Call Variety

[Dhamilton1]

I know a lot of you have collections of calls so this may be a hard question to answer.

Just being practical, how many calls would you have to rotate in and out of the vest?

How many pot calls and what surfaces?

How many box calls and what wood combos?

What other types of calls?


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[silvestris]

Very little rotation; I'm satisfied with what I carry.  My decision is which caller I will employ and how I will employ it, which is greatly situational.

[callmakerman]

I carry 2 slates, 1 glass and rotate in a ceramic or titanium pot. 1 scratch box and a yelper or box call depending on what trips my trigger and sometimes a tube call. 

[War Eagle]

I'm a box guy so I'll usually have two boxes with at least one being a longbox. I'll carry a pot or two as well. In the past it's been a slate and or crystal but I'll take Busters red slate/persimmon and old hen this year. Sometimes I'll also grab a peg and slate or scratch box too.

[Greg Massey]

Weather plays a part in the calls I carry... Humidity, cold, rain and wind all dictate what's calls are in my rotation / satchel for opening day ... I always try to bring a different sound to the table / woods each year. This could be a trumpet. pot call and different style boxes along with gobbler sounds / yelper type calls ..

[Yoder409]

Very little rotation for me.  I've landed on a small group of calls that just, flat-out, work and I stick with them most days.

1 box

1 slate/glass picked from 3 choices

1 or 2 strikers

1 or 2 diaphragms

1 trumpet picked from several.

[GobbleNut]

I'm pretty stubborn and have had an attitude of "if they won't come to my mouth calls, they probably won't come to anything". That attitude has generally served me well, but last year I was proven wrong twice...once by a slate-surface pot and once by a box. Granted, I am a slow learner, but I am beginning to "get the picture" after a few decades of doing this.

Although I will continue to carry a dozen or so mouth calls of different persuasions again this spring, I am also sorting through a bunch of pots and boxes I have to determine which I will carry (and swear I will put to more use) this spring.   

[Zobo]

I constantly rotate calls throughout the season, I think it keeps the birds guessing especially in the same "coverts."
I change sounds..inflection, cadence, volume, ect, when actually calling,  so why not change calls too, especially in the absence of success🤣
I have modified my vest to include individual dedicated pockets for two box call, two slates, three strikers, two yelpers, a scratch box, and one lonely mouth call which I never use. I don't necessarily use all the pockets but they are there if need be.
And, like Greg said, weather plays a major role in choosing friction style calls for any particular outing.
I'm a little call heavy I know, but for me the calls and calling is more than half the fun of turkey hunting.

[Dukejb]

I generally have one box, two or three pots, one mouth call and a Buice trumpet. The box calls rotate, and I will occasionally carry an Albert Paul pocket box in addition to the regular sized short box. One of the pot calls is always a slate call either from Lonnie Mabry or a Sneed Raspy Boss Hen. The second slot is usually a Lights Out aluminum call. If I'm carrying a Mabry slate, I'll typically carry a Sneed Outlaw. If I'm carrying the Sneed slate, I'll carry a Mabry Crystal. The only mouth call I use most of the time is a Woodhaven Toxic Orange. The Buice, Mabry and Lights Out calls are partly because they are fantastic calls, and partly due to sentimentality. I was able to visit Mr. Buice and Mr. Mabry. Every time I pick up those calls it reminds me of those visits. The Lights Out call was the first nice turkey call I ever got, and the one that started me this custom call rabbit hole. I've never had the chance to meet Wendell, but I've had multiple phone and email conversations with him buying that and other calls.


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[bbcoach]

I normally carry 4 different pots (different colored slates, a glass and or crystal and a purr pot) with multiple strikers, a box, 2 to 3 diaphragms and this spring a trumpet.  I believe that if you only have one or two calls, it's like fishing with only one or two baits, if you can't get a bite with those baits then what???  I normally carry calls that have produced in the past, so the confidence is there for me.  I prefer to sound like multiple hens so I will use two different calls for this.  Over the years, trying multiple calls on any given day will normally get the reaction that I'm looking for and will normally get birds moving in my direction.  My 2 cents.