Turkey calling

You wouldn't laugh at a funeral or cry at a wedding, so why would you use the wrong sound when facing a turkey?

These tips on how to call turkeys can go a long way in helping both beginners and experienced hunters. Learn the right way to call turkeys.

Turkey hunting season’s underway throughout most of the South, which means Michael Waddell’s on the trail of a gobbler, again. This time, the Bone Collector host is back with the sequel to Turkey Calling 101. So, join Michael as he delves into the finer points of getting the perfect turkey call sounds with mouth calling.

When it comes to turkey calls, you want the best that money can buy.

There are hundreds of turkey calls on the market and turkeys have heard them all. Why not try this DIY pill bottle turkey call and give them something new.

It may seem counterintuitive for legendary call sellers Will Primos and Preston Pittman to give advice and encouragement to do-it-yourself call makers, but they remember when they were starting out, making their own calls using what they had on hand, experimenting with ways to make sounds to lure turkeys and other game into range.

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The old-timers who took me on my very first turkey hunts in the hard-hunted states of West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, and Tennessee preached a spare-and-rare approach to calling. Bringing that mindset back to my home country in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains was a good idea—sometimes it even worked. But there were plenty of occasions when soft and subtle failed. Whether the country was too big, the wind was too strong, the toms were too aloof, or the hens were too plentiful, it…

Why would anyone make turkey calls at home when you can buy them online or at the outdoors store? Well, one, it gives you the satisfaction of having made

If you walk into any sporting goods retailer, you can quickly find and buy a good turkey call. At Cabela's, you can find hundreds of options including new mouth calls, box calls and pot calls, but sometimes being different can pay off. Every turkey hunter should have an oddball call in their vest -- a custom-made call that sounds different from the rest. The following are four oddball calls you probably haven't heard of or seen. They might cost a bit more than your run of the mill dime store…