OldGobbler

PATCHES
Sum Toy
Shannon Kelly Game Calls
Dave Smith
Wood Haven
North Mountain Gear
Gooserbat Game Calls
North Mountain Gear

News:

only use regular PayPal to provide purchase protection

Main Menu

What Style Box(es) Do You Prefer

Started by Davyalabama, February 24, 2026, 06:42:13 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

Davyalabama

What style(s) do you like and why?  Short, boat, mini boat, hen box.  What do the different styles give you, if wood is equal, which it can't totally be, but....  I do realize different woods in different calls is a factor, too.  Too many variables to mention them all, including call makers, and the goodness, ... so many rabbit holes.      Ok, I had to update the thread:  Wait, I didn't mean just one style box forever, oh goodness gracious, I didn't mean to imply that.  I was just thinking of having 2-3 in your vest and/or what types and what they do for you.       
Love the Lord God with all your heart, mind and soul.  Love others as yourself.

Let us be silent, so we hear the whisper of God.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Spring Creek Calls

I'm a short box guy. Any wood combination that has a good high to low rollover will kill gobblerz.

Sent from my SM-A156U1 using Tapatalk

2014  SE Call Makers Short Box 2nd Place
2017  Buckeye Challenge Long Box 5th Place
2018  Mountain State Short Box 2nd Place
2019  Mountain State Short Box 1st Place
2019  NWTF Great Lakes Scratch Box 4th Place
2020 NWTF GNCC Amateur 5th Place Box
2021 Mountain State 3rd Place Short Box
2021 SE Callmakers 1st & 2nd Short Box
E-mail: gobblez@aol.com
Website: springcreekturkeycalls.weebly.com

greentrout

I have been converted into a long box guy. The amount of different sounds in one call really appeals to me. I'm still learning and trying to get consistent with finding all of the different sounds in my Billy Bush and Steve Mann boxes.

Will

Longbox with the right wood combination. I can get several different turkeys from one call. Kee Kee calling on a long box is easier for me than a short box. Plus I can get some gobbler/jake yelps.

Yoder409

I've never met too many box calls of any description that I did not like.

Just ask my wife....
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

Zobo

I like a good shortbox best, either a Cost style or fiddlebox
Stand still, and consider the wonderous works of God  Job:37:14

Bowguy

Longbox does everything a shortbox does and more.

Greg Massey

#7
You run a box call and you finesse hen boxes ...

Springs are somewhat different from - non spring boxes ..

Some are a lot easier to run than others .. It just depends on what you like /  Hunting style

bigwoodstom

I'd Rather be on Hazel Creek

Davyalabama

Wait, I didn't mean just one, oh goodness gracious, I didn't mean to imply that.  I was just thinking of having 2-3 in your vest and what types and what they do for you.   
Love the Lord God with all your heart, mind and soul.  Love others as yourself.

Let us be silent, so we hear the whisper of God.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

crdierlam

I have a Matt Van Cise short box with me every day. I also have a Marlin Watkins longbox that comes most days. The short box fits in my vest a little easier so its always there. I also just picked up a Fulkerson hen box at UNICOI and it will be placed in the rotation once I get it figured out a little bit better. Its my first hen box so there is definitely a learning curve.

War Eagle

I stick with domestic wood, traditional style boxes. I like long boxes and one siders the best but I'll still grab a short box from time to time.