Sitting here with turkey hunting on my mind and getting cabin fever. Thought I'd stir up conversation. What's the deadliest turkey call you own, your go-to? When I was about 16 my dad bought me a lynch world champion box call. Something about that old box simply made turkeys gobble when nothing else would. I had no idea what I had, thought it was just an ordinary box call. Lost it many years ago and I'd pay big money to have it back. Been searching for that sound out of a box ever since. Aside from that, I rely heavily on woodhaven mouth calls. What's yours?
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My old faithful Mountain Hollow walnut double slate. Carry at least 10 calls in my vest but that one always seems like it's the one that seals the deal.
Hooks swindler for me. It's plain deadly to them
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A Rohm slate and a Lynch box have been very deadly over the years.
Lonzo Aluminum
Believe it or not, it's a Primos Ol Betsy grey slate with a wood laminate striker. A production call that is only $14-$15 but gets tons of responses and has been the death of many birds. It's the first out of my vest every morning. TOTAL CONFIDENCE.
Quote from: StruttinGobbler3 on January 27, 2020, 12:24:43 AM
Sitting here with turkey hunting on my mind and getting cabin fever. Thought I'd stir up conversation. What's the deadliest turkey call you own, your go-to? When I was about 16 my dad bought me a lynch world champion box call. Something about that old box simply made turkeys gobble when nothing else would. I had no idea what I had, thought it was just an ordinary box call. Lost it many years ago and I'd pay big money to have it back. Been searching for that sound out of a box ever since. Aside from that, I rely heavily on woodhaven mouth calls. What's yours?
The 1st box I bought was a Lynch with a battleship on top? Same problem , lost it, bought another 1, no where near as good. As far as best call now, my own slate over black walnut. And also , still searching for that sound..
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MAD Super Aluminator, call has no less than 150-160 long beards to its credit.
Morgan Caller or Cox Trumpet; would hate to part with either.
I run diaphragm calls about 99% of the time. Any given year I may decide that one call that I have is running better than the other. I've ran an assortment of production calls and a few from smaller producers. I tend to prefer a combo cut. I like a little cleaner yelp sometimes so go with a straight double or a double cut. I also like a ghost cut, and sometimes a V or batwing.
I suppose that I'm not locked into any one.
Like you Hobbes, I'm pretty much a mouth call guy myself,...and what I use at any given time is based on the conditions at hand. However, a friend of mine picked up a "Booger Bottom" box call at Walmart for twelve bucks that I have been totally amazed at how consistently gobblers will respond to it.
Overall, that call has clearly demonstrated to me that there is a certain element in tonal quality in hen yelps that gobblers respond to better than others. By that, I mean that to me that call sounds pretty much like a lot of other box calls,...but it will consistently pull gobbles out of turkeys when other calls won't. Beats the heck out of me!... (post script: I haven't figured out a way to steal that call from him yet...)
AGE Trumpets by Anthony Ellis, blackwood and osage in particular. Many gobblers have fallen to their music.
x2 AGE Trumpets by Anthony Ellis - Bocate
This call was so deadly the first several years that I owned it that I had to buy a backup just in case I lost/broke/wore it out. I like to swap calls in and out of my vest almost daily, but this one is nearly always in there.
Seems like to finish the deal my Sneed's hot hen does the trick mostly. But I have an old original Quaker Boy Grand Old Master that has continues to strike turkeys.
I don't necessarily put all my faith in one call or calls .. but my old first production call i have used and killed a lot of turkeys with is my Lohman Thunder Dome slate, it goes on ever hunt.. Also I agree with GobbleNut , i've got one of those Booger Bottom walnut cedar boxes and i got it on clearance for 5 dollars , it what i use to gobble on and it has pulled a lot of turkeys out of the woods and fields...
Double diamond box call
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scratching leaves
HA! Yep...about the best call there is!
As far as other calls, I, like many others, find myself using several different calls. As far as a box, my favorite is a close call between a wenge/poplar by Mark Six (Green's Run), and S&S walnut/butternut, but the Greens Run wenge/poplar seems to be more consistent.
