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Locator calls?

For whatever reason, I don't have much luck with owl hoot locally, the crow is better for me locally. But last year in South Georgia on public land, owl hoot located 2 different birds for me of an evening after they had gone to roost. I killed both of those right after flydown by being set up right on them.


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I've used them before but I seldom do now. When I do I usually just owl call by mouth.

I've hunted around watery areas before and had turkeys going crazy over a wood duck call.
 
I don't use them but they are very useful............I know where Elmer is because he constantly hoots, caws, squeals, screams, crows, and makes all
kinds of noises. :mrgreen:
 
I owl hoot with my mouth in the dark to give me an idea of where the birds are roosted to get as close as possible for my initial set up in the mornings. After setup in the dark, I prefer to the the tom gobble on his own to confirm I'm close enough. Once he does that, I then make the decision to stay put (I'm close enough), or to move in closer. I don't call as a hen in the mornings until about 15 minutes before I expect flydown unless I haven't heard a peep anywhere that morning and plan to just stay where I'm at for at least another hour.

After I'm up running and gunning, and do not know if there are birds anywhere nearby, I'll periodically call with my mouth with a sound that is a mix between a crow call and a peacock. I've found that it produces way more shock gobbles back than either the crow calls I used to own or the peacock calls I used to own. Again, after I get one shock gobble back, I'm closing the distance as fast as possible to get set up to yelp and cluck him into range.

During the daytime, if I know birds are in the area, I don't use any locator calls, slow way down, and move using hen calls only.

Been doing it this way for about 10 years, and seems to work very well. Plus fewer calls to carry with all the other accessories in my bag.
 
I don't. They are really handy on keeping tabs on other hunters tho

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I have a crow call and owl hooter in my vest but couldn't tell you when I used them last especially the crow call. I try to wait on the birds to gobble on their own. Earlier in my turkey hunting days I had a screaming peacock that I had more success with than the crow.
 
I have had some success using a coyote howler. I have stopped using it though. Although I never used it where I set up and it may not matter, I just figure a turkey isn't going to want to fly down around where they just heard a coyote.


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I carry a crow call and use it occasionally. I don't rely on it, but it has told me the location of a few gobblers
 
keep in mind , some of my locator calls, are last resort to use before I leave a spot. I give birds plenty of time to do their thing. But im not gonna deer hunt them.
 
Have had success using a goose call when hunting near lakes/rivers, a loud cluck almost always works. If geese don't frequent the area......not so much.
 

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