{"id":590,"date":"2020-04-08T00:02:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T04:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2021-03-10T01:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T06:47:12","slug":"speaking-thunder-chicken-types-of-turkey-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/speaking-thunder-chicken-types-of-turkey-calls\/pentecostkyle12\/hunting\/04\/08\/2020\/590\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Thunder Chicken: Types of Turkey Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"
With Spring Turkey season 2020 rapidly approaching now is a great time to polish up your calling technique or to pick up a call or two and start practicing if you are new to “talking turkey”.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, when calling in Toms you are actually trying to reverse the natural order of things.\u00a0 In nature, it is the Toms who do the calling and the hens seek them out.\u00a0 That being said its simply not safe to have thousands of people in the woods during turkey season making gobbles—especially considering that due to the fact turkeys see so well we do not wear orange while hunting them.<\/p>\n
So we are trying to get the tom, who typically is used to staying put while the ladies come to find him to get up and go seek them out himself.\u00a0 Accomplishing this requires you to convince him you are one good looking hen and worth the extra effort he may not\u00a0normally make.<\/p>\n
Types of Calls<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Push Button Call<\/strong><\/a> – This is a wood box with a dowel on a spring running through it.\u00a0 You push the dowel and the box makes the cluck and purr of a Hen.\u00a0 The advantage of this type of call is that it is very easy to operate (push a button).\u00a0 Also it can be done one-handed and even mounted onto the side of your shotgun.\u00a0 The disadvantage is that the wood can warp\/crack in inclement weather.\u00a0 These calls tend to be relatively inexpensive and readily available.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Box Call<\/strong><\/a> – This is a long rectangular box with the thin “lid” of the box mounted with a bolt-on one side allowing it to pivot back and forth on a pendulum motion.\u00a0 As the top pivots, it forces air into the box creating the Hen sounds.\u00a0 This is a very easy call to get good at and produces some nice turkey sounds.\u00a0 However, it requires both hands to operate and a lot of movement which is bad when hunting birds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Slate\/Pot Call<\/strong><\/a> – The pot call is a lid sized circle at least a half-inch thick or so typically.\u00a0 The surface of the call is slate, glass, or any other surface that can produce the sounds of female turkeys.\u00a0 The pot call is held in one hand, while in the other handa wood striker is held like a pencil and drawn across the surface to create purrs, clicks, yelps, etc.\u00a0 The different surface substances used can alter the pitch and timbre of the call.\u00a0 This is a great call that sounds ultra-realistic and is pretty easy to master.\u00a0 It does require some two-handed movement but not nearly as much as a box call.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n