When I started turkey hunting in 1987 you could be pretty be assured that around any corner you could bellow out an owl hoot or a crow call and be shocked by a booming gobble. I would carry a nice assortment of locator calls to complement my numerous turkey calls. Some of these would be of course my natural voice owl, my Hadels crow, hawk screamer, pileated woodpecker, at one point I even fell for the Primos dead silence dog whistle. I don't carry all that crap now but it did all work well for me years ago. I can't remember the last time a shock gobble was reliable. I still on occasion have faith in the owl and the crow but they just don't seem to be dependable. Birds have evolved and I my opinion don't respond to things the way they used to for a few reasons. One is the fact that there are no where as many turkeys as the 90's and two birds aren't quick to give away their locations do to predation. Predation meaning human or natural. If every morning you got up someone was waiting for you to make just one mistake, you would be very cautious. This is a turkeys whole life. Just makes sense to me. Wondering what you guys see out there and if locator calls are still performing ?
Been at the game for a quite while and have been using locator calls and still do, some days they work better than others...just a part of turkey hunting. Of course when bird numbers are up you get more responses, I have narrowed it down to my four favorites that work and its that some work better at different times of the day. I even fell for the Dead Silence Whistle (M.A.D. Calls) this was one of my first lessons about learning "Not" to believe what those guys are "Selling" on those "hunting" shows... At least I didn't fall for the H.S. Screaming Hen Call LOL.
MK M GOBL
I don't use them much at all. Not that I don't believe they will work sometimes but because I like to keep a low profile. I like to let them gobble on their own and go from there. I remember hunting a hard pressured chunk of ground once and hear in a fellow coming up the trail with his owl hooter. Every hundred yards he would stop and cut loose with that thing. As he got close I just stepped off the trail and leaned against a tree. This poor fellow went walking by and I had to resist the urge to reach out and grab his arm. Pretty sure there would have been instant bowel evacuation if had. Anyways I let him go and he kept blasting away with his hooter. He did the whole loop and headed back to his truck. I moved forward another hundred yards and quietly waited. A tom started gobbling on his own not 15 minutes after Mc mchooter left. An hour later the tom left with me. Now I am not saying locators do not work. I just seem to do better without them.
I have said this many times before,...the proper use of locator calls for locating gobblers on the roost is an art in itself, not unlike learning the proper use of turkey calls.
Should someone use a locator call in all situations? Absolutely not. If you hunt somewhere that you are going to reliably hear turkeys gobble on the roost, then there is no reason to use a locator. On the other hand, there are places around the country where (properly) using a locator call can mean the difference between having a great turkey hunt and finding birds to hunt or having your hunt turn into a dismal failure.
It's all about knowing the "art" and learning what locator tactics will make an otherwise silent gobbler tell you he is out there versus hunting a silent woods not having a clue as to whether there is a gobbler within five miles.
Again, my perspective is based on hunting public land areas that are tens of thousands of acres (or larger), many of which have widely scattered turkey flocks where it is pretty much absolutely necessary to find a gobbling turkey before you start hunting. If you are hunting under those conditions, and not finding birds to hunt, learn the "art" of proper locator call use. Personally, I have yet to hunt anywhere that the proper locator used at the right time has failed to find a gobbler to hunt.
What is "proper" locator call use? Perhaps we can delve into that at another time (again),...but I can tell you what it is not,...and that is wandering around the woods blowing a crow or owl call every thirty seconds trying to sound like every other crow or owl that is out there doing the same thing. Simply and perhaps "harshly" put, that is in most instances a total waste of time. ;D :icon_thumright:
"Turkeys have evolved " I agree 100% with that. There are places out West or North were the hunting pressure hasn't been steadily increasing for the last 30 years were locators still work well. The places I hunt get hammered and the same old 1980 tactics of squalling on a crow call and riding the roads and jumping out with the boxcall and getting a gobble are over. Hunting tactics have to change to keep up.
