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Chefboubou

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Hi there!

I'm hoping to hunt wild turkeys this spring and can't decide which call (s) to buy. Are you guys leaning toward a special brand (Quaker Boy, Hunters, etc)?

I'm thinking about buying a slate and a box, and maybe a push button.

Also any preference for the slate type (I noted two types: slate and glass). Also, the sticks could have wooden or carbon tip.

Thanks in advance for your help!
 
Keep it simple and get a box call, it's all you really need. Mouth calls can take a while to perfect, they're not a good choice for your first hunt.

Learn these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS7dP_5zS-4

I do not normally promote a specific brand but I bought a Primos Hook Up box call a few years back and it's one of the best sounding box calls I've ever owned.
 
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There are days one call is hot and others it won't work at all. I have a slate a box and a couple diaphragms with me at all times. There's a reason they have all those pockets on a turkey vest. An older gentleman who moose hunts with me asked me what the best call is and I told him it's the one they respond to that day. Early in the season they respond to a lot more but as the season goes on you need to sound different. They get educated real quick and you need to work different tones into the mix as you hunt. I switch from slates in the early season to ceramics or even metal pot calls as the weeks pass.

I'm taking this hobby/obsession to a whole new level, been researching it and I'm looking into making my own calls.

Good luck
 
Thanks for all these advices! I read that I'll need more than one call so that's why I'm looking for a slate and a box. Regarding the diaphragm, I personally don't like the idea of having to blow with something in my mouth. It doesn't seem right ;-)
 
The diaphragms are very useful to bow hunters. You can keep your hands free to draw instead of having one or both hands busy fumbling with birds right in front of you
 
I'll be honest the diaphragms are not easy fewer reeds with less cuts and shapes are supposed to be easier to start with. It takes tons of practice to get tone and volume dialed in. I have a cd in the truck I cluck along with for a long while and I still make plenty of mistakes in the field.
 
Having multiple calls isn't necessary. Learning how and when to use a call along with good scouting are much more important than having the entire turkey department of Bass Pro in you backpack. Many new turkey hunters tend to call way too much. You'll learn that less is more when it comes to calling.

Make sure you check out oldgobbler(dot).com
 
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TSPIRI said:
There are days one call is hot and others it won't work at all. I have a slate a box and a couple diaphragms with me at all times. There's a reason they have all those pockets on a turkey vest. An older gentleman who moose hunts with me asked me what the best call is and I told him it's the one they respond to that day. Early in the season they respond to a lot more but as the season goes on you need to sound different. They get educated real quick and you need to work different tones into the mix as you hunt. I switch from slates in the early season to ceramics or even metal pot calls as the weeks pass.

I'm taking this hobby/obsession to a whole new level, been researching it and I'm looking into making my own calls.

Good luck
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Try a wing bone call.
 
being a newbie to turkey hunting i will be going with 1 of each of the big 3, box, pot and diaphragm. Like someone else said, i have a diaphragm and practice in the car on the way to and from work. i still have a few months to get where i need to be. worst case scenario, i use the box and slate for yelps and purrs to bring them in, and diaphragm for a quick cluck or put if need be for the last couple yards hands free.
 
park.city said:
being a newbie to turkey hunting i will be going with 1 of each of the big 3, box, pot and diaphragm. Like someone else said, i have a diaphragm and practice in the car on the way to and from work. i still have a few months to get where i need to be. worst case scenario, i use the box and slate for yelps and purrs to bring them in, and diaphragm for a quick cluck or put if need be for the last couple yards hands free.
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That's a great plan I think once you learn the diaphragm call, You will use it a bunch. You can add excitement and inflection to your calling easiest with them. But friction calls work and kill lots of toms.

I always have a box call, 1or 2 pot calls with different strikers, 6-8 different diaphragms and don't forget your locator calls....crow or owl or coyote howler. Crow at the top of the list it can be your best tool, you can force shock gobbles and get into the right position to kill Tom. Before you start your love calling on the turkey calls. The owl or howler at dawn and dusk to get in close to the roosting areas!
 
Diaphragm calls are easy to use and you don't "blow" them. You control air released from your own diaphragm and "push" it over the back of your tongue to the roof of your mouth directed at the diaphragm call. It's easier to do than describe but if you use a short reed goose call, duck call, crow call, coyote call etc. it will come easy to you and as stated it leaves your hands free.
 
Chefboubou said:
Thanks all of you... I guess I'll have to try a diaphragm... my wife's gonna be so cranky after a few hours of purrs and gobbles and cuts ;-)
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Been there, done that. My wife used to call it goose calling on purpose just to piss me off, lol.
 
I am one who cannot use a diaphram, the roof of my mouth is to high, I can make them work if I turn them around and use my lips but it results in an instant headache. I have more pot and box calls than one man needs and many stay in the shed these days.

My go to is a couple custom box calls from Gobbler Stalker and a couple glass, slate or combos thereof from the same company. Glass and a carbon striker work great in the wet. Slate works good in close. One of the box calls i use is the worst sounding call I have ever heard and anyone within earshot agrees. Thing is the buggers come running to it when no other call works. I have shot or been party to 18 birds falling to that call. Too bad it was a limited run of 10 calls several years back, and I believe that is why it works as it doesn't sound like any other call.
 
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