Re: Turkey Calls?
In my opinion, shaped by 15 years of guiding and hunting turkeys, every beginner should have at least three calls to start with.
These are:
- A locator call. Crow is best because they are everywhere and they do not eat turkeys.
- A box call to reach way out there and connect with the birds or in high wind to reach that extra distance.
- A pot cal with slate or glass surface for close in calling and to produce the soft purrs and yelps toms like to hear.
However, if you go hunting now it is to late. In order to be successful at calling turkeys it is imperative to be able to reproduce the correct sounds. It doesn’t matter how many different turkey sounds you can make but it matters very much how WELL you can call.
As a beginner you should be able to make a perfect yelp, cluck and purr in different sequences. Without that your success hinges solely on luck. Of course you should scout too and know where the birds go and come from.
Road hunting turkeys does not work well at all.
Good luck. You needed it if you never hunted turkeys before and don't know how to call, and no, you cannot learn how to call and hunt from YouTube as some suggest.
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