how many calls?
 

hi,

im wonderin how many calls each us are takin into the feild this spring. i will be taking 7. 3 slates, 1 box, 1 mouth, 1 crow, 1 owl.


what about the rest of ya

While I'm always supportive of OWNING tons of calls, I'd be hard pressed to want to carry 7 calls. I take one or two slate pots and a couple diaphragms. Occasionally leave a pot at home and replace it with a box. Been working on being able to leave the hand calls at home altogether.

i would never head into the turkey woods without my slates. i dont know why but i love em

One slate with 4 strikers, one Lynches box call that I bought in the 70s, 4-5 diaphragm calls and a crow call...I seldom use an owl hoot but if I do, I use my mouth...I prefer for them to gobble by themselves on the roost before moving into position...

One long box, one short box, a Crystal Mistress, slate call, and a few diaphrams. As the season progresses, I will pare this down to just a couple of calls.

Gman

one slate one box and a crow and an owl call sometimes i use a mouth call

when your brother dosent use it first:wink:

Crow and owl calls,one box,one crystal,two mouth calls.I'm new at this and that's all I own.

im sure I have to many but I suppose its better to be overprepared than under

One slate with two or three different strikers, one box, and a little carry case that fits all of diaphragm calls. I don't use shock calls, as the private property I hunt is mostly fields and the small patches of woods we do have the turkeys don't roost in. No sense in waking them up when I know they all roost in the next lot over. Luckily no one over there hunts them, or they'd never make it to me. But yeah, multiple boxes or slates start to take up too much room. I try to travel light. If it doesn't fit in a vest pocket or my decoy bag, it doesn't come.

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.

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.

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.

too many
 

lets see. crow call, woodpecker, owl, 1 crystal, 1 glass, 1 slate, 1 box call and about 10 mouth calls.....whew

Two box call one that is raspy and one clean and crisp. I use both and I have success with ahrvesting both my birds.

At least one slate, one glass call. Box call, crow call, and a bunch of mouth calls. Also take a gobbler call with me but rarely use it.

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..

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.