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Started by TJ3152, December 10, 2022, 08:59:52 AM
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TJ3152
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Older Hen or Younger Hen
December 10, 2022, 08:59:52 AM
For conversation, what's your preference in pitch, lower pitch of a mature hen or higher pitch of a younger hen? How about clearer versus more raspy? I personally think a well tuned custom box call sounds more like a real hen than any other call. However I use boxes, mouth calls, pots, and scratch boxes. If using a box, what's your preferred wood combo for both mature hen sound and a younger hen sound? Thanks in advance for your responses!
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December 10, 2022, 10:07:42 PM
Generally speaking I don't think it really matters that much because hens make all those different sounds you're talking about. But I have found that some of the calls I have just seem to get more of a response from gobblers than others. The thing is I don't see any common link between those calls. Some are high pitched and clear, a couple raspy, and at least one I own sounds pretty bad to my ear but is very, very effective in the field, go figure.
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December 11, 2022, 11:16:16 AM
It's all about the builder and tuning of the calls and what your ears prefer in sound ... IMO ...
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December 11, 2022, 11:56:45 AM
Its more about the gobbler, if hes in the mood any sound will work, if hes not no sound will work.
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December 11, 2022, 12:08:12 PM
Talk to the builder and they should be able to tune a call with one side for different sounds. My biggest advice is to play several calls and find that hen in your head sound. I'm convinced when you find a call that sounds like what you think it should sound like, you'll be more confident and get a better response from birds. There is always those calls that sound like nothing you think a turkey should that seem to work, but those are harder to find.
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December 11, 2022, 12:40:03 PM
Why not both
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noisy box call that seems to sound like a flock of juvenile hens pecking their way through a wheat field
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December 11, 2022, 01:14:22 PM
Sound does matter and if a turkey is not in the mood , that call or sound he hasn't heard can trigger a gobble ... IMO... That's one of the reasons for changing up your calling during the year and not walk around sounding like the same hen.. I try to not sound like all the other guys in the woods and present something different to those moody gobblers ...
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December 11, 2022, 01:28:28 PM
I like old raspy with a slow yawk
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December 11, 2022, 05:38:16 PM
It's really all about your gobbler. Find the pitch that fires him up, the rest is history. Some guys like the loud girls at the bar, others pick-up and take home the quiet ones........
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December 11, 2022, 06:34:45 PM
I like a clear front end with a two pack a day rasp at the back end. I've seem to get more responses with the raspier calls then I do with the high pitched calls. I got more responses When using the fiddle boxes then I did with the pot calls this past season. Although I did have a few good days with the snakewood over sassafras preacherman box and a buster tulip crystal over red slate pot
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December 11, 2022, 08:02:35 PM
I agree with "ol Bob" & "Tom007" it's what ever sounds good to the Gobbler. With that said, in my area, I've had more responses from an older/deeper sounding hen than a younger higher pitched hen. Maybe it's just confidence in the calls, but I prefer slate(grey/green) over a glass or any metal surface call.
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December 12, 2022, 12:36:19 AM
Whatever caller one uses, I believe that one who sounds like a resident hen will enjoy more success than one who merely calls.
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