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I'm sure some of you are like me. I always put a diaphragm call in my mouth in case I need it for close range work, but 95% of my calling is done with a pot call, usually a slate. And I've got a box call in my  vest for a change of pace on occasion. But most of my turkeys are killed with a few soft clucks, yelps and purrs from the Cody with a leaf scratch thrown in for effect. I'm I the exception or the rule. Let us know what you use.

I chose friction b/c that is what it has been the past 2 yrs, but this year may just be diaphragm.  We'll see what the season brings.

chose diaphram bc its always in my mouth till i need to purr then i break out the slate bc i cant master a purr on a diaphram

Nimrodmar10-
I basically do what you do in that I always have a mouth call in, but I use a pot call for the majority of my hunting.  I prefer glass and aluminum, but I will use slate at times.  I also always have a boxcall in my vest. 

I carry a variety of calls but 95% of my calling is done with a mouth call.

I voted slate but I usually mix it up pretty good between Slate calls, Mouth calls & Box calls.

I carry all types, but my favorite and most used is the mouth diaphragm.

Like others have state, I carry a lot of calls but most of my calling is done with the mouth call.

Unlike others I do not like or use a mouth call. I know some of you can use them but I can not so I use a pot call and for now until my new scratch call arrives a Gaskins cedar scratch box. I carry  a box call but I do not like the way it sounds so it stays in the vest until replaced.

Squealin' Hen!!!

I carry all types, but my favorite and most used is the mouth diaphragm.


same here

i use my fatal attraxion glass and slate call more than anything

I use my Wendell Rye aluminum pot 90% of the time.

Diaphragm for me. I just find them more realistic sounding, as far as being able to add voice inflection and what not.

Quote from: jwhunter on March 09, 2011, 03:47:38 PM
I carry all types, but my favorite and most used is the mouth diaphragm.


same here

:agreed:

I'm practicing alot with my mouth calls, because it is my weakest. If I pull out a call I have 100% faith in, it would be my glass pot.
I want to get to the point where I can use my mouth call 100% of the time and be confident in it.

I run a diaphragm call probably 85-90 % of the time, then would come a pot style call, I seldom use a box.

I believe that most any bird can be killed with a mouth call but it wouldn't be nearly as fun sticking a couple in your pocket and using them alone all year. Mouth call is my pick but i'll usually use the glass call first off in the morning and a box call for locating later in the day just for fun.

Quote from: LX_Trkyhntr on March 09, 2011, 04:32:23 PM
I run a diaphragm call probably 85-90 % of the time, then would come a pot style call, I seldom use a box.

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Diaphragm.  I rarely use other types, but I always have a slate and a box call on me.

I mix it up, I normally start with a box call and switch to a slate friction call. I go back and forth, depending how the birds are reacting.

My go to call is a diaphragm, and I locate later in the morning with a box call. However, I intend to mix it up a little this year with my new Lightsout slate. Never hurts to have a variety of calls riding in your vest, never know which particular sound the birds will like that day.

I usually do the same as you nimrod.  Sometimes I will use a box but mostly stick with a pot and diaphragm.

Slate for me unlees it is raining and then I go to glass. I use a diaphragm when they get closer...

Mouth call. I do love my pots though. A mouth call will do everything all the time if you know how to run them.

Quote from: stinkpickle on March 09, 2011, 02:52:44 PM
Squealin' Hen!!!

I knew this was coming

Slate

I mix it up a good deal.  Glass pot for early morning tree yelping and purring, as well as the diaphragm.  Since I do most of my hunting these days out west on big tracks of land, I routinely use the box call to cut into the wind and cover big areas with the volume.  When it comes right down to it though, the diaphragm is my mainstay due to the versatility.  Oh yeah, the wingbone is my wild card when the situation just needs something different.  It always adds something special when I use the homemade wingbone.   

Friction

mouthcalls then a friction

I use three call types.  But none of the three is a mainstay.  I often kill birds I struck with a box, coaxed with a pot and finished with a diaphragm.

Most times I only carry my mouth calls.  Soft yelps with some leaf scratching.

John

I normally carry a slate type, a box, and frequently use a diaphragm, but I've killed more turkeys using a simple push-button type than anything else. Easy to master, and they sound very realistic, plus are one-handed. Neill