Who uses a Gobbler call?

[kevin2]

Who uses a gobbler call of some sort as part of their routine to call in birds? If so, what particular gobbler call is it? What Gobbler calls aren't worth trying?!

[MouthCaller]

Who uses a gobbler call of some sort as part of their routine to call in birds? If so, what particular gobbler call is it? What Gobbler calls aren't worth trying?!

I have one but rarely use it... it's a primos and to me doesn't sound the greatest but the one time I had a bird hang up on me and I used it he came in to investigate. They work I just don't use them unless it's that very situation.

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[Garrett Trentham]

In my experience, they run the bird off nine times out of ten. I do gobble at times (on a box call), but usually as a last ditch, I have to leave the woods and he isn't budging, move. If you have time to keep hunting him, you can usually try a different tactic with a higher chance of success.

[MouthCaller]

In my experience, they run the bird off nine times out of ten. I do gobble at times (on a box call), but usually as a last ditch, I have to leave the woods and he isn't budging, move. If you have time to keep hunting him, you can usually try a different tactic with a higher chance of success.

That all depends on how dominate the bird is which is almost impossible to tell I fully agree they can run a bird off but do can a full strut decoy. Gobble at a hung up boss and he'll be in your lap. Just speaking from my experience.

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[Dtrkyman]

I killed a gobbler once on public ground in Missouri, played with the same bird three days in a row and could not get him inside 60-70 yds and actually never even saw him, was hesitant to gobble on public but had seen no others for the three mornings so I said why not, gobbled once and let me tell you that bird was on me immediately!!! pounded him at 30 yds!! that was with a shaker type call, quaker boy maybe.

I gobble on my mouth call and get plenty of responses but have had none react like that one!

[mossyoakpro]

In my experience, they run the bird off nine times out of ten. I do gobble at times (on a box call), but usually as a last ditch, I have to leave the woods and he isn't budging, move. If you have time to keep hunting him, you can usually try a different tactic with a higher chance of success.

That all depends on how dominate the bird is which is almost impossible to tell I fully agree they can run a bird off but do can a full strut decoy. Gobble at a hung up boss and he'll be in your lap. Just speaking from my experience.

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Same here...I am fortunate enough to hunt private land with some ag fields, if I see a dominant bird for a few days and cannot do anything with him I will usually try and get in tight on him in his preferred area and put a full strut decoy out and gobble at him every time he gobbles.

Most of the time he comes running in to whip the interloper....but it has to be a dominant bird in the experience or he will turn tail and run the other way.

I use a Primos Gobble tube...easiest to use and serves the purpose the few times I use it every season.

[Deputy 14]

I carry a cheap shake gobble call with me all the time but rarely ever use it, the only time it comes out is for a gobbler that's hung up out of sight by himself, and it usually upsets them enough for them to come running.

[bigbird]

 I use a diaphram call to gobble, it's easy to do and one less thing to carry!

[kevin2]

well, I guess it is worth keeping in the vest then.

[surehuntsalot]

I carry one,primos I think.
I sometime use it in the afternoon on a slow day,and I have also had it work several times on a hung up bird.

[tnturkey]

i carry one I tried the haint but not very good with it. I have a primos. and ive never called in a bird with it but every now and then I will use it to get a shock gobble.

[TBab]

Ive got a DND Haint. I have only used it as a locator. Ive never tried calling a bird with it. But on the other hand when they are tight lipped to a crow, owl, and coyote locator I have squeezed a few responses from those old hard headed birds.

[zeke632]

In the early 80's I carried a Red Wolf shaker allways. It worked on hung up turkeys from time to time.  Turkeys would gobble at it, sometimes.  When the reed split I tried to fix it  & failed.  I just never replaced it.  Two years ago I watched my son gobble a good gobbler up & kill it after we had thrown everything we had at silent turkeys  we knew were around.  So  I bought a Haint and tried to learn to use it......for me it should be called The Ain't.  I hate that thing. Never learned how to use it. Gave it a toss in the river. If I want to gobble, I'll shake a box.

[VaTuRkStOmPeR]

I do.  It's been the death of several hard nosed longbeards.

I think it is most effective on early season birds when the hierarchy is being established and on henned up birds in their core area.

[DirtNap647]

I do depending on the bird