Go to any hunting show, pull a turkey pro out of earshot of his sponsor’s booth, and ask him, “If you could have only one call, what would it be?” Almost every one will answer, “A box call.”
Manufacturers push mouth calls over box calls not because the former work better, but because they wear out, tear readily, get lost—and have to be replaced. They are the moneymakers. The problem is that mouth calls frequently don’t sound like turkeys. Listen to someone who fancies himself a great mouth caller. He’ll probably sound fine from 10 feet away. Now walk 60 yards away and listen again; the guy will sound like a barking dog.
If you do manage to fool a turkey with a mouth call from a distance, the bird is most likely what many guides call a “car door turkey”—a bird so jacked up that if you slammed the truck door, it would gobble back and run right to you. In my humble opinion, it’s best to stick with classic box calls.
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