Using different calls on the same property.

[deerbasshunter3]

Does anybody have any experience that suggests that two people using different calls keeps things "new" for the turkeys? The guy I hunt with uses a Legacy Wild Hunter. I am planning to use a Primos mouth call. The best that I can tell, they both sound different (obviously).

I am thinking that if they always hear the same calls, they will get wise. If people are using different calls, especially at different times, they will assume the call that they always hear is the call (Maybe?) and the other "new" call is actually a bird.

I am not sure if it is that serious but it got me thinking about it today.

[jakesdad]

I dont believe turkeys can seperate one call as being turkey and one not......or "wise up"/become "call shy".I do think its a great idea to carry several calls with you at all times,I know I do.Somedays they love a box then the next they wont even answer to it but might go crazy on a glass call. Dont ever handicap yourself by just having a one call arsenal.

[deerbasshunter3]

What I think I was trying to ask is that if they hear his call on, say, Monday and he kills a bird or gets busted, they will not be as leary of my calling the next day or two because it will not sound like the calls they heard when their buddy got shot, or they saw him?

[Marc]

What I think I was trying to ask is that if they hear his call on, say, Monday and he kills a bird or gets busted, they will not be as leary of my calling the next day or two because it will not sound like the calls they heard when their buddy got shot, or they saw him?

There is some logic to that thinking...  In fact a few years ago I used that logic...  Toms were flocked up late in the season for some reason, I called them in and killed a bird.

Next time out, it was the last call I went to, and they lit up, and came right in...

My thinking, is that it was late in the season, and that call sounded like a hen that was still breeding.

There are always calls I keep in my back pocket till I need them for that very reason.  If I am hunting a limited and unpressured population of birds, my favorite call is sometimes the last call I pull out of the hat (save it for when I really need it).  If I am hunting an area I will only hunt once or twice, my favorite call comes out first.

As Jakesdad stated, I would never limit myself to just one call...  I have been amazed sometimes after using multiple calls with no responses, and I pull out that one call that lights up the hills with gobbles.

Heck, half the fun of turkey hunting is having a bunch of calls that we do not need...

[shaman]

I had a heck of a time this morning.  I had a nice response all written out and I hit the submit button and . . .   Nothing.

Come to find out, I it got posted elsewhere.  I really liked what I had written so I decided to put it up on my weblog.  Here's what you should have gotten around 0644 ET today:


Where the shaman hunts

[jblackburn]

Just think it depends.  Couple years ago I killed one and came back the next day and filled tag 2 within 100 yards of where I killed his buddy. Same call.

The more I think I know about these birds, the more I realize I don't know crap! 

[bamagtrdude]

Just think it depends.  Couple years ago I killed one and came back the next day and filled tag 2 within 100 yards of where I killed his buddy. Same call.

Yep.  Cadence, rhythm & turkey-like pitch variances in your calling, to me, is far more important than THE CALL itself.  Work on sounding "unpredictable" (vs robotic) with your calling by imitating real hens (search YouTube for videos several folks have posted), and you can use just about any call you want, repeatedly, to kill birds.

Just my 

BGD

[Gooserbat]

Learn to use as many calls as you can and become proficient with them to the point you are confident in you ability.  Once you get to that point you can approach any calling situation with confidence.

[zelmo1]

  I hunt with the same partner all the time. He is a box call guy(3) and I am a pot call guy(3 or 4) and we both use the same diaphragm call. It sounds different when each of us uses it too. I carry a box call and he carries a pot call. We work together very well and we find what the bird likes and stick to that. Different days/birds/scenarios call for different tactics. Last year he called on in for me with his box and diaphragm, the bird would not come to my calls. The next hunt on the same day it worked in the reverse, I called one in for him with the same calls we used 2 hours before that would not work for him. Be versatile and don't give up. It is fun every time for me even if it is frustrating. Good luck and good hunting.