


Sounds are made with quick, forceful sucking motions, much like kissing the end of the call. Wingbone calls originally were made from the wingbones of a turkey, and some still are. Tube calls consist of a small hollow barrel with latex fixed across half of the top with an elastic band. With it, a hunter can make virtually any sound in a turkey's vocabulary from yelps to purrs to gobbles. The tube call is a popular caller for many of the nation's top turkey hunters. A push-pull call functions by pushing and/or pulling a button on the end of the call, forcing a surface across a peg. Push-pull turkey calls are the simplest of all turkey calls to use, and create realistic turkey sounds. Box calls are convenient and are capable of producing more volume than any other call in the world. Box calls īox calls create turkey sounds with the friction created by sliding the lid across the surface of the box. Pot call surfaces can be slate, aluminum, glass or a variety of other materials. Friction calls feature a round (usually) surface, and the user creates sound by drawing a peg, or "striker", across the surface. Pot calls may be the most common turkey calls because they are easy to use and create lifelike turkey sounds. The hunter will learn turkey call techniques to attract a turkey to their location. To reproduce these different vocalizations there are various types of turkey calls available today and a good hunter learns to use several because it is unpredictable which type of sound a wild turkey will respond to on any given time. Vocalizations of wild turkeys include "gubles", "clucks", "putts", "purrs", "yelps", "cutts", "cackles", "kee-kees" and the coveted French call "glouglou". The term turkey call can refer to either the different vocalizations of the turkey or devices designed and used to imitate these sounds. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( May 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research.
