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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 1575639" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>Been turkey hunting 30+ years and the best teacher of turkey calling is the turkeys themselves, specifically the hens. I learned my best hen calling by setting up in roosts both in the morning and evening when I would put the birds to roost and listening to what calls the hens made paying VERY, VERY close attention to the volume and cadence of the calls and doing my absolute best to mimic them as close as I could. Besides that YouTube is your best friend. Tons of turkey callin vids featuring actual turkeys.</p><p></p><p>But truth be known IMHO the best way to call in a Tom is to put yourself between the Tom and where he wants to go and you at that moment in time are the best caller in the world. In other words no Tom on earth is more willing to come to your calls if he already more or less is headed in that direction.</p><p></p><p>Forgot to add a good slate synthetic or actual in my experience is about the easiest call to quickly learn how to use well and be able to make all the sounds a hen makes. I carry one each slate and synthetic glass.</p><p>In my experience as has been already said calling less with serve you much better than calling more.</p><p></p><p>Once a Tom answers my calls especially if he is on the ground I only call once or twice more if his answer gobbles tell me he is getting closer and once I know he is getting closer I stop calling especially if I'm in the woods with limited visibility. If after my last call he gobbled back to me and he doesn't show in 30-40 minuets I remain seated take a VERY good look around, SLOOOWLY get up on my knees, take another very careful and through look around SLOWLY get up to a crouch, move about 40-50 yards straight farther away, get ready to set up quickly and while standing and facing directly away from the gobbler's last known direction, call again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 1575639, member: 95733"] Been turkey hunting 30+ years and the best teacher of turkey calling is the turkeys themselves, specifically the hens. I learned my best hen calling by setting up in roosts both in the morning and evening when I would put the birds to roost and listening to what calls the hens made paying VERY, VERY close attention to the volume and cadence of the calls and doing my absolute best to mimic them as close as I could. Besides that YouTube is your best friend. Tons of turkey callin vids featuring actual turkeys. But truth be known IMHO the best way to call in a Tom is to put yourself between the Tom and where he wants to go and you at that moment in time are the best caller in the world. In other words no Tom on earth is more willing to come to your calls if he already more or less is headed in that direction. Forgot to add a good slate synthetic or actual in my experience is about the easiest call to quickly learn how to use well and be able to make all the sounds a hen makes. I carry one each slate and synthetic glass. In my experience as has been already said calling less with serve you much better than calling more. Once a Tom answers my calls especially if he is on the ground I only call once or twice more if his answer gobbles tell me he is getting closer and once I know he is getting closer I stop calling especially if I'm in the woods with limited visibility. If after my last call he gobbled back to me and he doesn't show in 30-40 minuets I remain seated take a VERY good look around, SLOOOWLY get up on my knees, take another very careful and through look around SLOWLY get up to a crouch, move about 40-50 yards straight farther away, get ready to set up quickly and while standing and facing directly away from the gobbler's last known direction, call again. [/QUOTE]
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