Pots are tough because I have so many that I like...I have had a Matt Van Cise Aluminum in my vest every time I've been out for the last couple of seasons while others have rotated in and out. Got a Higher Calling red slate by Nathan Taylor after season ended last year, and I love the way it sounds...can't wait to see what the turkeys think.
Mouth calls...gotta be Gooserbat. Period. (I run a mouth call much more than anything else.)
You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you.
Quote from: guesswho on January 27, 2020, 06:45:44 PM
You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you.
I'm very gullible. Try me. Lol
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Old lynch jet slate. Probably just for longevity
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If I could only pick one it would be my lynch fool proof box that my dad bought me when I was around 15 years old. It has been in my vest for every turkey hunt I've been on since I got it. My dad to this day only carries a fool proof box and he has hauled a pile of turkeys out of the woods using that call.
Iv'e got an old Cody Woodsman that has been the demise of quite a few gobblers, but I also really like the Halloran Twisted Sister. It's a toss up, really.
My go to call is a Paul's Call box i've had for over 20 years.
A Knight & Hale Silver Hammer.
primos jackpot slate
Last year was a Sweetbriar glass/slate. I don't know what it was about that call but man did it work. I have a feeling it'll be riding in the vest for a long time.
Probably my May day box call.
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Last year was a Sweetbriar glass/slate. I don't know what it was about that call but man did it work. I have a feeling it'll be riding in the vest for a long time.
Hey I hear ya. Travis's glass/slate ain't no joke.
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My CODY World Class Slate!
Been a killer call for the last 20+ Years
MK M GOBL
I'm a huge woodhaven guy. I tend to stick with mouth calls, given the success I've had. The last couple years the Ninja Hammer has been my go to. For glass, the cherry classic crystal. This year, I'll be adding a new call to the mix made by Travis Wyatt at Sweetbriar Custom Turkey Calls. My buddy turned me onto them, and they make some sweet music when you run 'em. I have a feeling a lot of heads will get busted with that call.
David Hollaron Purple Heart and cedar box, if I had to use one call the rest of my turkey hunting, that's what I would have. I also use his wenge and walnut slate every day that it's not raining. I could probably kill any turkey that wants to die with either of these two calls. I got his double glass last year as well. Called in one bird for my brother with it but I think it's going to be an awesome call. I consider for myself though, that a good box is my most consistent and versatile call. I can make good hen or gobbler sounds on that Purple Heart and cedar. It's a loud call but I've found with one finger on the side of the box I can tame it for close calling off the roost or for birds that need to hear a little encouragement to break that 60-70 yard hang up.
Mostly use mouth calls as a bowhunter and Hooks Executioner 2 has been deadly for me.
I tend to change calls up a lot during the season but the one I've used the most and have killed the most turkeys with has to be
a Neil Cost box call Walnut over Poplar I've used it for almost 40 years now ever since 1981
My deadliest is usually a diaphragm call. The last few years I've been using a Hooks Manipulator.
My goto call is a glass pot call. However, I'm working on a trumpet call for this spring hoping to somewhat perfect it.
My trusty Smith's Game Calls ST17 box.Working birds since 1979
Its an old cedar scratch box. It don't look like much but, they seem to love it.
A Snodgrass longbox. Can't even begin to count the number of birds that hammered this box in the past 20 years. If I can take just one call to the woods, its this one.
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My trusty Smith's Game Calls ST17 box.Working birds since 1979
Tracker - I had an all butternut Smith box, called in my first turkey to the gun with the little box.
Makes me think. I have 2 of Mr. Smiths Sweet Butternut boxes put up some where. Like new. The 3rd I had really wore out some birds! I usually use my own calls anymore but you can't beat a Cox or Buice trumpet, a Lonnie Sneed pot and a solid boxcall. In the fall I usually have a wingbone round my neck and an Eldeman or Hudson box close to hand.
I'm a mouth call guy personally. Modified Ghost cut is my go to. I feel confident in replicating any realistic turkey sound when running a diaphragm.
