if you keep your shots within 25yds you SHOULD kill the bird.....maybe try a diffrent shell in diffrent size and weight and maybe a copper plated shell or vice versa depending on what you have now...my dad has a lil deuce glass call...man that thing sings for him...i can barely get it to make a noise though because he uses some composite striker or something like that...i will second the old yeller..i think its maybe 15 bucks...i called in numerous turkeys with mine last year...welcome to the board....stick around....you can learn alot here theres alot of good duys and most of us are always willing to help....