What's in your bag-of-tricks this year??

[shane]

Just wondering what kinda calls will be with you when you go out this year. What's in your arsenal for this spring?? Here's what will be with me on opening day.

1. Longbox- Neil Jacob's-Headhunter Calls
2. Regular Box- by Headhunter also.
3. Glass call- Andy Kaiser- KaiserKalls
this was given to me by some great friends, LouisianaHunter and Momma LH
4. Slate Call- Ray Tompkins-RayTom Calls
5. 5 to 8 different strikers for the above pot calls
6. Wingbone Call
7. 5 to 7 mouth calls
8. couple of locator calls

Ohyea, not to start anything ;D but my SHOTGUN too!!

[Krustyklimber]

One of these (actually the top one)



It is a flame maple box made by my friend Bud Nadeau.

I will also be using this pot and striker set (the diaphragm is long gone)



It was made by Brent Saxton (Keekeeyelp) of Saxton's Custom Calls, it is a double ended striker, one end purrs nicely the other putts.

I have never hunted turkeys before, I hope I am better at it, than I am at predator hunting.

Krusty

[LouisianaHunter]

I'll be taking a box call made by Craig King, Widow Maker Calls. He also made me a scratch box.


I'll have a Glass/Slate made for me by Andy Kaiser, Kaiser Kall's.


I'm new to the mouth call's but I'll have some H.S. Strut mouth call's. I'll also have the Freak by Primos. Ol yeller sla-tek from Knight & Hale. I also bought a Penn's Woods Waterproof Wizard that I think sound's pretty good to be a product line box call.

I have look in every pocket and I guess I planted quite a few striker's in the wood's last year, so guess who's going shopping for striker's.......................... Unless you think the one's I planted had little one's since last spring. ;D ;D

I'm like any and all hunter's, I'm still looking for that one magical call that does it all.

[ICMCumin]

You guys are just putting me to shame here - all I have is some camo, a turkey hunting vest, an owl locater call, a couple of Lynch box calls and my Benelli.

They all do a pretty good job, though.

Man those flame maple calls are almost too good lookin to take into the field.

[jdickey]

:)Hey ICM.... you da man, I used that Lynch for so long I think the sides wore out. Finally grabbed this one last spring and really liked it. Has a real unique double-tone "hi-lo" sound to it!




You can check them out out :

www.mossdoubletone.com

[YoteeeeHunter]

gonna take "The Freak",sassy hen by primos,the paddle call and slate call i made last year, and the new slate i made today.it has different tones for west, middle and east Tennessee.wheeeeeeeeeew i gotta love that call ;D./http://www.hunt101.com/img/105409.jpgimg]

[DazzleM12]

New to go into the turkey woods this Spring are:
1. Andy Kaiser Zebrawood glass call
2. One of my box calls and will alternate with a box by
Doug Camp.
3. 2 or 3 new diaphram calls I don't have yet.

Old favorites that always go:
1. Palmer Hoot tube
2. Homemade wingbone yelper
3. Super-aluminator high frequency aluminum call.
4. homemade tube call
5. Metcalf Cutter and Primos True Double (stack
frame) mouth calls.
6. 4 or 5 different strikers
7. Olt crow call
If that ain't enough I'll find some more.

[okcoyote]

i am sorta embarrased to say what i use for callin turks.
but i been embarrased before. i have about a half dozen mouth calls.....cant remember the makes.....had for too long to remember. also have a couple of lil dueces and one alumiwitch. and a world champion box call..... they seem to work....i try new mouth calls each year....if they dont sound good or if they are hard to make turkey talk i dispose of them. never tried to tune a mouth call....any of ya'll do that.?

[DazzleM12]

okcoyote, I'm kind of like you in the way that if my mouth calls don't sound like I think they should I discard them.

Other than trimming them to make them fit my mouth I don't try to alter the sound on them. For one thing I would just be guessing as what to do to get a certain desired sound. I once tried to make a mouth call a little more raspy by cutting a couple notches in it. I cut one toward each side and ruined the call and had to toss it. That was my last attempt.

[okcoyote]

i hear what u r saying.....i had the same experience.. i dont mess with no more .. but i am sucker for a new mouth call....but like u....they gotta be JUST RIGHT.

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okcoyote

[shane]

Well add me to that group also....tried...screw'd it up. I got three coming from a guy up in PA, gonna give them a try, prbly got a double hand full that I don't like....but their cheap to try out.

[Camo]

H.S. Strut "cutt'n 2.5"
Knight & Hale "Ol Yeller"
There are others in there but these are usually all I end up use'n.