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#51

Turkey Call Classifieds / Re: WTB Padgett trumpets

Last post by Rtr1987 - Today at 12:33:00 PM

Hey I have a Padgett I might trade for the right call. What are you looking to trade for one?

Chris


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#52

General Forum / Re: Gooserbat Giveaway Spring ...

Last post by Gooserbat - Today at 12:32:47 PM

Congratulations Greg

#53

Trumpets / Wingbones Forum / Re: First trumpet call - need ...

Last post by Wvgobbler - Today at 12:18:26 PM

I agree, I've got more trumpets than my wife has SHOES ... just saying ...

https://oldgobbler.com/Forum/Smileys/classic/TooFunny.gif Sounds like she's going to kill you one day Greg!!

#54

Turkey Call Classifieds / WTB Padgett trumpets

Last post by golfernash - Today at 12:09:05 PM

Let me know what you have. Will trade as well

#55

Turkey Pot Call & Strikers Classifieds / JLH Strikers

Last post by golfernash - Today at 12:07:10 PM

Bloodwood- Finnish Laminate- Heavy Hickory
All like new. Prefer to sell as a group
$100 ty

#56

LEARNING TO TURKEY HUNT / Re: Calling VS Experience/Wood...

Last post by Ihuntoldschool - Today at 12:01:36 PM

Both are important. It's 100 percent both and it's not an either or thing. To over emphasize one at the expense of the other is foolish.

Having said that the better your calling, the more you'll realize the importance of calling and it's ability to completely change a birds mood, make him do things he didn't want to do and wasn't going to do just a minute or seconds earlier.

And if youre sitting over decoys or crawling behind a gobbler decoy then yeah you're right calling isn't very important to your success at all.

#57

LEARNING TO TURKEY HUNT / Re: Calling VS Experience/Wood...

Last post by GobbleNut - Today at 11:44:43 AM

After you pass the age of 65 you will understand my comment...
 

I agree woodsmanship is a must, but as you get older I put more emphasis on my calling.

After you pass the age of 65 you will understand my comment...
 

Well, I am well past that age...and yes, I do understand that...   

#58

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by GobbleNut - Today at 11:39:01 AM

I will say this, I sound a lot better at the end of the season than I do at the beginning!

After all these years calling and listening to turkeys I really believe turkeys recognize the sound of other turkeys, and sometimes we hit that note and things come together quickly.

Totally agree...on both counts.    It is uncanny how, on my first set-up on a gobbler each spring, I end up asking myself..."How did you forget how to use a turkey call between yesterday and today"? 

I also totally agree that more often than we think, just sounding like a hen that a gobbler is familiar with is what gets them killed more than anything else we do. 

#59

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by GobbleNut - Today at 11:28:10 AM

Well, now that we have completely hijacked the thread...might as well continue on...   

I'm sure each of us that has hunted turkeys a good deal tends to develop a calling strategy based on what has been successful where we hunt. I think we all gravitate towards whatever strategy that might be. Another of my "theories on turkey hunting" is, if it works, keep doin' it...until it doesn't (which most certainly has happened on occasion).

If loud, aggressive calling from somebody has resulted in gobblers getting a ride home in the truck, I say have at it. However, I agree that doing that without knowing when to tone it down has probably kept a bunch of gobblers from taking that ride. Again, knowing what to say...and how to say it...and that includes volume, inflection, and cadence, as well as choosing the right combination of turkey sounds to be made...are all just as important, if not more so, than having a yelp, cluck (or whatever) that makes a contest judge happy.

I suppose my point is that, in my opinion, focusing on trying to get a very specific, perfect sound out of a call is nowhere near as important as making the right sound...even if it is not "perfect"...at the right time when dealing with a real, live gobbler.

Now, on the other hand, being the best caller you can be is always a good thing. Don't discount that. However, anybody that thinks THAT is what kills most gobblers is focusing on the wrong priority in the hierarchy of what gets them killed (again, in my opinion...which, with about ten dollars, will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks). 

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#60

Turkey Pot Call & Strikers Classifieds / Re: Pot call clean out....New ...

Last post by captpete - Today at 11:21:40 AM

Last price drop

2. MAC-Mark Cornelius--Walnut red slate/glass $55
4. Paul Hicks Jr.--Osage glass/slate $45

Mac red slate sold.