locating calls
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: reynoldsville, pa./ western pa.
Posts: 129
locating calls
what make of locating call do you use and who does make a good owl hooter. what do you think of the palmer owl hooter?.i found and used many owl calls and lot of bad ones out there.anybody has used the owl compensator by knight and hale. i still think if can call with your own voice as a owl do it. which most time i do.
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Wild Turkey Capitol of the World......Missouri
Posts: 1,027
RE: locating calls
I rely mainly on a Primos Power Crow for a locator call. Sometimes I will use an owl hooter in the evening at dusk to locate a gobbler on the roost and then I use an H.S. Strut reed type owl hooter.
#5
RE: locating calls
I carry Primos crow call with me at all times, (their regular crow call). This one sounds most realistic to my ears. The Palmer owl call rates right at the top, Dale Palmer usually wins first place at the Nationals with his call!!
I can do the owl call with my natural voice, so I don't bother carrying an owl call.
I can do the owl call with my natural voice, so I don't bother carrying an owl call.
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NewLowell ,Ontario ,Canada
Posts: 2,765
RE: locating calls
After spending last year at the Harrisburg PA sports show , I spent some time checking out Crow Calls I wanted to buy a call ,no matter the price that sounded the best. Well needless to say after trying calls the were in the 70-100 dollar range ,I still carry the Quakerboy's Crankin Crow it sounded the best that I heard...BT
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Calif
Posts: 1,894
RE: locating calls
I carry a Faulks crow call, Lohman and Quakerboy coyote howlers,and a goose flute!Depends on the situation and where I'm at if I use them or not!Out west here its tough to beat the coyote howler at dawn or dusk!!Oh one other call I use during late morning hours is the pilleated wood pecker!Even though I carry these calls and they all have there place, I like Jalvja, really only use them as a last resort giving the bird plenty of time and opportunity to sound-off on his own!!
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lake City FL USA
Posts: 3
RE: locating calls
From what I have experienced and the good number off calls ive been through you just can't beat primos' Power Crow Call and Knight and Hail's Owl call. I would try to get my hands on knight and Hail's last years model Owl Call. For volume and sounding realistic you can beat this two. Especially K&H's Owl Call.
#10
RE: locating calls
I've never had much luck with a crow call...but almost always get responses with owl hooters...
Or you can try slamming a truck door and listening for a gobble, did that last year on accident and it worked...
Or you can try slamming a truck door and listening for a gobble, did that last year on accident and it worked...