What owl hooter will make them gobble 2-3 ridges over late in the season when it has leafed out?
Any Suggestions.
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;D Seriously, I can get loud with my natural voice and I remember hearing some loud barrel calls. I don't think you are going to get the volume you are looking for from a reed call.
I do ok with my voice it just doesn't carry to well, some of the ground I hunt are large tracts of national forest and I can't get the response like I do early in the season.Thanks for the help I will look into some barrel type calls.
I wouldn't be afraid to try the air horn! :lol:
The natural tones of an owl are not the best carrying tones.. If you have a loud hooter it does not sound realistic
Quote from: shootumindaface on February 21, 2011, 09:56:47 PM
The natural tones of an owl are not the best carrying tones.. If you have a loud hooter it does not sound realistic
TRUE....but that being said, the Harrison Hooter (while not the loudest) is the best Hooter in my personal opinion. It carries a LOOOONG way on a quiet morning.
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TRUE....but that being said, the Harrison Hooter (while not the loudest) is the best Hooter in my personal opinion. It carries a LOOOONG way on a quiet morning.
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Thanks, I think I am going to try the Harrison.
Spurz,
I got a custom Harrison Hooter for this spring and love it. When you first blow it it doesn't seem to sound too loud. But from what I've read from guys like drum, it carries plenty and as shootum says just because it is louder does not mean it is more effective. The Harrison hooter is definately not the loudest hooter out there but it's for sure the most realistic I've heard. I'm not too worried about the volume, the tone/pitch are key and I think it will carry plenty far for locating turkeys.
Quote from: Skeeterbait on February 21, 2011, 08:27:44 PM
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;D Seriously, I can get loud with my natural voice and I remember hearing some loud barrel calls. I don't think you are going to get the volume you are looking for from a reed call.
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Quote from: spurz on February 22, 2011, 04:21:11 PM
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TRUE....but that being said, the Harrison Hooter (while not the loudest) is the best Hooter in my personal opinion. It carries a LOOOONG way on a quiet morning.
Thanks, I think I am going to try the Harrison.
[/quote] The sound does carry a LOOOONG way on a quiet morning, and I've had birds gobble up to a mile away using it. God bless.
Palmer's Hoot tube is the loudest one I've ever blown. But I use a coyote howler if I truely want to find distant birds. The whole idea of a locator is to find them, realism isn't too imporant IMO. Don't get me wrong its still imporant, but its not on top of my list.
I've never used the coyote in the morning just in the evenings when roosting, never really thought about trying it then, I like the Pileated woodpecker call to, it carries well.My buddy has a Palmers and I don't know if it is just his or what but it sounds terrible,loud but terrible.
I had a reeded hoot call by another maker (will not mention who, but not a part of the OG family) that was loud, but sounded like dookie. I sold it on ebay and got a real hooter... Harrison's HootnStick. The first time I blew it, I thought there must be something wrong with it, as it was much quieter. The true test is in the woods. As has been said, it carries like you wouldn't believe outdoors. Just don't try to over-blow it. I think you'll be amazed with the results. :icon_thumright:
I blow owl calls and owls show up. I blow crow calls and crows show up. Not going to blow coyote call cause I don't want them to show up and mess up my hunt. Haven't tried a peacock call. Is it legal to shoot a peacock? :begging:
Quote from: Skeeterbait on February 25, 2011, 01:18:31 PM
I blow owl calls and owls show up. I blow crow calls and crows show up. Not going to blow coyote call cause I don't want them to show up and mess up my hunt. Haven't tried a peacock call. Is it legal to shoot a peacock? :begging:
Don't see why not......wonder how it would taste ? :boon:
Quote from: drum817 on February 25, 2011, 02:13:20 PM
Quote from: Skeeterbait on February 25, 2011, 01:18:31 PM
I blow owl calls and owls show up. I blow crow calls and crows show up. Not going to blow coyote call cause I don't want them to show up and mess up my hunt. Haven't tried a peacock call. Is it legal to shoot a peacock? :begging:
Don't see why not......wonder how it would taste ? :boon:
