Talk to us. Whats the Big Blue Nasty? I also make calls on the side.

Hey RPD, went out this morning with a huntin bud to listen. Was to windy to hear but did see ol big boy in a cutover! Man I am pumped!!!!

Sounds great EFH. I also got out for a bit before church. Found a very hot gobbler on the edge of a pond that I often hunt. After about 15 minutes of gobbling. he hit the ground and left with his hens. Need to be between him and his hens when I get my chance at him. RAY

I made a few mouth calls for Arrow that he's gonna use to put the "who dun it" on some gobbler heads this season, particularly the ol nasty raspy blue one I call the Fat Lady. EFH, if you use mouth calls I'd be glad to put a couple together you can add to the vest for next week. I already got one in mind for you, it's a baaad little dude that I'm starting my season off with. Lemme know bud

Hey SS, I like mouth calls like a fat kid likes cake! LOL! Wouldn't want to cause any extra work, but I ain't gonna turn one down. :D

Yeah Ray I'm really blessed. I've enjoyed many seasons full of excitement and plenty of gobbling, I love that place. The birds are still as hard to kill as any others in the state, if not harder in my opinion because of the competition from guys hunting around me. I got one guy that hunts the property to my east that's quite possibly the best turkey caller and hunter in the state. And another guy that hunts anywhere he pleases and is the smoothest poacher on earth. Got people across the river that also do anything they want, plus another guy across the river who kills the heck outta some turkeys. All in all this whole area, my land and the surrounding properties, has some pretty dadgum good turkey hunters putting the pressure on em all season long.

I saw the comment where you said you make calls also....? Box, slate, mouth calls? I'm relatively new at making mouth calls, but I've caught on quickly and got some good sounding stuff. Still got a lot to learn I'm sure, but I have a few calls I recently made that will be with me for a long time.

No extra work for me bud, I love making em, plus my wife works 2nd shift at a nursing home so I got nothing better to do when I get off work every afternoon. I should have some more supplies coming in tomorrow so I'll make u a Fat Lady and a couple more good ones.

Sounds like he's one of those you need to leave your calls in the truck for. A good flap of the hat against your leg at sun up might be enough to make him fly down and run right to you. Glad yall are seeing and hearing some, I sure hope they show up at my place by opening day. Yall are pumpin me up fellas, good luck with em!

That flydown hat flap could just be the trick to get this old boy to come my way. I was just now going to get on Google Earth and see what the terrain looked like in the direction he was headed. He actually hit the ground and left before all of his hens had made it to his location. Should be a fun bird to hunt.
As far as making calls. I do woodworking for a hobby so I make box and pot calls in my spare time. Never tried my hand at mouth calls. This year, I am going to go into the woods with only calls that I have made. ( owl, crow, box and a few pots)

A buddy of mine told me a guy he worked with was having trouble with clever old tom last year that flew down every morning and didnt make a sound, just got with his hens and you never heard or saw him all day....a scenario we all have been in the middle of. The old man this guy hunts with told him to leave his calls in the truck so he wouldnt be tempted, and flap the hat at first light. He didnt make a sound, just flapped that hat on his leg. He said the tom flew down almost in his lap and made a bee line right to his final resting place. Also, go to Turkey and Turkey hunting's site or get the latest magazine and read the article on roost pitting. Soft soooft calls are almost the only way to get those smart birds sometimes.

I've also been trying to get where I just take calls I've made with me in the woods. I've made a lot of them, some great and some not so great, but three designs in particular are in one case and ready to go this season. I've been wanting to start making box and slate calls, so I bought a box call kit recently (already constructed and ready to go), and I carved this into the lid and coated it. It's my Smokey and the Bandit call I made for my buddy's son Bo who loves the movie and was nicknamed after Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds). They loved the trans am bird on the lid. I hope to eventually make them from start to finish like you.