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mack the knife 
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| question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:25 pm)
i'm new to turkey hunting. why do i see crow calls advertised next to turkey calls? is a crow call a locator call? does it cause the turkeys to freak out or something so they give away their position?
tia, i'll hang up and listen.
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Chalice_N_Gunderland
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:26 pm to mack the knife)
They shock gobble on the roost before daylight. I use my hands and my ability to mimic an owl. Or my car door
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Choirboy
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:27 pm to mack the knife)
A crow call is used to try and make the tom turkey shock gobble. This gives away his location.
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34venture
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:27 pm to mack the knife)
It's a shock call used to locate turkeys. They will gobble at it early in the morning.
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Chalice_N_Gunderland
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They will also gobble on the ground when you blow it, if theyre hot
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Salmon
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:28 pm to mack the knife)
my crow call is probably my second most used call 
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mack the knife
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:29 pm to Choirboy)
while deer hunting in texas i've had the crap spooked out of me when a group/flock of birds first wakes up. however, i have property in Louisiana that i've started hunting on and it has turkeys. so i'm gona try it this year. i'm looking for advice.
again, tia, and i'm listening.
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wiltznucs 
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:30 pm to mack the knife)
Locator calls can take any form but crows and owls are the best in the Southeast. Out West I've had better luck with coyote howlers. I had a piece of property in GA that was adjacent to the main railway. When the train blew the horn the woods would come alive with gobbles. I was known to use a marine grade air horn from time to time to get a gobbler to fire off.
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Chalice_N_Gunderland
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:31 pm to wiltznucs)
They gobble off of wood ducks this week
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mack the knife
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:35 pm to wiltznucs)
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marine grade air horn
no b.s.? that's pretty cool.
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wiltznucs
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:38 pm to mack the knife)
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no b.s.? that's pretty cool.
You'll be amazed what they'll respond to. I've had gobblers fire back to car doors slamming shut and it's not uncommon in instances where multiple gobblers come in that when you shoot one the others will gobble at the muzzle blast sound.
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KingRanch
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:38 pm to wiltznucs)
Turkeys sound retarded
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Salmon
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:42 pm to KingRanch)
you shut your whore mouth
they sound beautiful
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wiltznucs
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:42 pm to KingRanch)
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Turkeys sound retarded
When people ask how I've managed to kill so many turkeys they usually ask what kind of call I'm using. I usually let them know that I'm not a very skilled caller but I'm damn good at finding the dumbest gobbler on the property.
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KingRanch
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:42 pm to wiltznucs)
Definitely not the smartest animals
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bbvdd 
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:44 pm to KingRanch)
The house where I duck hunt had turkeys fenced in his back yard and when I'd drop the gate to my trailer they would gobble.
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Salmon
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:44 pm to KingRanch)
I'm going to rape you if you say another bad word about turkeys
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wiltznucs
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:45 pm to KingRanch)
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Definitely not the smartest animals
The wild turkeys brain is smaller than a field pea, so they probably aren't very smart. But they do have one hell of a survival instinct and an extreme case of paranoia.
This post was edited on 3/7 at 8:48 pm
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bbvdd
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:46 pm to KingRanch)
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Definitely not the smartest animals
They made me look pretty dang foolish the last two years.
Next friday can't get here soon enough. I'm extremely angry at turkeys right now.
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KingRanch
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| re: question about turkey calls (Posted on 3/7/13 at 8:46 pm to Salmon)
They're ugly too
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