Originally Posted by
Bernie P.
I've been hunting turkeys for over 25yrs.They have had plenty of chances to respond to the locators.They will remain silent if they perceive a threat in the distance but once the threat is right there unavoidable it's showdown time.The most intense gobbling I've ever witnessed was when a flock of about 5 crows flew over a group of turkeys on the ground that were coming to launch off a ridge to cross the valley with a small stream below.Through scouting I had patterned the turkeys movements and was waiting there to ambush them when they did.I sat there and enjoyed the show for several minutes before shooting the Tom.
Crows are not a threat to turkeys, if that is what you are implying. Crows will make a turkey gobble more than anything,but they are not a threat to a turkey. In most cases you don't even need to blow a crow call, because there will be plenty of them around to make a turkey gobble. Crows are threats to turkey eggs though. I really can't believe you have been hunting for 25 years and have had very little success with locator calls. I would say the success rate for locator calls would be over 80%. They work for me just about every time out. If you are saying shock calls don't work from a distance because the owl or maybe coyote call threatens them, then you are dead wrong.