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Author Topic: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?  (Read 1088 times)

Offline Squirrel Bait

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2014, 08:14:00 PM »
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2014, 10:01:00 PM »
My calling will certainly not win any competitions, I think they come in out of morbid curiosity. The turkey gene pool improves everytime I take a gobbler.

But I've been successful with my Lynch Fool Proof for many years.
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2014, 10:28:00 PM »
Thanks for all the suggestions fellas!  I may have to put the "Fool Proof" to the test.

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2014, 10:35:00 PM »
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2014, 08:25:00 PM »
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2014, 10:43:00 PM »
Sorry for the awkward sounding post... new here...
OP - I know this is your thread, but why a box call? I'm not familiar with your region of the country, but everyone I know uses mouth calls and sometimes dekes... frees up their hands and what not...

I should preface this by saying that I don't claim to know much about hunting, but I can say that what I have done has been extremely successful where I was hunting.   A box call, or any call for that matter did not figure into any of the turkeys that I harvested last year... but then I hunt turkey quite a bit different than most... I would love to discuss my methods with anyone interested, however I'm not sure it fits this thread, so PM me if you want to know more about it.
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2014, 12:01:00 AM »
PT Tully custom calls - been the death of more than a few toms

 http://www.customgamebirdcalls.com/Turkey_Calls.htm
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2014, 12:16:00 AM »
Friend listed some great ones. For a production box call it's hard to beat Woodhaven's Real Hen. That's what I will be using this spring.
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2014, 05:57:00 AM »
Lynch World Champion is hard to beat.
Proverbs 12:27
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2014, 06:37:00 AM »
I have and use a Lynch World Champion, They are great calls.
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2014, 08:56:00 AM »
I've heard that box calls are generally easier for the beginner, so I thought I'd start there, and add others as I needed.

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2014, 09:12:00 AM »
A box call is the easiest to be proficient with, and you can make all the sounds a turkey does, so its perfect for beginners.
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2014, 10:07:00 AM »
I love my Lynch but also a slate call. I stopped using mouth calls about five years ago and have killed more mature toms than the previous ten years. Saw a toms reaction to a mouth call one day as soon the guy called the turkey stopped gobbling and walked straight away in hurry the good part was he walked right into me
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2014, 10:15:00 AM »
IMO, there is no better box to start off with than the Lynch Fool Proof.

Lots of truly great box calls out there these days though.  Its easy for box calls (and slate calls) to become an addiction just as bad as buying bows. LOL
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #34 on: January 11, 2014, 10:35:00 AM »
I broke my Lynch World Champion (given to me by my dad many years ago) and promptly ordered another for the coming season.  It is the best box call  I have ever used-and I mean the World Champion version.  Lou

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #35 on: January 11, 2014, 09:23:00 PM »
Bdann, here's a deal for you, if you got a bunch of Turkeys to hunt, I'll come down this spring and give you Bachelor degree in using a Box and I'll throw in pot calls as a second major.

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #36 on: January 12, 2014, 12:31:00 PM »
Don't be fooled  into thinking a box call is just for beginners, it is a very handy tool that one should not go into the turkey woods with out.
Proverbs 12:27
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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #37 on: January 12, 2014, 12:55:00 PM »
I bought a Rohm Brothers box call at a Sportsman's banquet 2 yrs ago. Dale Rohm is the maker I believe, he's out of PA. I've tried a lot of box calls and this one is by far the best, although i have never tried the Lynch that's been mentioned. Box calls have their place....like when you need the volume, just like mouth and slate calls have their place. Good luck.

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #38 on: January 12, 2014, 12:58:00 PM »
By the way, I can not wait til the 2nd Saturday in April....it's opening day of turkey season here in NC and will be my 1st year trying to get a gobbler with my bow.

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Re: Favorite Turkey Box Calls?
« Reply #39 on: January 12, 2014, 01:40:00 PM »
I went to a turkey calling contest in Elberton, Ga. back in the early 70's and the Rohm Brothers were selling little mouth diaphragm calls...had to really be careful not to suck them down your throat they were so small and light. They were all metal frame..with no wrap. If you had a bad tooth those calls would let you know it. Mouth diaphragm calls were just coming out and getting popular about that time.

The late Ben Lee made one about that time that did have a wrap on it, but it also had a chunk of had to be lead on top of the diaphragm..had real good luck with that call.

Turkeys would go crazy over the diaphragm calls back then..never heard them and turkey hunters were far a few. Most people didn't even know you could hunt them in the spring.

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