Rate Your Calling Ability

[boatpaddle]

Great question!!

I feel, I am very proficient with any call, I use..I spend a ton of time listening to real hens calling using a very expensive pair of Bose headphones, then I try to replicate that call & record myself doing it in the woods...
Believe me, the recording does not lie !!

I feel, it's the hen turkey talk that is very soft & not heard very often by the average hunter is the difference maker in allot of hunts.

Denny Gulvas taught me this tip years ago..

In my mind, your turkey calling has to have realism..You have to understand,  what that turkey is saying..Then the conversation can get started..

1. Where your calling from in your set up in the woods.
2. How loud are you calling?
3. How you adjust your next calling sequence from the turkeys response from your previous calls & calling. What say & when to say it.
4. When to stop calling...

A good caller understands the turkeys language, & habits, first & for most...

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[ScottTaulbee]

Great question!!

I feel, I am very proficient with any call, I use..I spend a ton of time listening to real hens calling using a very expensive pair of Bose headphones, then I try to replicate that call & record myself doing it in the woods...
Believe me, the recording does not lie !!

I feel, it's the hen turkey talk that is very soft & not heard very often by the average hunter is the difference maker in allot of hunts.

Denny Gulvas taught me this tip years ago..

In my mind, your turkey calling has to have realism..You have to understand,  what that turkey is saying..Then the conversation can get started..

1. Where your calling from in your set up in the woods.
2. How loud are you calling?
3. How you adjust your next calling sequence from the turkeys response from your previous calls & calling. What say & when to say it.
4. When to stop calling...

A good caller understands the turkeys language, & habits, first & for most...

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I agree 100% with this. The difference between calling to a turkey and calling a turkey in is knowing what you're saying, and why you're saying it!.


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[Tom007]

I will be honest, I rate myself a "C" in calling ability. My strong point in my opinion is my woodsman-ship in knowing my hunting grounds. I spend tremendous time scouting and walking my Deer/Turkey spots year round. I pay attention to every detail, even the small stuff. I am still light-years from being an expert, and knowing that makes me a better hunter. Be safe...

[Tail Feathers]

Based on turkey reactions, better than average on a mouth call and average on a pot call with occasional bouts of brilliance. 

[cgarner1]

I personally feel like a little above average on pot calls and box calls as well as soft calling on a diaphragm. I struggle a little  with the more aggressive calling on a mouth call. But there is room for improvement all the way around and probably always will be but complacency is never a good thing. Like previous mentioned, confidence, calling from the Right places, and knowing when to move and when to sit still is superior

[TrackeySauresRex]

This seasons grade is a strong F- so far. That's on all calls. I'm a lifetime C student, so why change it now? 

[Zobo]

I've had Herb Hornstra complement my yelper calling and Marlin Watkins compliment my box call play.
Having said that, yesterday I rated myself a 0 out of 10 according to the hens and the gobblers. 🤣

[richard black]

I feel that I am very proficient with a trumpet as I practice year round and feel confident with them. I also am proficient with a scratch box, and again practice year round. But so many things play into being successful as in knowing when to call and when not to, woodsmanship, what the turkeys want etc. But above all you need turkeys because if there aren't any you can be the best caller in the world and it won't do you any good.

[Dougas]

Diaphragm call; c plus
Pot call; c-
Box call; B-

[Clif Owen]

Someone has to be it so might as well be me..I am not good at all. Every class has a failure and I'm it here.

[ScottTaulbee]

I personally feel like a little above average on pot calls and box calls as well as soft calling on a diaphragm. I struggle a little  with the more aggressive calling on a mouth call. But there is room for improvement all the way around and probably always will be but complacency is never a good thing. Like previous mentioned, confidence, calling from the Right places, and knowing when to move and when to sit still is superior

Cole, you're above average on a pot caller, a box caller, and the diaphragm!.


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[GobbleNut]

When I am on the right gobbler, I am an A+ caller...no matter what I sound like.  When I am on the wrong gobbler, I always seem to be an F...no matter how good I think I sound. If only I could tell the A+ turkeys in the woods from the F turkeys before I started calling to them. I would just move on from the F's to try to find the ones that think I am an A+. 

As for humans, others I hunt with seem to think I am pretty good...but there are times that the turkeys don't much agree with them.   When all is said and done, I just go huntin' and see if I can find a gobbler that has the same attitude about my calling that my friends do. Every once in a while, I find one of them. 

[davisd9]

3 out of 10, still trying to understand the language so I can speak it fluently.

[YoungGobbler]

GobbleNut, I knew you would say sonething like that and I am right there with you   

Depends on the bird you have in front of you.

Personnaly I would assume that everybody on this site is at least a very good caller. Come on, if your passionate enough about turkey hunting to follow this site... You must enjoy calling a little, isn it??

That being said, the bird in front of you makes the difference... Take a hot one, on a good day... and he will come on a string to any of you... I have no doubts...

And take a hard one who's not cooperating well and he will not come to any of us   

Woodsmanship is where it's at... because they don't always cooperate to calling.

[bbcoach]

GobbleNut, I knew you would say sonething like that and I am right there with you   

Depends on the bird you have in front of you.

Personnaly I would assume that everybody on this site is at least a very good caller. Come on, if your passionate enough about turkey hunting to follow this site... You must enjoy calling a little, isn it??

That being said, the bird in front of you makes the difference... Take a hot one, on a good day... and he will come on a string to any of you... I have no doubts...

And take a hard one who's not cooperating well and he will not come to any of us   

Woodsmanship is where it's at... because they don't always cooperate to calling.

I think as Gobblenut and YoungGobbler have said, when we, as hunters, can't strike a bird or can't get a bird to come that last 50 yards or can't pull a bird from his hens, we blame our calling or it's something we did!  Most of the time, we don't have the confidence to say, he doesn't want to PLAY today.  Everything plays into this game.  Having CONFIDENCE in YOUR abilities with Woodsmanship, Setup, Calling, Being Still and so on is the keys to success.  But if he doesn't want to PLAY today, then we need to move on to another bird or get back after him tomorrow.