I've always used both over the years andit's likeeverything else associated with turkey hunting, some days it works and some days it doesn't. I've found that it works more for me than it doesn't! Even on the VT & NH birds I hunt.A fellow hunter I was with one morningtold me exactly what you're saying; that an owl hoots never works for him. I step away from him that morning and had him give an owl hoot. AsI stood there and listened to him I understood why he wasn't hearing a gobbler reply. His owl hoot sounded great but was very long. Almost sounded like he wastrying to work the judges at acalling contest Anyway, I heardtwo gobblers responding to his owl hooting! The same owl hooting he said never worked.

You should try the other suggestion that were posted but you also try giving a single hoot or a single crow call so that way you're not calling over a possible response(s). If you're a goose hunter try a goose call. The one spot I hunt, there'salways has a pair of geese that take off every morning from the small nesting pond.Boy do they make some noise through out the woods I'm hunting when they wake up and take flight. They always get a gobbler or two to shout out off the limb.Hope some of these tips posted helps you out

Good Luck & Hunt Safe

I should have mentioned, I use the owl hoot onlyearly morning or right at dark for roosting. I also don'tuse until I hear another owl hooting or maybe a gobbler in the distance. If I hear a gobbler in the distance sounding off, I know the gobbler I'm trying to hunt should be awake as well. Same with the crow call, I don't use it early morning until I've heard other crows in the area.