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Richard hudson snakewood over english walnut henbox. That thing just pulls the gobbles out and it has been batting a high average everytime I run it
I have to put my AOK Custom Calls Pocket Slate at the top of my list. As a somewhat new turkey hunter learning something new on every hunt, the only success I've had is with the Pocket Slate in my hand. I think the inherently soft but realistic sounds help me not screw it up by calling too loudly. It seems like they can't handle the truth. Lol
Steve Mann maple over mahogany shortbox
Paul Calls Box Call, Persimmon Box and Curly hard Maple Paddle. Killed many many birds with that call.
Supreme Pure Death in the pinnacle body with a snakewood striker. Got them both for a great deal off here a couple years ago and this combo has easily taken the #1 spot for me.
Woodhaven diaphrams....
Cane Creek Calls original slate
Old Lynch World Champion box
Lynch Foolproof I've had for 46 years and a Roberts Bros. I've had for 15.
When I can't get a response, I always pull out my hooks Slayer tube and a wingbone. The kalky yelps on that tube are great for pressured gobblers, and the cutting mid morning is just awesome for firing up a property.
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When I can't get a response, I always pull out my hooks Slayer tube and a wingbone. The kalky yelps on that tube are great for pressured gobblers, and the cutting mid morning is just awesome for firing up a property.
Good point about the tube call. I tried one a while back but didn't give it much of a chance. Might need to carry one again.
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My personal go to call is a tube call. I use a lot of pot calls, boxes, diaphragms, plus wing bones and trumpets, but something about a tube, will work when nothing else will!
I've come across a few really good ones, usually a call gets used for a season or two before I'm on to something else though so I don't have just one that's stood the test of time in my vest.
One call that has vastly over earned price tag in dead turkeys has been a L&L all cedar scratch box for $22 its accounted for 8 or 9 nice Tom's.
Other calls that seem to always find a spot in the vest year after year are
Terry Baker bloodwood/butternut box
Halloran twisted sister
And several good batwing cut mouth calls
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Im a tube call guy & diaphrams, but hen boxes are quickly climbing up the favs list, Mike
Hudson Macassar Ebony over English Walnut hen box - it has a vibrato like quality in the mid tones that gobblers seem to lust for
My David Halloran twisted sister pot is my favorite pot call. Diaphragm call is hands down gooserbats bacon. Great call. Really interested to know if pinhotti sells his diaphragm calls or not.
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I have to give this to two calls, they both helped me get my first turkey this year. I started it off with my Jessie Jefferson of C4 - Crooked Creek Custom Creations American flag Copper call and then finished the bird off with my Apple and Mulberry wood frictionwood call made by Eric Crouse of Grizz Friction Wood Calls.
I killed a pile of birds with an old primos frictionite pot call. I think it was called the freak. I think it was mainly the ease of use of that call. Great for beginners. The last five years or so my twisted sister has been an absolute killer. Think I've called in for people and myself about 30 birds.
Old Mad super aluminum ,home made cedar scratch box,and mouth call or two usually a Pittman,never been stuck on just one!
Whichever one I happen to be using at the moment.
I killed more than a few with an old Lynch fool proof. It sounded great. I slipped on a rock crossing Robeson Creek broke it. Couldn't find another with that same sound.
I bought a Quaker Boy field grade boat paddle in the early 90's that has pretty good pull. It goes hunting when I do.
Jim
Quote from: Yoder409 on February 06, 2020, 08:46:32 AM
Whichever one I happen to be using at the moment.
my opinion as well. I do, however prefer a suction type yelper. Don't matter which one.
Supreme pure death
Primos "True Double" and "True Triple" mouth calls. Killed more gobblers with these two calls than any others I own.
An old HS Strut Double Duece 2 slate I've had for nearly 20 years, it's been involved in alot gobbler homicides.
Tube, Wingbone and a woodhaven slate
Cody world class slate and crystal mistress
Glen Marrer glass over glass with either my Dymondwood or Black Locust striker.
David Halloran box call.
the primos hook hunter ghost cut has been in my mouth the last 3 or 4 birds i've killed
Tough one, probably a woodhaven wasp for everything except purring. I use my own pot, slate over aluminum in a padauk pot, for that soft purr to seal the deal on a tough bird.
