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How many of you rely on locator calls to locate a bird or get one to shock gobble? I find myself using them less and less. I haven't used my crow call in a long time, not sure if I even still have one. I do have an owl hooter that I will pull out if I don't hear any other owls and the birds aren't gobbling but usually if I wait long enough a real owl will start hooting.

10 years ago when I was really getting serious about turkey hunting I thought I couldn't go to the woods without my owl hooter and crow call in my vest, and a bird wouldn't gobble mid day unless I blew my crow call to make him[emoji2]


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I use mine quite often. I don't go around just blowing one all the time but will use one to pinpoint a bird.


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If for some reason turkeys don't gobble on their own in the morning, I will owl, but I dont use or cary a call for that. I have a crow call somewhere in my vest but rarely use it. Only when I'm moving on a bird and need him to gobble to track him, but I'm not in position to call at him yet.
 
I have an owl call I carry and have use a few times during the season. generally where I hunt I dont need one but if im hunting fresh ground I will use it if nothing has made a sound. once the sun is up I never use one though and to be honest if I lost my owl call at some point I wouldnt even replace it.
 
I use an owl in the morning if I'm not hearing anything. I have it on a double lanyard with a crow call. I rarely use the crow call anymore.


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I use a crow call fairly often. It's a useful tool for me. I use it primarily to keep tabs on a gobbler if I'm out of position and can't kill him where I am.




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I use a crow call if I don't know where they are roosting at. On a weekend hunt I will use it a couple of times.
 
Use locators rarely. I can owl pretty good with my voice, I will use it on occasion. but I believe that on pressured birds you can lock them up. I think crow calls are worse than other locators because googans drove four wheelers and trucks around blowing there lungs through them followed by a wet dog bark box call, peacock, then the sound of a four wheeler driving away again.
Sometimes a little while later a bird may gobble again when he thinks it's safe.


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:D

Doesn't this one come up every year?

If used properly they serve their purpose.

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I use a crow call quite a bit. Mainly mid day and I'm on the move. It's helps to pinpoint where a bird is at. Very helpful on hilly terrain. Keeps from walking right up on birds and take a risk on bumping them.
 
I own a crow call...I think. The guy that showed me the ropes back in the 80's could hoot perfectly with his voice, so that's what I do. I do NOT sound very good, but it is successful on roosted birds especially at last light. I'll even just scream/howl to roost one. Locator calls...nope.
 
Owl at dawn to locate if I'm unsure of roost location. It has saved me many steps when I thought they would be in one place but in reality they are somewhere totally different. After they tip their hand as to their location it goes back in my vest.
 
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Owl at dawn to locate if I'm unsure of roost location. It has saved me many steps when I thought they would be in one place but in reality they are somewhere totally different.
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Exactly.

While non-users are losing valuable time waiting to pinpoint an exact location, we're already setup.

They are especially useful when I've heard a bird at a distance, and after I've cut that in half (I thought), and check him again he's almost always closer than I thought.

Several years ago I heard one on the back of our place in the predawn. From the faintness of the gobble, I was sure that he was over the crest of the hill down toward the creek. However, when I got close and before crossing the flat, I decided to check with my owl call. He thundered from 80 yrds :shock: ! I sat down, waited for time, and gave him soft stuff to which he walked right to me after flydown. Without the owl call, I would have walked right under him and the game would have been over.
 

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