I have an old Turkey hunting magazine were Jim Spencer talks about this. He goes on about how it was in Arkansas in the mid 80's and striking 5 or 6 gobblers from the road in one morning and then boogering them up somehow and then driving down the road a half mile and find another. That was fine when you might be the only one in that section of NF doing that but now there are literally hundreds of people on any given day pulling into every turnoff on NF land and doing the same thing. The gobblers that answer get shot or someone runs in on them. How many times does this have to happen before a gobbler either dies or quits responding? Jim Spencer wrote a more recent article about how things have changed on public land and the old tactics don't work anymore. I wish things were like they once were and there were 20 gobblers to one hunter I never saw those days and don't think I ever will.
And it all depends on the location I'm not saying locators never work I'm saying they don't work were I hunt I'm sure there are some places even in La that are behind locked gates and have little pressure were the 1980 tactics work but people need to consider the location and pressure were they hunt.
And we've all heard the same line about a turkey being dumb and doesn't know he's on public land and can't learn blah blah ....I've never seen these experts with a pile of dead turkeys either so.......
;D Wow,...here we go again,...must be deja vu. :toothy12:
I'm not going to get into the pissin' match again on this. In summary, if you don't need to use a locator call to find gobblers to hunt, then don't do it. If you are having trouble finding gobblers to hunt,...as some here have indicated they have,...learn the art of locator call use and you will greatly enhance your chances of solving your problem. Either way, the choice is yours to make. Do your own thang! :icon_thumright: ;D
I have used locators since the 90's and still use them now. I agree with Gobblenut that they need to be used in the right manner.
I have never thought of a locator as "dependable". My view was if I blew a locator and heard something, then I got so good information. If I hear nothing then I know nothing, never thought a turkey would or should respond to a locator everytime.
I hunt mostly public and have been in areas where I have heard a ton of owl hooting by other hunters. That tells me owl locators are not going to work very well in that particular area. I have used locators many times where they told me some great info and have lead me to many gobblers over the years.
I mostly use owl and coyote howlers as locators with the crow call used a little bit by me. I also consider a turkey call a locator, but realize that in some instances a turkey could come in very quickly. I will use cutts and gobbles mostly to locate, along with yelping.
Man the crow is really reliable for me and owl works well in the mornings too
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I haven't carried locator calls in a long time. I hunt heavily pressured birds and the best way to shut them up is to start blowing locator calls. I don't know how many times I've been moving on or working a bird that's gobbling good when the unmistakable sound of multiple crow, owl, peacock etc calls start sounding off, closing in, and the bird goes silent. Many guys even blow every single call they have over and over one after another. Nine times out of ten after the bird goes completely silent for while and all is quiet and calm he'll start back up. Long after everyone else is gone. They do work in certain instances and places however turkeys are smart enough to distinguish a poorly sounding list of calls sounding off along with slamming car doors and tromping through the woods from the real thing.
I have killed a few birds I may have not known were there thanks to locator calls, but not very many. I think the above posts all have some keen insight for where and how they hunt.
A farm I hunt, when I first started, I had no clue if there were birds there. I blew a crow call (after I heard the first crows calling) and nothing gobbled. 20 minutes later a red shoulder hawk squealed and one gobbled. I have learned since that nearly every morning, 20-30 crows will fly over that farm and they are so used to hearing crows, they don't shock gobble to them. I have heard them respond to hawks, woodies and a live peacock one time (farm across the creek had some). Never to a crow, even when they are gobbling at everything.
I like the comment that if one responds, you have info, if not you have no info. One could still be there, just not responding. I almost never use one as I have better success at calling in a bird that gobbles on his own. May just be because I suck and need him to be fired up. I know I have killed more sneaking in that never said a word than I have locating one with a call and then calling him in. But I have done that too. Just not as often.
We call that repeated locator use that shuts a gobbler down as "burning" a bird. Even in places where gobblers are very willing to gobble at locator calls, that will happen. That falls into the category of "improper" locator call use. Anybody that does that should stop. In short, hunters that do that sort of stuff just do not understand the "art" of locator call use.