My Lynch World Champion Box. Both sides are Awesome! Bought that back in 1995. And the Tilburg 4" circumference Kee- Kee -Run Double Slate. It looks just like the D.D. ADAMS Super Slate which, I also have with matching signed striker. Bought that in the early 90s .
HEEERE TURKEY, Turkey, turkey...
Very important to use a reverse crescendo when doing this call...
Great feedback. I find the Birmingham Lynch boxes have a unique sound. Just got 2 102's, and 1 Alabama 101. Will try them this season. My go to's have been Mike Lapp push pin, (on order with Shannon, looking forward to his), and for pots, Jimmy Schaefer and Cody Spec 1. The box I have been carrying is the Cody Southern Belle. Good luck to everyone....
Pure junk! Don't ever try a nail call by Chris B. Not worth picking up if found in the road. Just trust me....written while smiling.
Redneck Hen
The acorn cruncher with some hen in heat turkey lure. :funnyturkey:
Quote from: TrackeySauresRex on February 25, 2020, 07:45:08 PM
The acorn cruncher with some hen in heat turkey lure. :funnyturkey:
I prefer to put out some corn syrup over the acorns to get their attention, and use my ozonics and scent blocker so that boss gobbler can't circle downwind and smell me. I then hide behind my 3 foot wide reaping fan. When he drifts closer after getting a whiff of that corn syrup, the final part comes into play. I have beaten his eyes and his nose, and from here it's too easy. I blow two short and sharp blasts on my hs strut squealing hen. Only difficulty at that point is killing him as he wildly charges in, before he attacks the fan and spurs me.
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Quote from: TrackeySauresRex on February 25, 2020, 07:45:08 PM
The acorn cruncher with some hen in heat turkey lure. :funnyturkey:
I prefer to put out some corn syrup over the acorns to get their attention, and use my ozonics and scent blocker so that boss gobbler can't circle downwind and smell me. I then hide behind my 3 foot wide reaping fan. When he drifts closer after getting a whiff of that corn syrup, the final part comes into play. I have beaten his eyes and his nose, and from here it's too easy. I blow two short and sharp blasts on my hs strut squealing hen. Only difficulty at that point is killing him as he wildly charges in, before he attacks the fan and spurs me.
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You just need a bottle of Tink's Hot Hen scent and you will be invincible to turkeys!
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Quote from: TrackeySauresRex on February 25, 2020, 07:45:08 PM
The acorn cruncher with some hen in heat turkey lure. :funnyturkey:
I prefer to put out some corn syrup over the acorns to get their attention, and use my ozonics and scent blocker so that boss gobbler can't circle downwind and smell me. I then hide behind my 3 foot wide reaping fan. When he drifts closer after getting a whiff of that corn syrup, the final part comes into play. I have beaten his eyes and his nose, and from here it's too easy. I blow two short and sharp blasts on my hs strut squealing hen. Only difficulty at that point is killing him as he wildly charges in, before he attacks the fan and spurs me.
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You just need a bottle of Tink's Hot Hen scent and you will be invincible to turkeys!
I've considered it, but dang I don't want to kill every bird on my place. Got to leave some for breeding stock.
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Cane cutter
Chattahoochee Green Machine Only had this pot a few years but when my diaphragm fails, it will seal the deal.
I've had more response from Ol Betsy than any other as well. I bought a Woodhaven Slate this year to give it a run. Ol Betsy won't be leaving my vest any time soon.
Quote from: bbcoach on January 27, 2020, 07:14:38 AM
Believe it or not, it's a Primos Ol Betsy grey slate with a wood laminate striker. A production call that is only $14-$15 but gets tons of responses and has been the death of many birds. It's the first out of my vest every morning. TOTAL CONFIDENCE.
