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Lets here your best call sequence for bringing in a big old Tom!!

For me I have no idea what the hell I am doing. I have shot 4 turkeys all called by my buddy. I am 0 for 2 calling myself.

I have called some turkey's in, but all were jakes. Lets hear it!!

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HA. Like you I am a novice at calling. The two times I have had success I used a box call for a few clucks or chirps or whatever you call it and then sat and waited. Did that a few times and eventually a tom came by. Could have just been pure luck both times though. Who knows? This spring I am going with a guy who guides for Cabelas (he is the cousin of a hunting buddy of mine). So, maybe I can be of some use after he teaches me something.

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i dont realy know what your talking about
but i use a owl call to see were thay are thin i us a box call or plate call to get thim in
thin i will use my mouth calls whin there close i like the mout call called
Big mother hen

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Hi Germ
If you want to hear all the diffrent calls you can go to the ( www.nwtf.com ) and click on the hunting tactics link then click on the calling where you can listen to there aideo's.
But if you want to know how everybody in here does it then I'll throw in my 2 cents worth , first I'll start off with a couple of tree yelps.
Then I'll do a fly down cackle while using a Real Wing flapping then wait , once I hear them gobble I'll do three hen yelps.
I'll continue to use the yelps every 15 minutes or so until I see the tom coming in then I'll wait and see what he does.
I f he's coming in to my decoy's , I'll draw my bow back and get ready for the shot but if he just stands there and fans out I'll do a couple of clucks to bring him closer.
I'll be more than happy to join you on a hunting tirp and call for you if you want , just let me know.

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I used to be a slate call guy, but I started using a diaphragm call about 5 years ago and now it is pretty much all I use. I have mastered yelps, clucks, cutts and purrs, but my kee-kee runs still need work. About mid-march I'll have a diaphragm in my mouth practicing every second I get a chance...mostly in the truck to and from work. I am 5 for 5 since making the switch to a mouth call.

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Thx RD I may take you up on that !!

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I hope you do .. it will be fun as long as theres no spooning involved :D

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I have shot over a dozen turkeys over the years and called in many that didn't offer shots. Turkeys are easy to call ,just don't do it loud. I feel that most hunters call too loud whether it is turkey orpredators. I use mouth diaphram, box, and slate calls so as to mix it up and sound like several birds. The primos crystal freak is a great slate type call. Diaphrams are all about the same regardless of brand. These work great for the bowhunter with no blind as no movement is required. My wife called in her own birds last year after watching me do it. She uses the Primos crystal freak. That and a box call are idiotproof. Mouth call diaphrams taje a lot of practice to perfect.Get a video or have a friend teach you. This isn't something that can be taught by typing on a computer.

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I've done some guiding, and been on a lot of turkeys over the years. The only rule is that there are no rules.

I've had birds that won't even respond to the most agressive, sexy, cutting sequence with my favorite mouthcall on my best day, but they'll come racing straight in to a generic wally-world box call - Yaulk, Yaulk, Yaulk - like it's the Miss Hen USA Pageant. Bizarre stuff.

Patience is a virtue, but I have none. I have to be on the loudest, cockiest chicken in the coop. I guess that's b/c it's not about the kill anymore - it's about the experience.

Learn all the calls - learn them on the slate, the box and the diaphragn - cluck, purr, yelp, cutts - and spend as much time talking to turkeys as you can. You'll get to a point where you can decipher exactly what he's telling you. From his responses/movements, you canpinpointexactly where he's at, where he wants to go, what he wants you to do, and how interested he really is. Sometimes a bird might like your best sounding pick and slate - sometimes, he'll like a whiny mouth call. They're weird like that.

Get out early (not in your core hunting areas), and talk to them before they become call-shy. Try to simulate your hunt, and get a bird into range. It won't happen overnight.

I leave my turkey diaphragms in the glove compartment of my car - and I practice year-round. Make the most of your time driving, work on your calls. Even sing along to the music on the radio - it'll help you master short-choppy sequences, pitch/volume control, rolling purrs and your overall comfort level with the calls.

The harder your area gets turkey hunted, the more difficult it will be. PA gets pounded, so you've really gotta be lucky or good (or both).

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Im begining to wonder about u two lol

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Squeeeeeeeeek,squeeeeeeek,squeek, squeek! Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck...................cluck.....cluck.

Yelp, yelp, yelp..........BOOM!