Good locator tactics are about eliciting a true, instinctive "shock" response from a gobbler. Anything short of that will often, but not always, fail. Get the right sound at the right time and even the most reluctant gobbler will respond,...because it is an INVOLUNTARY, INSTINCTIVE reaction to the sound. Once a hunter understands that, and adjusts his locator tactics, his success level in locating roosted gobblers will probably go way up.
Less is usually more. Match the locator to the environment and go kill the turkey. It's only hard if you make it so.
I do like the fact that I can keep track of 95% of the hunters on a chunk of public ground in the predawn darkness. That's pretty considerate of them.
Quote from: Happy on March 24, 2018, 12:44:30 PM
I do like the fact that I can keep track of 95% of the hunters on a chunk of public ground in the predawn darkness. That's pretty considerate of them.
Not only that, but if they know what they are doing, they will make your bird gobble for you so you can get in on him while it's dark! ....an added bonus! :toothy12:
...Now if they will just realize you are there and not come in on your bird, all will be well... :icon_thumright:
Unfortunately they don't get many to sound off. Call it not doing it right or burning them out or whatever. By the time turkey season rolls around the turkeys have been listening to it for a month with a bunch of fellows blundering through the woods trying to "pinpoint"roost trees. I just smile as I listen to them behind me and below me. If I don't kill one back there and have time I may wander back to their stomping grounds around 10:00 or so. They don't handle it to well when they realize they have gone an 1.5 hoursbwithout food and have been carrying 30lb worth of extra weight in their vests not to mention the extra 50 lbs around their midsection.
It's high level entertainment that I heartily recommend. Turkeys may not be the brightest candle in the woods but they still have a wick.
Short answer, yes they work. Turkeys, crows and owls have been adversaries longer than man has hunted turkeys. Everyone may have their own experiences and consider what they think is right or wrong but your technique only has to be right for you.
I hunt highly pressured public and specifically use an owl hooter every morning. I'm fond of Mr. Gibson's hooter and a hootin' stick. They work and I'm confident they always will. Calling owls is one of my favorite parts of spring turkey hunting so it's something I'll always do. Even if I have a bird roosted, I'm still gonna use an owl hooter for a few different reasons.
Bottom line, if you can make it work for you use it.
As anyone can see the experiences are many and varied. Depending on what subspecies your dealing with and how much pressure they have been exposed to. I was on a Navaho reservation a few years ago and the local Indians had box calls rigged up on the outside of there trucks that were operated by pulling on a string. They would stop at a high spot and squawk until one answered or came in. I could not believe such a thing would ever work they assured me it did and after hunting Merriams later I would not be surprised what they would do. They answered calls from crazy distances and crossed 1/4 mile of open land to come get shot , on public land. The only time I've ever agreed with someone saying a turkey is dumb it was almost like hunting a tame bird.
Rios are a little better but not by much anything that continues to roost in the same trees every night of there life ain't hard to find or kill. I watched two guys drive up to a roost site and unfold a pop up blind under a roost tree in Texas. They killed a gobbler at daylight. These things aren't happening on public land in the southeast period.
And so it goes with locators and everything else you have to adjust your tactics for the quarry or you'll be a one trick pony that not only is stuck in 1980-1990 but stuck on a single tactic that only works on dim witted birds.
Quote from: Phillipshunt on March 24, 2018, 02:05:35 PM
These things aren't happening on public land in the southeast period.
OHFIRCRYINOUTLOUD!
I have used my locator tactics on public land Eastern turkeys in Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and Mississipi. They have worked in every one of those states. Granted, I have not hunted Louisiana, so I can't summarily declare that they will work there. Someone summarily declaring that they will not work,...and especially someone that by his own admission does not use locators,...is not going to convince me,...specially based on my own experiences in all the rest of that region. ...But if you want to keep trying, knock yourself out...
