ohio state
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what do you use as a locator?? need to find one that is easy to use.. got a coyote call.. never did sound like a coyote to me.. 
thanks WORM
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buckmaster 320
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Cutting with a box call works good also 
Setterman
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ohio state said:what do you use as a locator?? need to find one that is easy to use.. got a coyote call.. never did sound like a coyote to me..
Easiest question ever. The best locator call is patience and silence. No need to buy one, no reason to blow one. Just get to a place you can hear, and be quiet. Up in the day cruise and locate birds by cutting, or plain yelping.
CopperHead77
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Locator calls have their place imo,say you need to locate a bird but you don't want him running in just yet,you need time to set up or whatever..a crow or owl call can work well in situations like that.
turkeyhunter64
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I use a knight and hale owl call and a woodpecker/peacock call. that really sets them off when they are tight lipped.
buckdead
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I never use em in the morning, but in the middle of the day Ill hit the crow call sometimes. Last year I was hunting a WMA around the lake and this idiot would pull up in the cove hit his peacock call then leave for the next cove and do it again. They wouldnt gobble at his call, but everytime he started his boat they fired off 
That was a good day
That was a good day
Owl in the morning and crow from daylight to dark
WingNut
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Owl call in the AM.
bvoss
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I use an owl, peacock, and crow call. My buddy swears by his hawk and goose calls though.
I use an owl in the AM but VERY SPARINGLY...will use a tube call as well as a last resort.
Goose calls work great though. I will also use a crow from time to time in the afternoons.....like some have said be selective in blowing them, if the bird is talking you really dont have to use one.
Goose calls work great though. I will also use a crow from time to time in the afternoons.....like some have said be selective in blowing them, if the bird is talking you really dont have to use one.
TLRanger
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Setterman said:ohio state said:what do you use as a locator?? need to find one that is easy to use.. got a coyote call.. never did sound like a coyote to me..
Easiest question ever. The best locator call is patience and silence. No need to buy one, no reason to blow one. Just get to a place you can hear, and be quiet. Up in the day cruise and locate birds by cutting, or plain yelping.
Exactly Right!
The yelp is the best locator there is.
buckmaster 320
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Setterman said:ohio state said:what do you use as a locator?? need to find one that is easy to use.. got a coyote call.. never did sound like a coyote to me..
Easiest question ever. The best locator call is patience and silence. No need to buy one, no reason to blow one. Just get to a place you can hear, and be quiet. Up in the day cruise and locate birds by cutting, or plain yelping.
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Baxter83
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I used an owl and a crow call last year and the year before and I don't think I ever located the first bird with either. One morning it had already broken daylight and I hadn't got one located yet, but I was trying. It may have been a minute after I blew on my owl hooter just as it was getting to be shooting light when a pack of coyotes started howling and cackling across the field. Just as they started a tom sounded off within 150 or so yards behind me. I think in some areas they get used to certain calls especially if it's hunted hard like where I'm at. I'm trying a coyote, peacock, and woodpecker call this year. I'll also bring the crow and owl too... :grin:
BTW: The above post is correct too. But sometimes you just get tired of sitting and waiting.
BTW: The above post is correct too. But sometimes you just get tired of sitting and waiting.
yeah walking around while cutting and yelping can also backfire pretty quickly especially for the silent birds that hear you and head your way. you dont hear them so you keep walking or easing through the woods and get busted. I have had birds in the past be on me in less then 2mins after my first yelp/cut so if you are not READY when you start calling it may come back to haunt you.
like always in turkey hunting NO ONE has the answers and there is a time and place for everything.
like always in turkey hunting NO ONE has the answers and there is a time and place for everything.
ohio state
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might have to get a crow and owl call.. sone place's they have been hunted to death?? the place where i' deer hunt at they are to laze to walk up hill's thanks WORM
Setterman said:
Works for me.
NoNtYpiCaL1
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REN said:
I learned a long time ago to be prepared before you use any hen call as a locator. But, when they answer it as a locator then its usually GAME ON instead of just a shock gobble
Setterman
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REN said:
First rule if you hunt like I do with zero locator calls, and locating birds either with patience or up in the day with hen calls, ALWAYS be in a place where you can sit straight down and be ready to kill in a second. In other words don't walk cluelessly through the woods, use woodsmanship and forethought when hunting, and you won't get caught in a pickle.
Second, there is zero thrill for me in shooting some sneaky silent slip in bird. The thrill is in the chess game, the gobbling, and the anticipation of the bird responding vocally to a call and marching to his death. I have deer season to satisfy the sniper side of me, and turkey season is a time to duel.
Setterman
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Yep it is crappy advice, the 100+ longbeards over the years might beg to differ.bsl said:Setterman said:ohio state said:what do you use as a locator?? need to find one that is easy to use.. got a coyote call.. never did sound like a coyote to me..
Easiest question ever. The best locator call is patience and silence. No need to buy one, no reason to blow one. Just get to a place you can hear, and be quiet. Up in the day cruise and locate birds by cutting, or plain yelping.
thats not good advice.turkey will gobble to cutts and yelps but they will also come to those.Also for some reason I have heard turkey ignore hen talk but gobble to a crow right after the hen.Trying to move on a turkey and set up without him moving on you is a good reason to use locator calls.
99% of the time, in my experience (for what its worth), a bird that hammers back will stand his ground, usually waiting for the hen to come to him. That is how the natural game is played. However, on the occasion when a bird bolts in, the whole woodsmanship and forethought thing done prior to calling has a huge positive impact and negative for the turkey.
I listen to guys cranking on locator calls all freaking season, the ride and blow or walk and blow. I bet 4 out of 5 times when I am working a bird or around birds which are vocal, they never respond to a locator call. No matter how hot they are and how willing they are to die.
If killing turkeys is the main goal, there is much better ways to spend ones time then cruising with locator calls. Many times, a gobbler will not gobble period, until one of his hens fires back aggressively at me calling to her. And one thing that is a pretty sure fire guarantee, hens don't generally yelp back at a crow or owl call.
If repositioning on a bird, be patient, if a bird is in a mood to die, many times they will gobble on their own, or at a natural sound.
Patience is huge in racking up kills in any given season. Locator calls are a way of trying to speed up a process which is better served and more successful IMO when patience and thought is employed.
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Come on BSL, you know better than to argue with the captain.
