electronic call for turkey hunting?
 

Me and my friend are really competitive and he bought a electronic coyote call and downloaded turkey calls on it.

I'm a better caller than he is, I called in his first turkey and the other two someone else called in or him.

Do you think he has a better chance?
cause he thinks the second he hits the button the turkeys will rush right in to his call.

I know its legal, but out of all the turkey hunting tv shows I watch I have never seen any "pro's" use electronic callers.

It's not legal in a lot of states. including here in MI and to me doing the calling yourself is all the fun in turkey hunting. We also cannot use a decoy that gets any motion by other than the wind, so these tom decoys that you can move the tail with a string or by electronics are also illegal up here.

Ditto Topgun 3006. Better check you game lasws !!! Here in Alabama it is illegal to use an electronic device to call turkey.

The competition shouldn't be between hunters but between the hunter and the bird.Using an electronic call would be like takin your own mother to the prom,Just ain't cool.

Not legal here...

Colorado does not allow electronic calls but stores still sell them here.

If it's legal for you thats cool, but I prefer the challenge of calling them in myself and electronics cant change the call or tone when needed. Let use know if they work.

Are you sayin you're a redneck?:happy0157:How ya been bud?

Not legal in NC either...

Calling is greatly overrated it's much better to know the quarry and local range than a bunch of fancy calling...Once I get an answer, I don't call much more anyway...

Not legal here in MD either. Not sure what fun it would be to use it. Me personally, I believe they should be illegal in every state. This is no offense to you guys out there who haven't mastered the art of calling yet but to me anyone can pull the trigger. Its everything else prior to that moment that takes skill and practice. I haven't actually squeezed off and killed a bird since 2009 but love turkey season as much as anyone. I have a 14 yr old son and 3 or 4 friends that I call for and they all generally get a bird every year. I realized along time ago that the guys who get all hyped up and bragging about what they shot because of someone else's calling aren't really turkey hunters(yet). I say yet because there is still a chance if they decide to put in the time and effort and annoy their wife or girlfriend in the truck with the constant practicing on a mouth call like the rest of us did. Just seems to me the calling is what the whole thing is about to begin with so if you take that part out of the equation then what. Seems lame to me but thats just my opinion.

Not legal here in SD, no electronic or string decoys here either.

Personally, I wouldn't want to use an electronic call anyway... it's easy enough to learn friction calls and the mouth calls aren't that difficult to become somewhat proficient with in a small amount of time.

To each their own though.

Not legal in Florida!Calling is most of the fun,why would you not want to?

They are legal here in Maine. Just like any other
call there are days they work great there are other
times they don't. I've used them to call in birds
and I've used regular calls as well---saw absolutely
no difference in the excitement level of bringing the
bird in ---although I do allow that it does require
more practice/skill to do it with regular calls. To
me it's about like the difference between hunting
deer with a recurve bow or a compound bow---
they are both fun but the recurve requires a lot
more practice.

Because Turkey hunting is relatively new here in Maine
here are very few hunters here that are "really"
good at calling---maybe that's why it's legal here.

Another point, why???

Part of the fun and bragging rights to turkey hunting is calling the bird in...

What fun is it fo have an electronic box call them???

I've hunted turkeys since the 70s, started with only a Lynch box call...I killed turkeys then as well...Even today, I just use a box, a slate, several strykers and several mouth calls...

The real trick to calling a gobbler in is call him to an area where he wants to go and catch him when he is looking for a hen...

Quite simple acrually.... :)

I just cant see using an electronic call. All situtations are different while hunting. For one how the bird is acting and which call to use in that situtation. I guess Im not up on the electronic call and if you hit a button for yelping. Then another button for cutting or for purrs. I can say for sure using an electronic call is not in my future. Id rather call the birds in on my own. Ive done it myself for every bird Ive killed.

He still wont have the ability to switch it up and play with a tom like you will. You can vary your calling much better at a moments notice

Another problem with electronic calls is,Ya just can't put any feeling into your callin.I think that is an important factor

Let me be clear, that I think someone that is an
excellent caller, that can use various box calls,
slate/glass or aluminum pot calls, maybe wingbone
and especially is good with a mouth call is the
real Turkey hunter. I freely admit I'm not that
person, especially because I just can't seem
to get a mouth call to work.

I am relatively new to Turkey hunting and I do
get a major "kick" out of it. I'll use whatever call
is legal and helps me bring a bird in close enough
to kill cleanly. Most of my Turkeys have been
taken with a 20 guage. I think the real fun is getting
them in close. Most of my Turkeys have been taken
under 30 yards and my goal with a 20 is not to
shoot beyond 40 yards. I have finally broken down
and gotten a 12 guage this year but my goal will
still be to get birds within 40 yards.

In summary an electronic call is definitely not
equal to an excellent Turkey caller.

Not legal in WI.

And you don't need to be a Championship Turkey caller........those folks on the NWTF stage :( :( - that type of calling is for you, for your entertainment and not the real bird!

Master a simple Yelp and a Cluck ~ Know when to use it and when not too and you will kill birds...... Heck Even a Caveman can do it!

Dave.....JW

Yup, you get the right two year old bird and he'll
Come to any call that even sounds remotely
Like a hen.

Then there are the tom's like the second one
I took in Maine last spring. He gobbled like
Crazy on the roost came down and
Headed directly away from me. I played
With him for almost 3 hours, moved and
Set up closer several times, he' come
In to 50-60 yards parade back and forth
And when I didn't come to him he'd
Wander off and start gobbling again.
I tried every call I had with me
Several different box calls, a glass
Pot,and a push button call.
Finally I tried the electronic
Call,my quests is he hadn't
Heard one before---it did
The trick. My 20 gauge
Did him in at about 40 yards as
Started to gobble for the last time.

I am another one that uses an electronic call from time to time. It is a legal way of hunting up here. But, I do not find that it works any better other than to help locate the turkeys. I overall like to use my box caller the most.
Now why the arguement? Like some have stated it is not hunter against hunter but rather hunter against the turkey?? Correct? This same type arguement was brought up last year only over turkeys in a tree or fence post type of thing. It is not legal to shoot any turkey that is not on the ground. But it is legal in some states.. So the point is again why try and place hunter against hunter?

Hey no argument here!
Least not with me.......just not legal in any of the states I have hunted - yet - but probably won't AND just like any state where a Rifle is legal......Long range shot would be a challenge - but then not my cup of tea to use a rifle - I'd rather have that bird up close and personal so I can see the fuzz on their head!

JW

I know a few guys up here that uses 2 different electronic calls and are lucky if they get even 1 turkey between them. They are not as great as one would think they are. Like I stated above they are great to locate them with, but the box caller is tops IMO.
Yeah, no rifles allowed here either, But, if it is legal so be it..

If a real turkey entered a turkey callin contest she would lose every time.