For the more reasonable among us that are willing to listen to suggestions on tactics that will most likely help you find gobblers to hunt, I would recommend being a little more open-minded....
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Quote from: Phillipshunt on March 24, 2018, 02:05:35 PM
These things aren't happening on public land in the southeast period.
OHFIRCRYINOUTLOUD!
I have used my locator tactics on public land Eastern turkeys in Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and Mississipi. They have worked in every one of those states. Granted, I have not hunted Louisiana, so I can't summarily declare that they will work there. Someone summarily declaring that they will not work,...and especially someone that by his own admission does not use locators,...is not going to convince me,...specially based on my own experiences in all the rest of that region. ...But if you want to keep trying, knock yourself out...
For the more reasonable among us that are willing to listen to suggestions on tactics that will most likely help you find gobblers to hunt, I would recommend being a little more open-minded....
AGREED!!
I love when someone says you "can't" or birds "won't" and especially "unkillable"... I just let them be on there way. LOL
I just do my thing and go from there, I've found out they like riding in the truck :)
MK M GOBL
Quote from: Phillipshunt on March 24, 2018, 02:05:35 PM
As anyone can see the experiences are many and varied. Depending on what subspecies your dealing with and how much pressure they have been exposed to. I was on a Navaho reservation a few years ago and the local Indians had box calls rigged up on the outside of there trucks that were operated by pulling on a string. They would stop at a high spot and squawk until one answered or came in. I could not believe such a thing would ever work they assured me it did and after hunting Merriams later I would not be surprised what they would do. They answered calls from crazy distances and crossed 1/4 mile of open land to come get shot , on public land. The only time I've ever agreed with someone saying a turkey is dumb it was almost like hunting a tame bird.
Rios are a little better but not by much anything that continues to roost in the same trees every night of there life ain't hard to find or kill. I watched two guys drive up to a roost site and unfold a pop up blind under a roost tree in Texas. They killed a gobbler at daylight. These things aren't happening on public land in the southeast period.
And so it goes with locators and everything else you have to adjust your tactics for the quarry or you'll be a one trick pony that not only is stuck in 1980-1990 but stuck on a single tactic that only works on dim witted birds.
Stop crying and read the post I said the boxcall mounted on the truck and the pop up blind being put up under a roosted bird ain't gonna work in the southeast. You get all bunched up ever time someone says anything negative about a locator call do you sell them or something ?lol. I get that you hunt tame turkeys with Red Clouds offspring but I don't lol.
:z-winnersmiley: :z-winnersmiley: :z-winnersmiley: :z-winnersmiley: :z-winnersmiley:
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Okay, Dude! I GIVE!!....U.N.C.L.E.!
AGREED!!
"I love when someone says you "can't" or birds "won't" and especially "unkillable"... I just let them be on there way. LOL
I just do my thing and go from there, I've found out they like riding in the truck :)"
MK M GOBL
I love when people can't comprehend what they read and then get all wound up about what they think they read and then someone else that also can't comprehend what they read agrees with the first person that cannot comprehend. This is awesome
Goose call makes a good locater call. I've also had them gobble at a car horn and gun shot. If they don't gobble at one thing I'll just try another. It's not really something I think too much about.
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Quote from: Phillipshunt on March 24, 2018, 02:05:35 PM
As anyone can see the experiences are many and varied. Depending on what subspecies your dealing with and how much pressure they have been exposed to. I was on a Navaho reservation a few years ago and the local Indians had box calls rigged up on the outside of there trucks that were operated by pulling on a string. They would stop at a high spot and squawk until one answered or came in. I could not believe such a thing would ever work they assured me it did and after hunting Merriams later I would not be surprised what they would do. They answered calls from crazy distances and crossed 1/4 mile of open land to come get shot , on public land. The only time I've ever agreed with someone saying a turkey is dumb it was almost like hunting a tame bird.
Rios are a little better but not by much anything that continues to roost in the same trees every night of there life ain't hard to find or kill. I watched two guys drive up to a roost site and unfold a pop up blind under a roost tree in Texas. They killed a gobbler at daylight. These things aren't happening on public land in the southeast period.
