I've gotta bring my calls in the truck with me to practice on the ride to work.
I have a wonderful bird crazy Llewellin Setter that goes NUTZ at hen yelps. He jumps and screams and barks so I can't be around him. I also have a lovely wife who adores me but she just can't take it for too long!
Who do you drive crazy and where are you ostracized to?
On the porch.
I practice in my truck on my commutes and at home/ in the yard. I practice daily, typically a trumpet or my mouth calls.
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Our deer season ends the 1st of January and my attention turns to turkeys immediately. For 3 and a 1/2 months, until our opener, I will practice every day with pots, mouth calls and boxes. I utilize YouTube videos of LIVE turkeys to emulate and fine tune my calling. My wife is very understanding during this time, God Bless Her, but with our warmer weather starting, the neighbors get an ear full as well. The truck is my other option though. By the way for those of you that have Grandkids, they love to try and figure out how Papa gets the sounds out of these crazy contraptions, so spend some time with them and show them.
In my truck or in my man cave room. Sometimes outside to see how it sounds out there.
Whenever I want to. No one at my house can complain because I pay the bills.
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Typically not until traveling to hunt, which is not a great idea as it takes awhile to get into the groove, with mouth calls anyways!
Sitting in my computer chair looking out of the full glass front door talking to the girls putting, cutting and yelping on the otherside of the door. We have conversations almost daily.
At home in the office, when the rest of the family is gone... Drives the dog bonkers...
Mouth calls in the vehicle on the way to work, or on the way to hunt.
I generally take out the friction call once before the season, chalk them up, make sure they sound OK, and keep them in the vest after that.
I practice far more on my mouth calls... I will be taking mine out of the fridge, and deciding which ones will be replaced this weekend.
I do not like hearing someone practice on calling, and I hunt. Not going to put my family through that.
I do... Sometimes go to my non-hunting friends house with a mouth call in, make turkey sounds, and pretend I do not know where it is coming from though... :goofball:
In the truck coming back and forth from work. Diaphragm calls.
When the Boss Hen heads to the grocery store is when I head to the den with a box of Turkey Toys. I can spread 'em out on the sofa and have at it! I practice on the front porch too for the definite difference in sound. Hard to describe the looks I get especially when the azaleas get a little too high for the neighborhood walkers to see me.
Quote from: 310 gauge on February 28, 2025, 10:40:09 PMWhen the Boss Hen heads to the grocery store is when I head to the den with a box of Turkey Toys. I can spread 'em out on the sofa and have at it! I practice on the front porch too for the definite difference in sound. Hard to describe the looks I get especially when the azaleas get a little too high for the neighborhood walkers to see me.
X2 as well. When the Hen is away, the Gobbler will PLAY. I love the looks I get as well from the neighbors.
Thanks for all the great responses.
Wish there was a like button here. Someone liked a post of mine though, do some accounts have that option?
I play calls year round, keep some by my chair at all times. My wife doesn't complain about it because she likes to eat fried wild turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and biscuits
I usually pick up my pots in February. My garage is my play room where I do my prep. When it warms up, I'll go outside in my back yard. The sound is much better outside when not bouncing off the walls.
I practice in the truck, at the state park, and only in the house when the wife's gone. If I started calling when she was there, I'd be a single man by now. There just must be something in the female DNA that when the call hits a sweet tone, you may as well be running fingernails down a chalkboard. I groove on it & she's not having it.
Jim
Living room usually between 12:00 and 1:30 am
I used to practice on the back porch but apparently one of the neighbors didn't like it very well and screamed for me to knock it off! Now I do it indoors LOL.
Typically on weekends anytime I want or need some alone time since my wife can't stand it and goes shopping or something.
During the week everyday since I'm retired and she works.
I always have something with me so if my doctors or dentist appointment is running late or I'm waiting for my vehicle at the dealers I'll step out and play with a call.
Usually first day of the season. I don't do mouth calls and I've been running slates and boxes for 33 years. I will run a few times on a new call just to check it out before hitting the woods on day 1. And usually on day one of my turkey season when I hit that slate, I'm like, yea, should have practiced a bit in the truck before coming out. But it comes right back to me lol
Great place to practice is in the airport traveling to a hunt. Pop in a mouth call and when no one is looking, do a few purrs, cuts, and yelps. Me and my buds do this on the regular-just to F with people.
Quote from: hpo on March 11, 2025, 10:19:00 PMGreat place to practice is in the airport traveling to a hunt. Pop in a mouth call and when no one is looking, do a few purrs, cuts, and yelps. Me and my buds do this on the regular-just to F with people.
:toothy12: Fun stuff...
I often go to my non-hunting friends' houses with a mouth call in. Randomly make turkey noises... Have confused some people, & REALLY UPSET some dogs in those houses... :goofball:
50 percent of the time I am by myself at work, so I keep calls there, all my trumpets are at work and a few pot calls. Mouth calls are usually in my truck
Quote from: Sixes on March 12, 2025, 04:40:44 PM50 percent of the time I am by myself at work, so I keep calls there, all my trumpets are at work and a few pot calls. Mouth calls are usually in my truck
I really hope you are a psychologist, and you do this during therapy sessions with patients.... ;D
Quote from: Marc on March 12, 2025, 06:14:17 PMQuote from: Sixes on March 12, 2025, 04:40:44 PM50 percent of the time I am by myself at work, so I keep calls there, all my trumpets are at work and a few pot calls. Mouth calls are usually in my truck
I really hope you are a psychologist, and you do this during therapy sessions with patients.... ;D
Well yes and no. Not a psychologist but we do have a large number of actual patients of the feathered variety. Before we could hunt there, I use to talk to them quite often in their world, but now, since I can hunt the property, I practice inside because I don't want to give them too much info.
Mostly while tuning boxes. Called up a flock of 4 jakes and another of 7 hens this morning while tuning. 2 of the jakes bred one of my hens. No kidding.