how many calls?
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: northeast
Posts: 115

I call using my natural voice . That said I also use a slate call with 3 different strikes as to sound like a bunch of birds. It has worked well for me over the years. Just a few I have called in using my own voice.
#12

A Copper, a slate, an aluminum, and a crystal pot call made by yours truly. Minimum of 3 strikers. Usually hickory, rosewood, and cherry.
Couple of Primos Piggyback diaphragm calls (true triple reed and true double reed)
Box call made by Chris Eck of Rocky Top Game Calls. http://http://www.eaglecreekoutfitte.../RTGC/home.htm
Scratch box made by Tim Crook from Mississippi Scratch Box. http://http://www.mississippiscratchboxcalls.webs.com
Owl hooter from from Hook's, Harrison's Hoot'n Stick http://hookscalls.com
Crow call made by Michael Buckner of Buckner Custom Calls http://http://bucknercustomcalls.com
Hope it's okay that I give all these guys a little plug (with the exception being myself
). All these guys/companies make some of the best calls. At the 2013 convention the Halloran and Rocky Top booths were across the aisle from one another. I played every box call I could find at the convention. The top two were the Halloran and Rocky Top in my opinion. I bought 2 of the Rocky Top boxes, one for myself and one for my daughter.
Michael Buckner and family are the premier crow call makers out there. It cost me 40$ for a crow call but it is worth it. They won 1st-5th place at this years show. Won 4 out of 5 ribbons in 2013.
Mr. Crook didn't enter a call until the 2012 show and placed 4th. Scratch boxes are a cool little thing.
Harrison's Hoot'n Stick is patterned after 2009 Rookie Call Maker of the Year James Harrison's call. He has won a few owl hooting competitions and is on the pro staff with Hook's Custom Calls.
Couple of Primos Piggyback diaphragm calls (true triple reed and true double reed)
Box call made by Chris Eck of Rocky Top Game Calls. http://http://www.eaglecreekoutfitte.../RTGC/home.htm
Scratch box made by Tim Crook from Mississippi Scratch Box. http://http://www.mississippiscratchboxcalls.webs.com
Owl hooter from from Hook's, Harrison's Hoot'n Stick http://hookscalls.com
Crow call made by Michael Buckner of Buckner Custom Calls http://http://bucknercustomcalls.com
Hope it's okay that I give all these guys a little plug (with the exception being myself

Michael Buckner and family are the premier crow call makers out there. It cost me 40$ for a crow call but it is worth it. They won 1st-5th place at this years show. Won 4 out of 5 ribbons in 2013.
Mr. Crook didn't enter a call until the 2012 show and placed 4th. Scratch boxes are a cool little thing.
Harrison's Hoot'n Stick is patterned after 2009 Rookie Call Maker of the Year James Harrison's call. He has won a few owl hooting competitions and is on the pro staff with Hook's Custom Calls.
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Lutz, Florida. Turkey woods in the spring.
Posts: 1,143

Gotta love that Harrison's Hooting Stick. I carry four pot calls, two mouth calls, a box call and a variety of strikers. Plus a ton of other things that I probably don't need but can't talk myself into going without it.
#17

I have a glass, a long box, an owlcall along with a gobbler.. I tried my owl call last year in an area I knew the birds were roosting in. I thought I got a gobble back and then a group of owls scattered out in that area started hooting back at me.. So I could not say for sure as the owls interupted everything.. I have tried my gobbler call a few times and recieved a few responces biut nothing very encouraging..
#18

Two mouth calls and thats it. I take two just in case the reeds blow apart in one of them. I use my mouth for owl and crow and 99% of the time I'm running and gunning. I have 8 to 10 spots across the county I live in to hunt and will chase the hot bird rather thans sitting in the woods listenig to woodpeckers. I just prefer to go light and mobile and able to move thru the woods as fast as I may need to. There are times I just set up and ride it out for the morning but thats the exception for me not the rule. Good luck to everyone this year.