You've never had fried peacock?!?! :goofball:
Quote from: t_eagen13 on February 26, 2011, 11:05:00 AM
Quote from: drum817 on February 25, 2011, 02:13:20 PM
Quote from: Skeeterbait on February 25, 2011, 01:18:31 PM
I blow owl calls and owls show up. I blow crow calls and crows show up. Not going to blow coyote call cause I don't want them to show up and mess up my hunt. Haven't tried a peacock call. Is it legal to shoot a peacock? :begging:
Don't see why not......wonder how it would taste ? :boon:
You've never had fried peacock?!?! :goofball:
not yet :TooFunny: ....but I'll try about anything once :smiley-char092:
You may think I'm crazy for saying this, but I saw a peacock on a firebreak on a local military base last fall. The base is near some houses and a trailer park in a rural setting. Although I don't know personally of anyone in this area that has peacocks (about 5 miles from my house), I do know that a family about 3 blocks from me had peacocks years ago. You have to know I did a second take as I was driving down the highway and saw a peacock walking along the woodline in the dirt firebreak... just wasn't natural... and no, I wasn't on any hallucinogenic substances... just fluffy coffee. :)
I have eaten guinea before. Not too bad. First time I saw an emu in Alabama I bout ran off the road. Didn't know what I was looking at back then. Thought it might be some kind of brown ostrich. Now they are fairly common in some areas. Wish I could cross them with turkeys. 80 pound turkeys... now there's a thought.
Quote from: Skeeterbait on February 28, 2011, 04:22:11 PM
I have eaten guinea before. Not too bad. First time I saw an emu in Alabama I bout ran off the road. Didn't know what I was looking at back then. Thought it might be some kind of brown ostrich. Now they are fairly common in some areas. Wish I could cross them with turkeys. 80 pound turkeys... now there's a thought.
Now that is what I would sure enough call a thunder chicken!
Quote from: beardcollector on February 24, 2011, 07:40:20 PM
Palmer's Hoot tube is the loudest one I've ever blown. But I use a coyote howler if I truely want to find distant birds. The whole idea of a locator is to find them, realism isn't too imporant IMO. Don't get me wrong its still imporant, but its not on top of my list.
I have a palmers as well, i will give it away to anybody who wants it for free!! haha, seriously my Harrisons sounds night and day better than that piece!! as far as the coyote howler...im interested if you have much luck killing a turkey after using it? since the coyote is the #1 predator of turkeys i dont see why you would want a turkey to think a coyote is in the area?
The best sounding and loudest locator call I ever used is the old Lohman barred owl call. I still have it and would love to find another. Wish they still made it but like most things they (Lohman) made that worked those idiots decided to discontinue it. When nothing else will shock em that sucker will. We have tons of crows up here and the turkey almost seem desensitized to their calls. In fact in 28 years I have never once gotten a shock gobble to a crow call. With VERY FEW barred owls around, it really is a great call to locate birds on the roost. I've even had themshock gobble to it after they hit the ground.
Use an Elk bugle...works like a champ.
Where does one find a Harrison that's not osage or plastic? Can't seem to find one for sale! What's the next best reed style?
I have the most luck with Primos' hoot tube for getting a gobbler to respond here in AR. It definitely does not sound like an owl, but they answer it pretty well. I attribute it to the high pitch? I have several hooters that sound really good, but the turkeys never gobble at them?
I still prefer to let them gobble on their own.
Quote from: Huntdux on May 26, 2011, 01:28:30 PM
Where does one find a Harrison that's not osage or plastic? Can't seem to find one for sale! What's the next best reed style?
Contact Hooks and ask for James Harrison's contact info. I know he turns them in other woods and does some custom calls for individuals. You won't be sorry!
X2 on that lohman it is the best hooter i have ever owned
Quote from: lightsoutcalls on May 27, 2011, 11:25:06 AM
Quote from: Huntdux on May 26, 2011, 01:28:30 PM
Where does one find a Harrison that's not osage or plastic? Can't seem to find one for sale! What's the next best reed style?
Contact Hooks and ask for James Harrison's contact info. I know he turns them in other woods and does some custom calls for individuals. You won't be sorry!
Thanks a lot for the info! Btw I bought one of your calls to give as a gift and it sounded great!