Who all carries a call specifically for soft calling situations? I'm considering picking up a call for tree talk and finishing and would love some recommendations and to hear how you guys handle the soft calling situations.
Roger parks makes a very good one.
I use the same Gooserbat diaphragm for everything from zero to obnoxious.
Yeah, one of the signs of a good call or caller is the ability to play soft or loud without compromising sound quality. So you can do it with any of your calls. But there are some made for the task. I think Watkins makes or made one.
Generally, hard to beat a slate pot and a soft wood striker for that job.
Quote from: Zobo on April 02, 2022, 09:04:35 PMI think Watkins makes or made one.
Still does.
It's a little slate called the "Coaxer".
Quote from: paboxcall on April 02, 2022, 09:32:49 PM
Generally, hard to beat a slate pot and a soft wood striker for that job.
Wherever could I find something like that
Lynch Jet Slate when movement isn't an issue, if not a mouth call.
Quote from: crow on April 03, 2022, 12:13:00 PM
Quote from: paboxcall on April 02, 2022, 09:32:49 PM
Generally, hard to beat a slate pot and a soft wood striker for that job.
Wherever could I find something like that
Hmmm.....
This fella here Bruce Saale. He is is FB as well.
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A trumpet can do it all.
Quote from: richard black on April 04, 2022, 07:30:37 PM
A trumpet can do it all.
I agree. I use a trumpet for ALL my soft morning tree talk stuff.
X3 for the trumpet
I do.
I tree yelp with trumpet/cane call
And I carry either a Watkins coaxer
Or parks soft talker for purr and soft clucks and throw in a soft yelp/tree yelp
Killed a bunch o turkeys with just soft calling on these one of these two calls and a trumpet or cane call
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Quote from: Yoder409 on April 02, 2022, 09:43:09 PM
Quote from: Zobo on April 02, 2022, 09:04:35 PMI think Watkins makes or made one.
Still does.
It's a little slate called the "Coaxer".
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Used to use a slate for tree talk. Until I tried it with one of my boxes. The tree talk is some of the best of the day.
I carry a wingbone I made. I've never considered it for soft stuff. Does anyone know of a good video or sound file on soft talk with a trumpet or wingbone? Thanks guys!
I use a copper pot built by Frank Kruer. It's too deep to use as a regular pot call, but before last season I messed around with it and discovered that it offers remarkable tree talk and feeding sounds by playing the edges with with super small short strokes. It then became responsible for harvesting 2 great gobblers in the late season. It now has a permanent place in my vest.
Well-made scratch box call
A good box call
A mouth call that works well for you.
Those are my three main calls I carry, and can do soft yelps on all of them...
Heck, If I think I can do it without scaring them, I hold a box call over my head standing up, and do a soft tree call... If I use a wing for a fly-down, I try to bring it from a high spot to a low spot.
Birds sound different on the ground to me than in a tree, and I have to think that it does to turkeys as well. And, I have fallen asleep behind a log or cover, only to be dramatically awaken by a gobbling bird right beside me (that I called to some time ago), so I know they can pinpoint sound and location quite well.
More and more, I call less and less at birds on the roost though...
Quote from: paboxcall on April 02, 2022, 09:32:49 PM
Generally, hard to beat a slate pot and a soft wood striker for that job.
What about snoody little hand slate call?
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