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Long Box Thoughts

Started by TJ3152, March 15, 2023, 03:37:53 PM

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TJ3152

Who all uses a long box a good bit during the spring season? I got one from Marlin Watkins a couple of years ago and I use it on just about every hunt. I assume I may be in the minority on this, but curious what others think. Thanks for your comments!

packmule

Best post of the year  :TooFunny:
I always carry a longbox, it is my best turkey hunting tool.  Unmatched versatility.

Notsoyoungturk

I have a Steve Mann Cedar over Yellow Poplar that is always with me.  This call seems to always get a response.
A hunt based on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be - Fred Bear

paboxcall

Quote from: packmule on March 15, 2023, 03:40:42 PM
Best post of the year  :TooFunny:
I always carry a longbox, it is my best turkey hunting tool.  Unmatched versatility.

:agreed:

Snodgrass special in a Yoder holster, always on my belt.
A quality paddle caller will most run itself.  It just needs someone to carry it around the woods. Yoder409
Over time...they come to learn how little air a good yelper actually requires. ChesterCopperpot

rong

My favorite call to use! Many hunts are just the long box and an easy to run mouth call in case I can't finish the deal with the box.

Will

I carry one on every hunt whether it's Spring, Fall or Winter season. I've been carrying a Watkins Yellowheart over Black Limba the past few years and it has been the key to a few hunts. That box was used on 2 hunts this past Spring and was the demise of 2 birds.

What combo Watkins do you have?

turkey stew

My favorite is a SSCustom maple over butternut. Always gets the gobblers fired up!


Zobo

I love them, very versatile calls that can do so much in the right hands
Stand still, and consider the wonderous works of God  Job:37:14

Yoder409

Thoughts ??

I think I have a couple of them.

Did somebody say "hunting with a Watkins fiddle paddle" ??  Sounds like a good idea !!   :toothy9:

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.

Tyoung

Halloran Ipe over Black Limba and I roll together on nearly every hunt......

GuideGun

I much prefer a high quality long box over a short box. I'm at the point now of considering selling my short boxes and picking up another high quality long box. Better range of sounds and more versatile. A short box and paddle ride just the same in my Glenda Green satchel so transporting them is a moot point.
Matt


Sir-diealot

I use both a long and a short, depends on the day. Sometimes I will change up between longboxes, I have 4 to choose from and I try to get them all some action. The same goes for the short boxes.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger

John Koenig:
"It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream."

Tarheel

This boatpaddle style long box has been the cause of death of a fair number of old gobblers......

Brwndg

I carry a lot of short boxes, but carry the Halloran Longbox a lot. I have both of his, the Ipe/Black Limba & the Ebony/Black Limba wood.  I prefer the Ebony paddled call.
Extremely versatile call and always gets 'em gobbling. And it really pisses off a hen that has locked down a Tom.
"If turkeys could smell, you'd never kill one" - Bud Trenis my turkey hunting mentor & dear friend

Yoder409

Quote from: Tarheel on March 18, 2023, 08:55:03 PM
This boatpaddle style long box has been the cause of death of a fair number of old gobblers......

Don Chancey ??
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.