OG Push pin..... :turkey2:
Another thought that has been touched on would be if your hunting an area for a few days changing calls in your vest. Buddies of mine scratch their heads when I show up and make a kill when they have been struggling, I think its the new sound they are hearing, when I kill the boss gobbler they have been hearing a d not seeing is because the hens are nesting
A fresh mouth call with some variation of a ghost cut, my hand, and hopefully some noisy leaves on the ground nearby. Scratching usually gets the job done late in the game. When I run a friction call it's either a Lonzo glass or Sinclair green slate.
Mouth call with some leaf scratching if it's available. God I'm ready for gobbler season
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T3 game calls out of La , awesome mouth yelpers and slates . Pure turkey ????
I've got an old glass over American Chestnut pot call. It was made by a friend years ago, and has been the downfall of most of the gobblers I've killed the last 10 years or so.
My Primos lil heart breaker will get em going when nothing else will
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Screaming Demon 2 :turkey2:
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My Primos lil heart breaker will get em going when nothing else will
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I have had my Primos heart breaker for around 8-9 years, The lip on the box broke but nothing a little hot gun glue couldn't fix.
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My Primos lil heart breaker will get em going when nothing else will
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I have had my Primos heart breaker for around 8-9 years, The lip on the box broke but nothing a little hot gun glue couldn't fix.
Mine is starting to look rough but still holding strong.
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Mine don't exactly look new either, lol.
No Hecs suit ?
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Quote from: TrackeySauresRex on February 25, 2020, 07:45:08 PM
The acorn cruncher with some hen in heat turkey lure. :funnyturkey:
I prefer to put out some corn syrup over the acorns to get their attention, and use my ozonics and scent blocker so that boss gobbler can't circle downwind and smell me. I then hide behind my 3 foot wide reaping fan. When he drifts closer after getting a whiff of that corn syrup, the final part comes into play. I have beaten his eyes and his nose, and from here it's too easy. I blow two short and sharp blasts on my hs strut squealing hen. Only difficulty at that point is killing him as he wildly charges in, before he attacks the fan and spurs me.
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You just need a bottle of Tink's Hot Hen scent and you will be invincible to turkeys!
Pappy's copper in osage pot. Woodhaven cherry classic crystal pot. Mike Yingling copper pot.
Spring Creek walnut/maple box.
One of Pappy's trumpets.
Silence is golden
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Quote from: roberthyman14 on March 07, 2020, 09:32:03 PM
Silence is golden
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Especially with my calling ability. Usually best for me to yelp once, cluck twice, then throw the call to one side out of my reach.
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Woodhaven calls are my go to....but I've killed a lot of birds over the years with Primos calls - mouth calls and pot calls
Steve Mann Short Box Call (Walnut over Butternut)
Wendell Rye Lights Out Slate Call
Tom Teaser Butt Naked Hen Diaphragm
Silence has been my deadliest call.
Kill em' with silence.
Trot linin' 'em is yur best bet. Heer's sum hints...
Furst oft, yur corn has got ta be jist soft enuf ta stay on the hooks. If'n yur usin' thet thar feeter corn, ya' gotta soke it ovur nite afir ya' git to settin' yur line out.
Yur mane line has gotta be somethin' like paracurds cuz its gotta be strong in case ya git a bunch of 'em on thar at onced. Cours, yur leeders gotta be perty strong to. Ya dunt want 'em to brake that thar leader onced ya got 'em hookd on. Ya'git a bunch of them tarkeys runnin' around with hooks and leeders hangin' outa thar moufs and afir ya knows it, the gol darn game wurdens is comin' after ya's.
'Bout fiftene of them hooks is guud. Git to miny hooks on yur line 'n ya git a bunch'a them tarkeys on it all at onced an yur paracord cuud brake oft. Then yur screwd. Ya' gotta bunch of them tarkeys runnin' round hookd up tagather skwaukin' n' hollerin' an afir ya no's it, them gol durn constipashun occifers is all ovur tha place luukin fir tha culprit thit dun it.
Them leeders gotta be jist rite to. If'n ther to short, them tarkeys wont bite yur hook 'cuz they gonna sea that thar paracurd. Them tarkeys ain't no dumys, ya know! Now, if'n yur leeders is to long them tarkeys kin git to flyin' oft on ya wich meens they cuud brake yur gol durn line n thin ya got them durn occifers all ovur tha woods agin cuz'a them tarkeys with hooks a'hangin' outta ther moufs.
