gobbling on a mouth call

[mathews338]

using a gobble to locate can be a very good call.

i use it alot!

 

[catman529]

honestly I haven't heard of many really good uses for a gobbler call, many seem to save it as a last resort...when I went turkey hunting with a friend last year he used one early as a locator instead of an owl call or something else. I will probably use my voice for an 8 tone hoot if I feel the need for a locator...other than that, I want to try and stick to the more subtle hen calls

Lol using a gobbler call as a locator call, I hope that wasn't his first choice, and I can make a pretty good owl hoot with my voice as well, I learned from watching tred barta do it over the years

The only "locator" call I use. IMO the best locator is probably a crow call if talking non-turkey related noises. Gobbling is a great way to elicit a response, and will alot of time really turn a bird on that otherwise would have been silent to other calls. Use with caution however.

I wouldn't discount gobbling to locate birds, it is effective but using a gobble shaker won't get the job done. Those things sounds horrible.

Funny cause he used a shaker gobble call, it sounded OK, but it really worked after the first time. went from silence to 3 or 4 birds sounding off in the trees. Then a little while later we had one coming in close, gobbling, but when he saw the strutting decoy he changed his mind and went the other way.

 

[chrmayo]

I have never used a tube call before. I am getting pretty confident with diaphram calls. Are there any advantages to using a tube call instead of a diaphram?

 

[REN]

just a different sound an pitch is all. you can gobble on them and jake yelp which can help sometimes.

other then that the only reason is no one really uses them anymore.

 

[catman529]

They sound a bit different than diaphragm, mainly because a wooden tube produces different sound than your mouth, but the reed concept is very similar and all the same sounds can be made. I've experimented a bit with 2 reed tube calls, but need to work on it more, because the potential for a perfectly raspy tube call is there and I gotta make something good out of it. They do sound good with only one reed though.