Originally Posted by
Nomercy448
I've never called myself a turkey hunter, but my wife and sister have decided to take it up for this season. They're pretty well rigged out with everything they need except for calls...
Knowing nothing about turkey calls, except a LITTLE about what they should sound like (but no idea how to make them sound that way!), what type of calls would you recommend for new callers? Or should they have a few different types on hand? I don't have much experience, but I've at least handled mouth diaphrams, box calls, and slate/friction calls. My mom has what I'd call a "striker" call (triangular piece of wood with a chalky "striker") that a family friend made her, but she's never used it.
Inevitably, I'm going to have to learn how to run the calls, then teach them, so I'm looking for something that I can pick up relatively easily, then pass along effectively. (What's most LIKELY to happen is that I'm going to be stuck out there calling while they just do the shooting!)...
Also, what methods/sounds seem to be most effective at bringing them into sight, and then alternatively, what sounds do you use to bring them into range from there? I do a lot of predator calling, so I'm assuming that turkey calling will be similar in that you'll use one sound to bring them to the field, then have another sound ready to coax them further into range?
Wild Turkey is nothing like a predator hunt as far as calling.
Sometimes, I may only make 2 or 3 SHORT, series of Yelps or feeding talk in the entire morning. I am talking a total, of maybe 6 or 8 yelps, and thats it, all morning long.
What you need to do, is watch some youtube videos, get the Tree Top Turkey CD, and listen to it often, you need to know what to say, and when to say it, and in what voice. Hen, gobbler, poult, Jake.
If I were you, I would contact Roger Parks, buy one of his Gobbler Pot's, $45.00 is all I think, and he will also send a DVD of him running the call, HOW, to make that sound, and how to hold and run the striker, for that call. Very educational to even the experienced Turkey Hunter.
Anyone can find and Lay up and wait the turkeys out on they're daily stroll, it is another thing completely, to play the Game with respect to the Turkey, and call them to your gun.