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HCH said it could not be done on a keyboard:D

What call makes the boom sound, if I shot a Hoyt I couldmake boom noise:D

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The boom sound/call is the final sound in the sequence..... it's made by my Rem. 11-87!;)

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I like to use a glass call and mouth call. I killed a nice Tom last year with this combo. For any of you that are interested, NWTF is having a show the 23-25 of Feb. in Nashville TN. If you guys would like more info let me know.

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My turkey bow is my Tribute. 60# and can be held at full draw all day waiting for the perfect shot that the ole tom gives me; especially handy when hunting without my Double Bull.GregH, the guns are too easy on a bird, do it with a bow.:DBesides, we need to protect our hearing as we get older, I am already half deaf from shotguns and rock concerts.[8D]

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than makes sense Don, from what I hear bowtechs can really go Boom!!

Gregh put down the thunder stick, shoot one with a bow. Does treebark work on Turkey's?

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Check out some turkey videos. There is about 5 main sounds you have to learn to mimic a turkey. After you know them, just mix and match them at the right time. (purrs when feeding contently, cutting when getting the Tom riled up, etc)

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By the way ... just to you all know this site does have a ( Turkey Hunting Forum ) drop in and check itout. :)
We talk about calling in birds in there too. :D

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My favorite call to make, especially when a tom is hung up on a fence row or a creek, is to purr and throw in a putt or two here and there.

I prefer to use diaphragm calls, as they free my hands up.

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really, there are other forums besides bowhunting[8D]

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L O L .... Duh :D

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Ive been turkey hunting for about 20 years and im a preety good caller but my sons better he just started turkey hunting 2 years ago and has already killed 2 huge toms, i bought him the Mad cheery bomb box call, and Heavy Metal slate call. What he usaully does is start out with a fewyelps to get the toms interest and then some slight purrs to start him in then he use clucks till the shot. Using this style hes called in turkey for both of us including one really feisty hen that almost sat in our laps.[8D]

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You just have to try different things until you find what works for that particular bird. I always take my box call and several mouth calls, sometimes just switching calls can be enough to work. My last resort is to gobble with my box call, I don't like doing that because they can run straight to you so fast you can't be ready. I think one of the best locator calls is a cheap silent dog whistle.

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Germ, Treebark would work extremely good for turkeys, unfortunately, I only have cold weather treebark. When I'm hunting turkeys it is usually not cold enough for me to be wearing it. Besides, I'm trying to give them a chance!;)

I will be hunting them with a bow in the spring from now on. It's just that, on a whim, I bought an 11-87 last spring on the way up turkey hunting. It's a great gun and I'll just be using it for fall turkeys from now on. That way I can get back to bowhunting for whitetails faster in the fall.[:-]

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Sorry Greg, my "bird" is better looking.;)

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I have one of those too, Dan. She actually taught me how to call, among other things![:-]



And there you have it........Treebark!;)

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I have been working with my 6 year old daughter, she is going to call for me. She is so pumped!!!!

This will be our first hunt together!!!!

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I have no idea what I'm doing either. I've called in probably 35 or 40 gobblers, mostly for others to shoot. I don't care for the meat. I mainly use a diaphram call but carry all the other things, box, slate, glass. I just listened to a Ben Rodgers Lee tape about 30 years ago and tried to copy him. I still have the tape. I cluck and tree call with an occasional cackle and some purrs thrown in when things get tough. I've had astounding success and magnanomous failures.:D Sometimes I'm a genious, and sometimes I'm a smuck.

As far as a calling sequence. I usually have a bird roosted or at least know one's in the area. Before it get's light enough to see I'll give out a couple weak wimpy tree calls. If I get a response he's close enough. If not I'll do it a little louder about 5 min. later. If I get a response I try to determine if I need to move or I'm close enough. If I have to move I do it quick and quiet before it gets fly down light. Then I set up and shut up until right about fly down light. Sometimes I screw up and jump the gun on daylight andend up having to string one along once in a while.When flydowndaylight is closeI start again. Tree call and listen. If I get a gobbler hot I hit him again and usually shut up until he hits the ground. If he shuts up and hasn't flown down I'll give him a fly down cackle, some clucks and shut up. From then on it all depends on the bird. If he's a loud mouth and holding tight, I hit him when he talks. If he's quiet, I give him some soft stuff and shut up a lot. He has to move for me to know what to do.

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Lol, turkeys have a way of doing that to you. I've said almost the exact thing about hunting them.

Good post, Davidmil.