And so it goes with locators and everything else you have to adjust your tactics for the quarry or you'll be a one trick pony that not only is stuck in 1980-1990 but stuck on a single tactic that only works on dim witted birds.
Stop crying and read the post I said the boxcall mounted on the truck and the pop up blind being put up under a roosted bird ain't gonna work in the southeast. You get all bunched up ever time someone says anything negative about a locator call do you sell them or something ?lol. I get that you hunt tame turkeys with Red Clouds offspring but I don't lol.
I don't care what side of the epic locator debate you're on, the comment about Red Cloud's offspring is damn funny!
Jim I never knew ;D
Guesswho must be busy hunting or he would chime in on that one!
Quote from: marshboy on March 24, 2018, 08:17:11 PM
I don't care what side of the epic locator debate you're on, the comment about Red Cloud's offspring is damn funny!
Jim I never knew ;D
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: Yeah, Greg, sometimes the truth hurts! Me (paw paw) and old Sitting Bull used to sit in our rockers and make'em gobble all day long back in the old days... ...Of course, they were those tame Louisiana public-land birds... ;D :toothy12: :toothy9:
Quote from: marshboy on March 24, 2018, 08:18:22 PM
Guesswho must be busy hunting or he would chime in on that one!
Yeah, I'm kinda surprised he hasn't jumped in the middle of this circle j*rk myself... He is either hunting or passed out on the couch...:toothy9:
Hmm. Every where I hunt has numerous real owls and real crows. If turkeys quit gobbling just because an owl hooted or a crow called they'd never gobble at all. Be decently proficient, use judiciously.
Quote from: Happy on March 24, 2018, 08:37:11 AM
This poor fellow went walking by and I had to resist the urge to reach out and grab his arm. Pretty sure there would have been instant bowel evacuation if had.
Year before last, I was hunting a piece of private property inside of two locked gates, and nobody else was hunting, so I was not expecting to see someone...
I am working this bird from across a dirt road, and he was just this close to being in range, and I see a truck driving down the dirt road (he was leasing the land to run cattle and was checking on the cattle). I was hoping he would simply drive past and not scare the bird off...
As it turns out, he stops the car right next to the tree I was against, stops the car and gets out (drivers side on the opposite road from me), gets out and walks around to the back of his truck...
I assumed he saw me, and was stopping to question me, so I stood up just about right in front of him... He had a look of sheer terror on his face. I was extremely fortunate he was not carrying a weapon, cause I am certain he would have used it on me.
He had stopped his car there out of pure chance and had no idea I was there.
I took off my mask, and he immediately recognized me, and we had a good laugh... After articulating his thoughts with a series of explicatives he told me "I did not know what the hell you were but it did not look natural..."
Quote from: GobbleNut on March 24, 2018, 09:38:53 AM
I have said this many times before,...the proper use of locator calls for locating gobblers on the roost is an art in itself, not unlike learning the proper use of turkey calls.
Should someone use a locator call in all situations? Absolutely not. If you hunt somewhere that you are going to reliably hear turkeys gobble on the roost, then there is no reason to use a locator. On the other hand, there are places around the country where (properly) using a locator call can mean the difference between having a great turkey hunt and finding birds to hunt or having your hunt turn into a dismal failure.
It's all about knowing the "art" and learning what locator tactics will make an otherwise silent gobbler tell you he is out there versus hunting a silent woods not having a clue as to whether there is a gobbler within five miles.
Again, my perspective is based on hunting public land areas that are tens of thousands of acres (or larger), many of which have widely scattered turkey flocks where it is pretty much absolutely necessary to find a gobbling turkey before you start hunting. If you are hunting under those conditions, and not finding birds to hunt, learn the "art" of proper locator call use. Personally, I have yet to hunt anywhere that the proper locator used at the right time has failed to find a gobbler to hunt.
