Just starting out just looking for ideas or preferences for calls. Slate, glass, or box? Whats the best for beginners? or should I just jump in feet first and hope for the best
Turkey calls
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When I asked the same question from experienced turkey hunters they said one of each.
1 mouth
1 box and one slate
I didn't get specifics yet on actual details of manufacturer or glass or slate.
We had some big head of some turkey org in the State of NJ who came to our club and did a seminar. He used his mouth, nothing else.. I heard it was amazing, no call just his mouth.
anyway - I plan on getting 3 calls
1 mouth
1 box and one slate
I didn't get specifics yet on actual details of manufacturer or glass or slate.
We had some big head of some turkey org in the State of NJ who came to our club and did a seminar. He used his mouth, nothing else.. I heard it was amazing, no call just his mouth.
anyway - I plan on getting 3 calls
Pick a call that you are most comfortable with. The mouth call is very versitile. so is the slate call. The box call can do all the basic calls and is probably the loudest of the bunch when need to be-moreover, its very easy to use. But slates and boxes are hampered in the rain.
Since you are just starting out, I would stick with the box call for the first year or two and get used to hearing how the birds call and calling to them. The box is easy to use, and you can master the basic calls: yelp-put-puur-and cut within days of picking it up-With a little experience, you can make a box sing just like a horny hen.[rofl]
Since you are just starting out, I would stick with the box call for the first year or two and get used to hearing how the birds call and calling to them. The box is easy to use, and you can master the basic calls: yelp-put-puur-and cut within days of picking it up-With a little experience, you can make a box sing just like a horny hen.[rofl]
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Pick one or two slate type calls(slate,glass,crystal,copper,aluminum,etc.) w/ a few different strikers gives you alot of versatility.Also a box call is very easy to use.Master these while you try and get better w/ the mouth call.But when you're actually hunting,use what you call best with and what your most comfortable with.
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I said the same thing. I bought the primos cd and mouth calls because I want to have the gun in my hand.
There's NO one call for ALL turkeys. Some birds come running to a friction call whiles others won't. Use a call you can work well. Don't get caught up trying to have every call on the market. IMO Anyone starting out should use a slate over slate w/ 2 or 3 different strikers, it's maybe the most forgiving . MORE IMPORTANT is scouting.
I carry slate/slate, Glass/glass, box, scratch box & mouth call plus a few different locators. Some days only one or two come out of my vest. other days I have them all out trying to find the "ONE" the turkeys respone to.
I carry slate/slate, Glass/glass, box, scratch box & mouth call plus a few different locators. Some days only one or two come out of my vest. other days I have them all out trying to find the "ONE" the turkeys respone to.
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I've always carried a thousand calls with me and truthfully, used two! I carry the box and never use it. I feel comfortable with the slate and the mouth call. I agree with Browning 10, use what you're comfortable with. The slate is pretty easy to use and the mouth call is great because it requires no movement to use (great for when a bird is coming to you). It takes practice to use both (especially the mouth call)
New to the site. I've been hunting turkey in NYS for almost 20 yrs. I began using the diaphram call when I was 10. There is nothing better although difficult to master. For beginers i also recomend the box, The freak primos call also works well even when wet.
If you want to impress your buddies invest in a wingbone call, they are rare and sound amazing not as tough to master as the diaphram. I just made two sets and have used them twice, two birds down.
Never turkey hunted in NJ, last year I called for some buddies near Colliers and it heard nothing. Anywhere close by Monmouth County???
If you want to impress your buddies invest in a wingbone call, they are rare and sound amazing not as tough to master as the diaphram. I just made two sets and have used them twice, two birds down.
Never turkey hunted in NJ, last year I called for some buddies near Colliers and it heard nothing. Anywhere close by Monmouth County???
Sorry to here that.
There are birds a plenty in Sussex. I see flocks regularly all over on both state and private land. I guess the cost of the permits $21.00 per, and the short 5 day validity of the permits keeps the harvest down. There are two nice flocks on the private farm I hunt-But I know of at least 4 flocks on state land that rarely-if ever, get hunted
Huntmeup;
I make all kinds of calls (this year I'll have a limited# of Trumpets) but never had any luck with wing bone yelpers. Lord knows I try, LOL make atleast 6 a year from birds I take. For the last few years I give them as gifts to turkey hunter friends or donate them to the NWTF auctions.
What's your trick to get birds to respone to them?
I make all kinds of calls (this year I'll have a limited# of Trumpets) but never had any luck with wing bone yelpers. Lord knows I try, LOL make atleast 6 a year from birds I take. For the last few years I give them as gifts to turkey hunter friends or donate them to the NWTF auctions.
What's your trick to get birds to respone to them?
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mouth diaphram and a slate [up][up]..... i get them from a guy at the rockland fishing show every year...
njplotts,
I dont know if u fall hunt but I was told bone calls from toms to call toms in the fall and hen bone calls in the spring to call toms.
Last year I made my first set from a Tom I called in for my uncle. Gave him one and I kept one. Opening day of fall in NYS I had three hens flyy straight down using a tree yelp with the wingbone after everything else failed. They did not come down till 7:45 which was late. I made my second set from that hen and used it two weeks later and got my second after ten minutes. Try it early to get em down from the roost. This proved the above theory wrong i think.
I dont know if u fall hunt but I was told bone calls from toms to call toms in the fall and hen bone calls in the spring to call toms.
Last year I made my first set from a Tom I called in for my uncle. Gave him one and I kept one. Opening day of fall in NYS I had three hens flyy straight down using a tree yelp with the wingbone after everything else failed. They did not come down till 7:45 which was late. I made my second set from that hen and used it two weeks later and got my second after ten minutes. Try it early to get em down from the roost. This proved the above theory wrong i think.
It can be in highly sought after zones. The season is limited to 5 weeks of hunting. Each permit is good for 5 days of that period and each days hunting is limited to 1/2 hour before sunrise until 12:00 noon. There are 5 (monday through friday) 5 day periods A-B-C-D-E and one (saturday only) period that runs for the 5 weeks (G). All tags are issued through the lottery with each hunter capable of getting 2 tags. Then the left overs are sold over the counter on a first come first served basis. The A and G week tags are often the first to go. When you get to the OTC sales stage, there are usual few-if any A or G week tags left. The balanmce of the tags you can probably get OTC after the lottery.
Which week to pick is tricky. depending on the wheather, sometimes the birds are still henned up in A week making B week the better tag to draw. Lottery applications open on February 1, 2008-and you will have already needed to purchase your 2008 license to apply. Applications are only on-line at the DF&W website and cost $2.00 per applicant.
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river vally game calls make great turkey calls.
www.rivervallygamecalls.com
www.rivervallygamecalls.com
Thanks but I been making & selling calls (All types) for 30+yrs
river valley uses all the plastic call parts. Pretty sure them assemble calls not makes them. I can buy the plastic pot/slate&striker wholesale (dozen pack) from their manufacture for $1.50 ea.
river valley uses all the plastic call parts. Pretty sure them assemble calls not makes them. I can buy the plastic pot/slate&striker wholesale (dozen pack) from their manufacture for $1.50 ea.
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