Your opinion...what type of call is most realistic

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

So we all know our turkeys and we know our calls and various platforms.  Which type of call do think most realistically sounds like a hen TO a gobbler?  I ask this because I have always been under the assumption that what WE hear isn't exactly what HE hears.  And a trumpet doesn't sound like a box call which doesn't sound like a pot call etc etc....I would love to hear various opinions and why. 

[BABS9]

I would think that a mouth call would sound the most realistic to a gobbler being that the user is proficient with one. Pot calls a close second. Just my opinion.

[West Augusta]

I've always heard that a trumpet and wingbone sound most like a real hen from a distance.  I've never tested it though.

[mgm1955]

I've always heard that a trumpet and wingbone sound most like a real hen from a distance.  I've never tested it though.

I think a lot of guys would agree with this.

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Funny you say that,  I have always heard this trumpet/wingbone theory as well.  And from Billy Buice personally.  I am curious what others will say.

[TRKYHTR]

I think the best mouth callers sound the most like a real turkey. But the best turkey yelp I think comes from a great box call.

[dejake]

My vote would ne a mouth call.  That being said, I don't think it matters much.  I've heard a bunch of hens run the gamut of sounds; high to low, clear to raspy, 3 yelp sequence to over 20.  I think cadence is more important.

[Spring Creek Calls]

Every type of call will have its advocates and rightfully so. A well made box call in the right hands has my vote. Second place, crystal/glass potcall.

[SS Calls]

I think the best mouth callers sound the most like a real turkey. But the best turkey yelp I think comes from a great box call.

I agree with Joe. I'd also add a scratch box, definitely one of the most realistic yelps I have personally heard when listening to Josh run one from 50 yards away in the woods.

[drenalinld]

Not sure how to know what sounds most realistic to a gobbler. Judging by what he honors by gobbling in response it seems to be a box call more times than not. However, I think this is because a box call produces a two-note pleading yelp and this type of yelp takes much more skill with other calls. Just my opinion.

I do find it interesting that so many think a turkey can recognize any turkey in it's area by voice yet cannot distinguish a box call from a real turkey. I am not saying this isn't true, it just seems curious to me.

[vaturkey]

I think the best mouth callers sound the most like a real turkey. But the best turkey yelp I think comes from a great box call.

  THIS ! 

[chuckward]

From a distance a box call sounds the most realistic to me. Chuck

[Britton40]

. I think cadence is more important.

I agree with this.

[mossyhorn2]

I've always had good luck with a mouth call, but that being said I've probably heard more turkeys gobble to a pot call than any of my other calls. I don't own a trumpet or wingbone though.

[ol bob]

A mouth call may sound best to person but to a turkey you want find anything better than a wing bone or trumpet.