Tukey Hunting Buyer's Guides Articles

Turkey Hunting Decoy Buyers Guide

There are as many forms of turkey decoys out on the market today as there are turkeys running around the woods. They are made of foam, rubber, plastic, and fabric, and come in hard body, collapsible, inflatable, and silhouettes, in the form of hens, jakes, and toms, strutting, relaxed, breeding, alert, and on and on and on. There is certainly no shortage of turkey decoys to chose from.

Turkey Hunting Locator Call Buyers Guide

Turkey locator calls consist of, but are not limited to, a few basic styles. There are crow calls, owl calls, coyote calls, and pileated woodpecker calls that can all strike a gobble from an unsuspecting gobbler, and most turkey call manufacturers makes some if not all of these.

Pot n Peg or Slate Style Turkey Call Buyers Guide

There are many different combinations of suface and pot styles to choose from. In today's age of technology, manufacturers of turkeys calls are using all different types of materials to reproduce the vocalizations of the wild hen turkey. It is no longer just slate. Materials such as aluminum, copper, glass, crystal, are a common site, while manmade and manufacturer specific materials such as Slate-tek, and Frictionite are finding their way into the hands of turkey hunters as well.

How A Turkey Box Call Works

The box call has been calling turkeys for decades, and will continue to do so for as long as there are box calls to be used, and turkeys to be called to. It's a friction style call that is very effective in the spring woods, and extremely user friendly. In fact, it's such an easy call to use, that someone that had never used one before should be able take it from its package, and be making turkey sounds within seconds.

The Turkey Box Call - Buyers Guide

The box call is a friction style turkey call that has been around since around the late 1800's. A simple call to use, the box call has most likely been the reason for more turkeys being taken than any other type of call. Used by professionals and novice callers alike, it has found its place in just about every turkey hunters vest across the country.

Understanding The Parts Of A Turkey Mouth Call

There are three major components to a mouth call, or diaphragm turkey call, and understanding these parts and how they work together can be the beginning steps in learning how to use one.

Types Of Turkey Diaphragm Calls - Mouth Calls

There are almost as many variations of mouth calls as there are turkeys in the woods. Different sizes, number of reeds, cuts, tensions, etc. Although this may create a slight amount of confusion for the consumer, it's not a bad thing to have variation when heading to the woods. Having the variety not only gives hunters an opportunity to find the call that works best for them, but it also allows them to carry multiple calls that all sound different. Which means one of them might just be the one that ol' gobbler you've been hunting wants to listen to

How A Turkey Mouth Call Works

Sitting down with your first mouth call and trying to make it sound like a turkey right off the bat can be very frustrating. Knowing exactly how a mouth call, or diaphragm style turkey call, works can certainly help alleviate some of the trials and tribulations in the learning process.

Turkey Mouth Calls / Diaphragm Call - Buyers Guide

All turkey hunters strive to perfect the mouth call, or the diaphragm turkey call, and yet its mastery alludes so many of us for so many reasons. It doesn't fit right, it makes me gag, my mouth starts to water, it tickles, or ... I just can't get it to sound like a turkey.