locator calls

[cdeskins7]

Anybody care to throw some input on locator calls. My dad could always sound like an owl, I feel like my voiced owl hooting doesn't have the same effect as his does, so I bought a knight and hale owl hooter. Would I be just as wise to return it and use my voice, or my loud yelping locator diaphragm?

[Ravin R10 man]

Crow call works well here..don't hear an owl very often up here

Edited March 30, 2015 by Mathews XT Man

[3seasons]

Depends on what part of the country you are in. Down here in MS Owl, crow, Woodhen(pileated woodpecker), and yes the one that will make you laugh outloud when someone does it, the old rooster crow. These all work well down here but out west in places we've hunted a crow or coyote call worked best and yes even the ol rooster would ligh them off.

I just use natural voice but there are some good calls out there. When i was starting out i used a HS hoot floot was an easy reliable call. knight and hale makes a good owl call too. Crow calls- good old wood call sounds best, I have an old mallardtone I use for crows, its work for tukeys but i just use my voice. Primos makes a strong line of calls for all these aplications except for the rooster, havent seen anyone try to corner that market. lol

Hope this helps

[Rhino]

Ditto to what 3seasons said. I've used my voice for owling before there were any owl calls around so I still do. I used to use my voice for crow too but crow calls are easier on me. I also always have a gobble call with me that works too. In the right situation, I use my gobble call to help coax in gobblers too. For obvious reasons I would never use it hunting on public ground though. I personally don't care to use a hen call to cause a bird to gobble unless I'm hunting him or trying to locate a roosted a bird late in the day after fly up time.

Gobblers will shock gobble at a lot of things...from thunder to trains to trees hitting the ground...even shots from distant hunters. By far the best sound I've ever heard that causes a bird to shock gobble is thunder. Too bad there's no way to reproduce that sound.

[cdeskins7]

Thanks for the help y'all. I've used my voice over the past few years since I moved away from my parents for school and haven't been able to hunt with my dad, but have never got anything to gobble that way, so I wasn't sure if it was me or the birds, I am hunting public land after all, and I've heard the land I'm hunting the turkeys are rather difficult, which I've come to learn myself. I'll test out the owl call I bought and see if it produces better results than my voice, if not I'll hang on to it just incase or return it.