Now, yur hooks is gotta be reel sharp to, 'n ya gotta hook that thar corn so's them bards'll git it way down n thar throte n ya hook'em in ther tung. Ya caint hook'em in the beek cuz they wil git rite oft on ya.
Thatz all fir now. I dunt wanna giv 'way alls my seecrits. Trot linin' fir tarkeys is a reel arts n' siyance ya kno. Aint everi budy thit kin do it guud.
'N sumery, it Beets iny gol durn tarkey call out thar! (but ya gotta wauch out fir them constipashun occifers!)
This thread got me to thinking: What exactly IS my best call.
What I finally came up with was it's whatever I pick up after the turkey hangs up.
Let me explain. First off, I don't go out with a whole lot of calls. I pick a few calls and run with them until I lose faith in one or the other, and then I swap out. Some years are better than others. Sometimes I do a lot of swapping and sometimes not.
So I'm sitting there working a gobbler and he goes quiet on me. That's fine. He's probably still walking towards me. He may be trailing a hen. He may have stopped for gas and a snack. I'm not giving up. Now comes a choice. What do I hit him with next?
Whatever I pick next for the deal-closer is my deadliest call. It's not going to be my loudest call. It isn't going to be my sexiest call. It's going to be something that makes him think there may be another hen there. Often times (you'll laugh) it's my Quaker Boy Easy Yelper, just because I can work it with one hand while I keep the shotgun on my knee. Either that, or it'll be a mouth call-- whatever's handy at the time. As I get older and have less to prove, it's sometimes nothing more than moving a stick around in the leaves.
Lights Out glass
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I would have to say my Cody Woodsman Glass Call. My dad got me hooked on them a long time ago and I have stuck with them.
I use a cheap primos slate call mostly.At times, I'll go to the box call, and I'm practicing with a mouth call.
Hands down hooks swindler. I really dnt know why I even carry another call and I only carry one more, it's a holloran sugartown sweetness
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Quote from: shaman on March 09, 2020, 09:44:12 AM
This thread got me to thinking: What exactly IS my best call.
What I finally came up with was it's whatever I pick up after the turkey hangs up.
Let me explain. First off, I don't go out with a whole lot of calls. I pick a few calls and run with them until I lose faith in one or the other, and then I swap out. Some years are better than others. Sometimes I do a lot of swapping and sometimes not.
So I'm sitting there working a gobbler and he goes quiet on me. That's fine. He's probably still walking towards me. He may be trailing a hen. He may have stopped for gas and a snack. I'm not giving up. Now comes a choice. What do I hit him with next?
Whatever I pick next for the deal-closer is my deadliest call. It's not going to be my loudest call. It isn't going to be my sexiest call. It's going to be something that makes him think there may be another hen there. Often times (you'll laugh) it's my Quaker Boy Easy Yelper, just because I can work it with one hand while I keep the shotgun on my knee. Either that, or it'll be a mouth call-- whatever's handy at the time. As I get older and have less to prove, it's sometimes nothing more than moving a stick around in the leaves.
I have had good luck on hung up toms by switching calls
My deadliest was an old hs strut diaphram that i modified with some v cuts. Sweet, sweet siren call of death to many gobblers. Sadly, it met it's own demise, forgotten on the seat of my truck in the sun. My new deadly call is a tube call, really love that thing for windy days and birds on public land that have been worked over by slate calls.
Probably an old Primos aluminum pot call.
A three Reed V cut is great but for some reason I have an old Lohmans Thunder dome slate call that has a tone that drives an old Tom wild! I have had the thing for years and never used it much, I just started using it again about three seasons ago. Man I am glad that I did!
Pecker Wrecker's Jail Bait (Hot Lips is a close second).
My call that has killed the most birds has to be my old Cody Envy. Probably 30+ birds with that one call before I retired it. My Clint Corder Osage/Glass stacked them up faster than any other call. I retired it at 13 birds.