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I was just wondering if there was anyone else that has did this, leaving your calls at the truck and just using your mouth with no diaphragms. The first time it happened I was out hunting with a friend, his first time, I forgot the calls and my bow release in the truck cause we were in such a hurry. We start to pop over a ridge when 1 jake out of 4 down in the river bottom spots me and rings out the alarm. I immediately return his alarm and start popping and purring back to him, they not only calmed down but they flew across the river, gobbled-strutted and raced up the hill talking back and forth with me for 5-10 minutes till they were all at 10 yards for the kill. My friends jaw was on the floor asthe jakesfought to see who had the right to be first, my friend is hooked for life now and we go out often.Since then I have used just my mouth for a couple of other occasions when I didn’t have my calls in my hand, it has worked pretty much every time. the calls i immitated were the pop and purr, and yelping.

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There are a few guys that can call using only their mouths and are really good at it. Congratulations on getting that jake in so close! I would assume that the cluck and purr would be the easiest to duplicate without the use of a mouth or slate call. I would be curious to know if this could work on a boss gobbler.

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I was justsaying to my friend yesterday thatI might try that after I have a bird in the bag, just to see if I could. In RI, you do physically have to have a turkey call on you to be legal though.

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SIMP Q: I would be curious to know if this could work on a boss gobbler.
VM A: i don't know yet, i did it once this fall after scattering a big group and got (2) 8"-10" beards but they weren't the lead toms by any means. that was with the same guy.

ristrutstopper Q: do physically have to have a turkey call on you to be legal though.
vm A: iknow you don't have to have a call. there are many ways to hunt a turkey, most of them arent by using a call (stalking, roost fly down/up, passing birds) in these situations a call isn't even needed.

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I hen purr is a very difficult call to make (correctly) with a diaphram call. I find that I can duplicate it much more easily without a call at all.

The situation you described, of coming suddenly upon some turkeys but having them not spook is not really what I would call a tried and true method, because most of the time they will spook. If you bust them up, in the fall anyway... not sure about the spring, you can often call them back to you. I would suspect you could call a boss gobbler in without the use of a call just as easily as with one. Only handicap is you don't have the volume with your mouth that you do with a call... even a diaphram. But it can most certainly be done.

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Ya know, now that I think about it, you have to physically have a call with you here as well. I guess you could always have it in your pocket in case the man showed up.

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Yes I can use my mouth to yelp, cluck, and purr...

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I was messin around onehunt and got one to gobble to just my mouth.

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Its not as hard as people think. A purr and cluck are easy. But I dont have any trouble purring and clucking on a diaphram either.

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My brother-in-law is fantastic with just his natural voice.He's killed plenty of birds with a mechanical call and his voice natural voice.I sure cant except gobble a little.Luckily I can produce most all turkey talk with a mouthcall...;)...