long paddle verses a standard box...

[Marc]

                A long box is harder to master but when you do, she rewards you. Anything you do with a box. a long box will do better and with more sex. I'm just saying she is better when you learn her and coax her. The long box is more versatile and has more turkeys in her, you just got to caress her and coax her. Sorry for getting carried away but a long box is worth the extra length (how long she is) and time needed to master her. She shines on public lands and hard hunted birds, they can't resist her when played by one who takes the time to master her. With that said you got to get one by a proven craftsman like Marlin Watkins, Jeff Mckamey, S&S to name just just a few. I'll get off my soapbox, best of luck to you finding the siren song of tom turkeys.....

That there is some turkey hunting porn...

You should go into marketing, cause I am now strongly considering the addition of a long-box to my aresonal...

Thank you for the post.

[Pettit877]

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That there is some turkey hunting porn...

You should go into marketing, cause I am now strongly considering the addition of a long-box to my aresonal...

Thank you for the post.
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Don't consider...just do!

[drenalinld]

Short boxes are easier to play for most beginners mostly due to spring under lid keeping paddle angle steady. No spring under the lid makes a paddle on a long box slight more difficult to manage for most. It also allows more freedom to find and generate more pitches (turkeys) with the same call.

[mgm1955]

I have found my long box to be more of a "locator".
Short box to "reel them in".
I usually carry 1 long box and several short boxes.
Maybe it's just because I'm more comfortable with short boxes, as I've just purchased my 1st long box last year.

HFultzjr, just wondering how you carry one long box and several short boxes.  I will probably purchase my first long box before next season but one thing I have been wondering about is how best to carry it.  My Cabelas vest has one box call pouch and even my short boxes protrude from it a bit.  I can't imagine putting a long box in it.  Would probably stick out a good six inches.  Just curious.

There are a few folks out there that make leather holsters for long boxes.  Well worth what they cost.  The protect your investment well.

I like the sound and the number of turkeys you can get in a long box.  It's also easier for me to cut on a long box.

Disadvantage? They are long and can get in the way.

[shadetree callers]

A WELL BUILT LONGBOX HAS A MUCH WIDER RANGE OF SOUND DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE PADDLE. LONGBOXES WILL KEE KEE VERY NICELY . YOU CAN GET SEVERAL DIFFERENT TONES OF YELPS DOWN EACH SIDE . EVERYTHING FROM YOUNG HEN TO A GOBBLER YELP . YOU CAN ALSO GET A REALLY BIG GOBBLE ON THE BACK END OF A GOOD LONGBOX FOR THAT OCCASION WHERE YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE A HUNG UP GOBBLER. PLUS THE LONG CALLERS WILL CUTT , CACKLE AND PURR WELL TOO . THE ONLY DOWN SIDE , IF THERE IS ONE , IS THAT THE CALLS ARE LONG AND NEED TO BE CARRIED IN A HOLSTER . A HOLSTER ACTUALLY MAKES THEM VERY EASY TO CARRY. I WONT GO HUNTING WITHOUT A LONGBOX WHETHER ITS SPRING OR FALL.

[paboxcall]

A WELL BUILT LONGBOX HAS A MUCH WIDER RANGE OF SOUND DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE PADDLE. LONGBOXES WILL KEE KEE VERY NICELY . YOU CAN GET SEVERAL DIFFERENT TONES OF YELPS DOWN EACH SIDE . EVERYTHING FROM YOUNG HEN TO A GOBBLER YELP . YOU CAN ALSO GET A REALLY BIG GOBBLE ON THE BACK END OF A GOOD LONGBOX FOR THAT OCCASION WHERE YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE A HUNG UP GOBBLER. PLUS THE LONG CALLERS WILL CUTT , CACKLE AND PURR WELL TOO . THE ONLY DOWN SIDE , IF THERE IS ONE , IS THAT THE CALLS ARE LONG AND NEED TO BE CARRIED IN A HOLSTER . A HOLSTER ACTUALLY MAKES THEM VERY EASY TO CARRY. I WONT GO HUNTING WITHOUT A LONGBOX WHETHER ITS SPRING OR FALL.

Bob summed it up very nicely.

I had to use the gobbler yelp with my Snozz long box this past spring to get a gobbler to break and come in the last 20 yards.  He gobbled great, took about 90 minutes to move to the set up from his roost location, only to hang up on the bench below strutting and gobbling occasionally.  When I heard him yelp three times, I returned that gravely yelp back at him.  2 minutes later there he was.

A long box is just so incredibly versatile, and like Bob, I never leave the truck without one.  When I wore a vest, my long box would easily fit in the bottom of the inside slash pocket of the vest, and I often didn't carry it in a belt holster.  I used a rubber band and piece of foam to keep it quiet when moving.  Easy to reach for too once I set up.