MOST TURKEY HUNTERS HAVE THEIR OWN FAVORITE TURKEY CALL.

SOME SWEAR BY A BOX CALL, WHICH WORKS WELL UNTIL YOU GET INTO DAMP CONDITIONS AS THE CHALK ON THEM GUMS UP.

THERE ARE SEVERAL NEWER BOX CALLS THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO CHALK AND THEY WORK EVEN IN DAMP WEATHER.

ANOTHER IS A SLATE CALL AND THEY TOO CAN NOT SOUND RIGHT WHEN THE SLATE GETS WET.

IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE CALLS WORK, THE HUNTER NEEDS ROUGHEN UP THE SLATE USING COARSE SAND PAPER.

THEN DRAWING (SCRAPING) THE STRICKER ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE SLATE. THESE TOO MAY NOT WORK WELL, WHEN THERE’S MOISTURE IN THE AIR.

THESE CALLS REQUIRE USING TWO HANDS, SO YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE SOME MOVEMENT TO BRING YOUR SHOTGUN UP!

BECAUSE TURKEYS HAVE SUCH GOOD HEARING AND VISION, IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH TO SPOOK THE GOBBLER!

I USE ALL OF THESE CALLS, AS WELL AS OTHERS, BUT THE ONES I LIKE TO USE THE MOST ARE THE DIAPHRAM CALLS.

THESE CALLS FIT INTO YOUR MOUTH BETWEEN YOUR PALLET AND TOUNGE AND WITH PRESSUR PUT ON THEM WITH THE TOUNGE, YOU CAN CREATE DIFFERENT SOUNDS.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT THESE CALLS IS THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO MUCH MOVEMENT AS THE GOBBLER GETS CLOSER.

THE ONLY MOVEMENT WHEN I USE THESE CALLS IS MY HAND IS, AGAINST MY MOUTH, ALLOWING ME TO CHANGE THE DIRECTIONS IT SEEMS THE CALL IS COMING FROM.

WITH THE CALLS, YOU CAN CALL QUIET WHEN THE GOBBLER IS ROOSTING IN THE TREE AND ONCE, HE’S ON THE GROUND, CALL LIKE A LONELY WHEN TO DRAW HIM INTO SHOTGUN RANGE.

ONCE THE BIRD IS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR A SHOT AT ITS VITALS, ITS NECK AND HEAD, YOU CAN MAKE A LOUD WARNING PUTT, CAUSING THE GOBBLER TO RAISE HIS HEAD TO SEE WHERE THE SOUND CAME FROM.

THIS ALLOWS THE HUNTER TO GET A CLEAR SHOT AT ITS VITALS.

SPRING TURKEY HUNTING IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING HUNTS YOU’RE GOING TO BE ON AS ONCE THE BIRD GOBBBLES AND STUTS, IF YOUR HEART BEAT ISN’T PICKING UP, YOU’RE MISSING ONE OF THE VERY EXSITING MOMENTS IN SPRING TURKEY HUNTING!