely versatile. All these are calls that I build.
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Post by: King Cobra on April 09, 2024, 04:57:15 AM
My go to call is definitely a box, followed by a mouth call and slate. Mouth call is imperative to keep both hands freed up when you get him in close.   
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Post by: appalachianassassin on April 09, 2024, 06:14:19 AM
Trumpet or cane yelper
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Post by: NOmad on April 09, 2024, 08:50:30 AM
Go to is a mouth yelper but would be hard pressed to ever leave my trumpet at home.
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Post by: joey46 on April 09, 2024, 10:08:17 AM
Distant bird - box
Close bird - tube
An old K and H Lonesome Hen always close at hand
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Post by: richard black on April 09, 2024, 10:13:52 AM
Trumpet is the main call all the time.
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Post by: Prospector on April 09, 2024, 11:37:40 AM
Quote from: Cottonmouth on April 08, 2024, 09:56:47 PM
Homemade slate and finish with a new favorite mouth call...Houndstooth Sawbriar. Raspy and can get real soft with it.
I picked up a Houndstooth Sawbriar myself this season and while I am far from expert it has got a bird (or two) to finish and raise that noggin to receive the award!
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Post by: capecodmike on April 09, 2024, 11:42:34 AM
Long Box to start then the Payne push pin to close.
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Post by: Wigsplitter on April 09, 2024, 12:02:27 PM
Diaphragm call then pot call
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Post by: TrackeySauresRex on April 09, 2024, 12:51:28 PM
On a serious note... Usually a glass pot gets em going. Then I Finnish it off with a mouth call.
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Post by: Rt0426 on April 09, 2024, 02:06:08 PM
Mouth and slate pot call mostly
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Post by: Dougas on April 09, 2024, 11:16:56 PM
Mouth and box calls.
Title: What is your go to call ?
Post by: crucible7 on April 09, 2024, 11:43:57 PM
Ghost cut mouth calls from either Del Crow or Sadler McGraw

But I also love a good glass pot call. Strike them with the pot and finish with the diaphragm!


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Post by: Tomtom97 on April 10, 2024, 12:03:16 AM
I'll have a mouth call in at all times, but mainly using a Roberts brothers glass or pushpin for primary


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Post by: aclawrence on April 10, 2024, 07:50:30 AM
When I get to working a turkey I'm using my mouth call the most. I've really been using a trumpet a lot more this season though and am getting a good response with it.


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Post by: Gobbler428 on April 10, 2024, 07:58:02 AM
I use a trumpet most of the time but depending on the circumstances also use either a hen or a long box.
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Post by: Badger on April 10, 2024, 07:59:56 AM
I use a pot call most of time, but use a box call as well.
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Post by: WildTigerTrout on April 10, 2024, 10:01:49 AM
Mouth call.
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Post by: runngun on April 10, 2024, 05:52:33 PM
I changed the calls that I am using so far this year.
Tongue call that a member here sent me
TJ Johnson box call
KP Malaysia black wood trumpet
Sadler McGraw ghost cut!!!

Not necessarily in a particular order.

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Post by: RutnNStrutn on April 10, 2024, 06:06:52 PM
I mostly use a diaphragm. But I also use slate and glass pots, and a box call.

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Post by: ALSpurhunter on April 10, 2024, 09:31:18 PM
Trumpet
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Post by: paboxcall on April 10, 2024, 09:32:12 PM
A long/mini boat box.
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Post by: BrowningGuy88 on April 11, 2024, 07:33:38 AM
I am fond of a Copper pot and a slate pot, but I've been using a Cane yelper almost exclusively this year with great results!
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Post by: Prohunter3509 on April 11, 2024, 07:53:38 AM
Woodhaven red wasp mouth call is a call I don't step in the woods without. Wingbones ,slates ,boxes I make
And tubes but the Redwasp is the cats meow.
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Post by: bbcoach on April 11, 2024, 08:17:18 AM
Gray slate in a plastic pot with a modified ghost cut diaphragm to finish