Fishbonker
Life Member
I need advice on good brands of calls. After reading the posts on here about what calls a beginner should try I bought a box and a pot call and took them back. The box call was a MAD with metal sides. It sounded like a tin can, go figure. The pot call was plastic and I don’t remember if the face was slate or glass, but it just didn’t have a “soul”. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never used a turkey call before and my only frame of reference are the sounds that Muddy made last spring that he said were turkey sounds. I still think the turkey I shot was just strolling by and didn’t respond to the sounds he was making.
These may have been good calls and as a beginner I couldn’t get the good sounds out of them.
So who makes a good box call?
Why do some of them have rubber bands?
What should I look for in a good box call?
Do they all take chalk?
My purchases at the DEER Classic will be TURKEY gear. Go figure. Actually there may be a beer in it for somebody at the Classic to “guide” me through all the booths with calls so I can buy something that is well made, that works well and will last for years.
The ‘Bonker
These may have been good calls and as a beginner I couldn’t get the good sounds out of them.
So who makes a good box call?
Why do some of them have rubber bands?
What should I look for in a good box call?
Do they all take chalk?
My purchases at the DEER Classic will be TURKEY gear. Go figure. Actually there may be a beer in it for somebody at the Classic to “guide” me through all the booths with calls so I can buy something that is well made, that works well and will last for years.
The ‘Bonker