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General Forum / Re: NWTF 2026

Last post by Notsoyoungturk - Today at 08:41:27 PM

Wear layers.  It is February outside but gets very warm inside with all of those people.

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General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by BullTom - Today at 08:37:19 PM

Who should I be listening to? Id love to hear some sound files.

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Just listen to turkeys and that "turkey in your head" and emulate that as best you can.
I've listened to some of your sound files and in my opinion, you should have no trouble piling them up.

EZ, I appreciate the advice and the kind words however I was asking about sound files of the "correct" trumpet players. I have exhausted every trumpet (and wild turkey) sound file that I can find on the internet ×10. If someone knows of soundfiles of trumpeters that are as good or better than Mr. Prudhomme, I would really like to give em a listen!

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General Forum / Re: TSS prices will go up soon

Last post by Yelper - Today at 08:35:33 PM

If anyone is looking for apex 12 ga Ninja 3 inch 2 1/4 oz load I have 2 boxes posted in the ammo classified section. These have gone to $100 a box now at Apex. $160 shipped  for both.

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General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by EZ - Today at 08:23:37 PM

Who should I be listening to? Id love to hear some sound files.

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Just listen to turkeys and that "turkey in your head" and emulate that as best you can.
I've listened to some of your sound files and in my opinion, you should have no trouble piling them up.

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General Forum / Re: Unicoi !!! Roll call.

Last post by ElkTurkMan - Today at 08:12:14 PM

Thank you sir!

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General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by BullTom - Today at 07:57:19 PM

Some of you all must be  hanging with the wrong type of trumpet players.
I've heard some yelper men that sound all turkey to my ear.

I've also seen success rate go up with yelpers on hard hunted public land compared to other types of calls.


But that's not stopping me from working on a lightweight call that sounds like a sack of corn being poured on the ground, I'm getting close.

That may well be true!

However, I will say that even the most highly regarded trumpet players dont sound super realistic to me. Dont get me wrong, they sound dang good and it inspires me to get better every day. I have listend to the popular sound files from these guys on repeat for years. But, compared to the most highly regarded mouth call guys, it's not even close. I think the trumpet has all the elements of realism, its just very difficult to put them together in a compelte, realistic package (if that makes any sense). The roll over isnt quite right and its very hard to get the shrill front end with a throaty, raspy, honky back end and then put it all together with the correct cadence. A handful of guys get close (I like to think myself included), but never as close as even just above average mouth callers.

Thats pretty sweet that you have a public land secret weapon! The majority of birds I hunt are on public land. Unfortunately for me, that hasnt been my experience. I have killed or almost killed birds on public that I dont believe I would have if not for the trumpet. That said, generally the realism and versatility of the mouth call wins for me. If i could only take one call to hunt heavily pressured public land birds, its gonna be a mouth call almost all of the time. Certainly open to the fact that this may change in the future.

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Respectfully, other than Mark, you Sir, are listening to the wrong players

Who should I be listening to? Id love to hear some sound files.

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General Forum / Re: TSS prices will go up soon

Last post by Gooserbat - Today at 06:41:11 PM

I'm sitting on somewhere between 40-45 lbs.  Probably will order another 5 kilos very soon.  I shoot a 700 grain load that equals 10 shells per pound in a 20 and a 2 oz load in a 12.  I can probably never buy anymore for the rest of my life but....

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General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by WLT III - Today at 06:33:21 PM

Some of you all must be  hanging with the wrong type of trumpet players.
I've heard some yelper men that sound all turkey to my ear.

I've also seen success rate go up with yelpers on hard hunted public land compared to other types of calls.


But that's not stopping me from working on a lightweight call that sounds like a sack of corn being poured on the ground, I'm getting close.

That may well be true!

However, I will say that even the most highly regarded trumpet players dont sound super realistic to me. Dont get me wrong, they sound dang good and it inspires me to get better every day. I have listend to the popular sound files from these guys on repeat for years. But, compared to the most highly regarded mouth call guys, it's not even close. I think the trumpet has all the elements of realism, its just very difficult to put them together in a compelte, realistic package (if that makes any sense). The roll over isnt quite right and its very hard to get the shrill front end with a throaty, raspy, honky back end and then put it all together with the correct cadence. A handful of guys get close (I like to think myself included), but never as close as even just above average mouth callers.

Thats pretty sweet that you have a public land secret weapon! The majority of birds I hunt are on public land. Unfortunately for me, that hasnt been my experience. I have killed or almost killed birds on public that I dont believe I would have if not for the trumpet. That said, generally the realism and versatility of the mouth call wins for me. If i could only take one call to hunt heavily pressured public land birds, its gonna be a mouth call almost all of the time. Certainly open to the fact that this may change in the future.

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Respectfully, other than Mark, you Sir, are listening to the wrong players

#9

General Forum / Re: TSS prices will go up soon

Last post by davisd9 - Today at 06:08:41 PM

I like 9s, but I can go right back to lead 5s with no problem. Will help stop some of the 70-80 yard pop shot participation trophies as well.


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#10

General Forum / Re: TSS prices will go up soon

Last post by Swampmonkey - Today at 05:40:20 PM

The shot has gone up $30 per pound in last 3 months.