What is "proper" locator call use? Perhaps we can delve into that at another time (again),...but I can tell you what it is not,...and that is wandering around the woods blowing a crow or owl call every thirty seconds trying to sound like every other crow or owl that is out there doing the same thing. Simply and perhaps "harshly" put, that is in most instances a total waste of time. ;D :icon_thumright:
. To much coffee here,I believe
I think it is entirely situational. Sometimes it works and life is good but other times it hurts you. I hunt public land a lot and the private I hunt still has a lot of people as well so even if it does work I have to keep in mind that now everyone in earshot has heard the bird as well and more than likely some of those hunters are headed my way. It's a gamble in best case scenario and I choose to be more cautious and low key. I try to avoid people the best I can and I am pretty good at it. I am still not gonna press my luck and draw more attention than necessary. There is no right or wrong in my opinion. Just be willing to accept the consequences for whichever choice you make.
Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Quote from: Greg Massey on March 25, 2018, 02:13:54 PM
Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
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Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
Hey will a tomahawk and peace pipe.....work... :turkey:
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Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
Hey will a tomahawk and peace pipe.....work... :turkey:
Me have big wampum for calls (and I ain't talkin' 'bout money) ;D :TooFunny: :toothy12: :TooFunny: :toothy9:
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Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
Hey will a tomahawk and peace pipe.....work... :turkey:
Me have big wampum for calls (and I ain't talkin' 'bout money) ;D :TooFunny: :toothy12: :TooFunny: :toothy9:
I don't wanna hear bout your reputation at the old folks home. You and chief wet blanket can keep your exploits to yourselves
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Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
Hey will a tomahawk and peace pipe.....work... :turkey:
Me have big wampum for calls (and I ain't talkin' 'bout money) ;D :TooFunny: :toothy12: :TooFunny: :toothy9:
I don't wanna hear bout your reputation at the old folks home. You and chief wet blanket can keep your exploits to yourselves
That's a good one HAPPY.... :TooFunny: :OGturkeyhead:
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Quote from: Greg Massey on March 25, 2018, 02:13:54 PM
Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
Hey will a tomahawk and peace pipe.....work... :turkey:
Me have big wampum for calls (and I ain't talkin' 'bout money) ;D :TooFunny: :toothy12: :TooFunny: :toothy9:
I don't wanna hear bout your reputation at the old folks home. You and chief wet blanket can keep your exploits to yourselves
Hey, you were the one braggin' about throwin' it over your shoulder.... ;D :toothy9: :TooFunny:
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Quote from: Greg Massey on March 25, 2018, 02:13:54 PM
Anyone want to buy Owl and crow calls, i have some left to sell after reading all these post....I don't use them or care for them , i just let nature wake them up....my opinion ....
Hey Greg if you throw in a blanket and some beads I think I might have a buyer for you lol.
Hey will a tomahawk and peace pipe.....work... :turkey:
Me have big wampum for calls (and I ain't talkin' 'bout money) ;D :TooFunny: :toothy12: :TooFunny: :toothy9:
I don't wanna hear bout your reputation at the old folks home. You and chief wet blanket can keep your exploits to yourselves
Hey, you were the one braggin' about throwin' it over your shoulder.... ;D :toothy9: :TooFunny:
True, but I ain't on meds or hitting the peace pipe too hard
Two of the most reliable locator calls are thunder and a helicopter. All you have to do is get a helicopter to fly over or make it thunder and that will get them going good.
Depends on where you live around here I have luck with owl calls in the morning and crow calls mid morning on. I haven't carried a locator for a few years but plan to this year. Normally there are enough real crows and hawks mid morning to afternoon that whenever they sound off I listen. Some areas have different sounds that make turkeys shock gobble cows mooing, donkeys hee hawing And I even heard of someone hunting close to a zoo and when the lions would roar the turkeys would gobble. I use locators when I am not hearing anything and I am moving and I want to get one to sound off before I stumble into it or give away it's location so I can make a game plan on where I need to be.Most mornings I just wait them out until they gobble on their own