who goes hunting with one call ?

[hotspur]

You guys have talked me into buying a custom made call, and I love it should have bought one years ago. Thinking of starting the season with this one call. I've been slowly downsizing on what I bring out, and want to get confidence in my new call. I also like posting and reading on old gobbler , so I'm asking who does it with one call and mybe how long you've been doing it?

[Bowguy]

Not saying you can't do it w one call but the more sounds you have the better off you are. Yes there's a limit but at least a little variation could help strike a reluctant bird.
That being said I used to use only mouth calls n normally only one or two dif ones when I started out. This was in 80s n options were seemingly more limited

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

I like to always have a longbox (or short but not both), a scratchbox, and a trumpet.  The key is this.....take what you are most confident in playing.  Try to learn other call types to add to your arsenal.  Sometimes a gobbler won't respond til you hit a totally different call.  You would be surprised what a scratchbox or trumpet can achieve once they are mastered.

[Double B]

If you carried a good glass/slate 2 sider with a few strikers I think you would be fine.   I usually carry 4 pots in my vest, along with several strikers. But also have a smaller pack with only one call, an Ol Yeller w 2 strikers. I use it if I'm going light or lazy.

[paboxcall]

If you hunt only one call, you inevitably will master it.

When I do, typically only a trumpet call or a long box.

[fallhnt]

Just a mouth call .

[saltysenior]

  one old Tom Gaskins......can not find another like that or other make that sounds that good to me...

[beakbuster10]

It can be done, and most of the gobblers I have called to the gun barrel have been with a single short box or one single diaphragm. But there are also quite a few dead gobblers that would have made it another day had I not had a vest full of options.


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[Bowguy]

It can be done, and most of the gobblers I have called to the gun barrel have been with a single short box or one single diaphragm. But there are also quite a few dead gobblers that would have made it another day had I not had a vest full of options.


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It's like only knowing yelping n clucking. You're gonna leave birds in the woods imo

[1iagobblergetter]

It can be done, and most of the gobblers I have called to the gun barrel have been with a single short box or one single diaphragm. But there are also quite a few dead gobblers that would have made it another day had I not had a vest full of options.


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It's like only knowing yelping n clucking. You're gonna leave birds in the woods imo

Exactly what these guys said. When I first started turkey hunting many years ago I had one pot call and one short box. I had more confidence in my calling with a pot call and one day when hunting used only my pot call with no response finally I figured I had nothing to lose so broke out my box call and had 3 Gobblers gobble from three different locations. This taught me that sometimes they like to hear different tones. Most generally one call will work great,but I feel I'm short changing myself if I don't have at least a couple different calls in my vest and over time have learned to play a wide range  of calls. If your like alot of us you'll have a hard time stopping at just one custom call anyway. Lol...

[DumpTruckTurkey]

A lot of times Ill only use 1 call.... but I carry around 4.

[renegade19]

Please!  More like one in every pocket and several more stuffed in a pack.  About like fishing tournaments, take 20 rods each rigged with a different bait and maybe throw 3 during the day!   

[jims]

When I first started turkey hunting I bought 3 pot calls.  Now that I've hunted and gotten more experience all my pot calls stay in the truck.  The only call I carry is a mouth call.  There are a multitude of calls I can make with a mouth call.  I stay mobile when turkey hunting and its a lot easier having a mouth call ready in my mouth rather than lugging around other calls.  I also have both hands free!

[MK M GOBL]

Not down to one call, but have cut down what I carry. There are times when I run and gun that when I am after him I may drop my pack and just go in on him... But with that said I like to be able to have a few styles of calls with me, I'm down to my favorites list.

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[derek]

I feel like I could get away with it, but I don't.  I'll have the same mouth call that is my go to for the majority of the season and I'll kill about all of my birds come from just that with an exception or two here and there over the years.  I always have a spare or two of the same call in my vest and an assortment of other mouth calls I like, but it always comes back to the same call.  It's just what I have confidence in.  A long box is the only other thing I use here and there and that's really just used like a locator occasionally.. I carry an aluminum pot call but I'll be honest it doesn't come out too often.