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Post by turkeyscout on Mar 8, 2006 9:42:47 GMT -5
hey guys, what your favorite locator call and when do you use them?  |
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Post by woodmaster on Mar 8, 2006 11:44:24 GMT -5
Like all calls...sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. Owl and crow calls are my favorite. If I hear a bird gobble and I'm trying to set up on him I like to use a locator call to pinpoint him.
I was dropped off at a friends property in Kentucky, land that I had never been on before. It was still dark and I didn't have a clue where the birds roosted or what their habits where. I sat on the edge of the woods and waited till 1st light. I owled call and to my surprise a bird gobbled 100 yards away. After very little hen calling he flew down but got by me. Frustrated I called aggressively and fired up 2 other birds I didn't know was around. Within a minute I standing over my 2 year old bird!
I don't know why 1 bird would answer my owl call but the other 2 didn't.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Mar 8, 2006 12:37:15 GMT -5
Hooty whoooooo!
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Post by Indyhunter on Mar 8, 2006 12:38:10 GMT -5
I don't use them unless they aren't gobbling much on their own. Hunting public propery they tend to respond much less, at least that is my experience. And most of the birds that I do get a response from are the birds that are further away. I've walked 2 hills to get to a bird that gobbled several times at a Peacock call(my favorite) or the Owl (2nd favorite), only to find out I walked right past other birds that were within a hundred yards of me. Maybe there isn't anything to it, but i've noticed the closest birds tend to respond less to the locater. Plus I don't want the birds broadcasting so that everyone else comes running over.
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Post by swindianapaul on Mar 8, 2006 13:57:11 GMT -5
I use them at my place on occassion. Have tried crow and owl calls, but for past 7 years have used a dog whistle only.
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Post by bsutravis on Mar 8, 2006 16:45:35 GMT -5
Owl hooter for the first hour of legal shooting....then crow. I also like to throw a goose call at them in mid-afternoon, sometimes they'll fire off at that honk!
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Post by gobblerstopper on Mar 8, 2006 20:10:34 GMT -5
I seldom use a locator call. I do carry an owl and crow with me most of the time. I also use a goose call before season sometimes
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 8, 2006 20:15:31 GMT -5
I seldom use a locator call. I do carry an owl and crow with me most of the time. I also use a goose call before season sometimes Me neither. I just want him to gobble enough to get a fix on him and then he can shut up. The more gobbling he does the more hunters will be after him.. |
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Post by hoosier on Mar 8, 2006 22:41:22 GMT -5
I use a crow call at times but NEVER a gobble-call! A guy would have to be certifiable to use a gobble call around here.
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Post by kevin1 on Mar 9, 2006 6:35:03 GMT -5
I've mainly used a crow call , my owl hooting leaves much to be desired .  ;D |
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Post by turkeyscout on Mar 9, 2006 10:51:26 GMT -5
hey kevin1, the eight notes of the barred owl will do the trick, who cooks for you, who cooks for you allllll !early in the morning best. i could use some tips on the crow calling , no luck at all ! turkey scout p.s. that owl call will work at raporter1 nature window.
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Post by Decatur on Mar 10, 2006 7:24:09 GMT -5
Owl hooter for the first hour of legal shooting....then crow. I also like to throw a goose call at them in mid-afternoon, sometimes they'll fire off at that honk! Same here, predator calls also can get them gobbling. Actually about any sound will make them sound off. Once I was making kindling at our cabin in Michigan early one morning, and every time the axe would hit the porch "gobble, gobble, gobble" it was hilarious! I had 5 toms going nuts for about a half an hour. We've also made them gobble by yelling, honking car horns and whistling real loud. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 10, 2006 7:37:43 GMT -5
Owl hooter for the first hour of legal shooting....then crow. I also like to throw a goose call at them in mid-afternoon, sometimes they'll fire off at that honk! Same here, predator calls also can get them gobbling. Actually about any sound will make them sound off. Once I was making kindling at our cabin in Michigan early one morning, and every time the axe would hit the porch "gobble, gobble, gobble" it was hilarious! I had 5 toms going nuts for about a half an hour. We've also made them gobble by yelling, honking car horns and whistling real loud. Reminds me of when I was turkey hunting in Missouri. I was on a ridge with a gobbler that gobbled his head off at dogs barking, gunshots from another ridge, car door slamming, a car horn out on the highway, thunder from an approaching storm, blue jays squawling, crows, etc etc. He would gobble at EVERYTHING EXCEPT MY CALLS. Talk about putting me in my place. No, I never got him.. I never even seen him.....I'd say that 'ol boy had ben messed with a lot.. |
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Post by camoham on Mar 10, 2006 7:57:33 GMT -5
have all kinds of locator calls............
at least 2 different ones made by H.S.
dont really use them much.............
for what its worth didnt even have any responses to any calling until last year. they were in the area............just didnt seem to care too much for anything.
camoham
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Post by bsutravis on Mar 10, 2006 9:18:32 GMT -5
Sometimes it's best to just set up in a field and shut up with the calls all together. That's where you'll find me on a rainy day....decoys out in the open, just a few purrs here or there.
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Post by turk2di on Mar 14, 2006 8:12:31 GMT -5
Owl hooter for roost time, hawk whistle after that!
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