Are you serious Bro???? Except for the two bearded suspects I shot this year because they came running at me while doing locator calls, EVERY bird I have decapitated, a couple dozen mountain gobblers, have died rollin into a two decoy set. I have probably called in another dozen for my family and buddies to blast. And that doesn't count the couple hundred that spooked, got missed by my hunters or ran off at the last second. May I humbly suggest you put out some deeks and work on your calling. I would bet any serious turk pursuer could write a book on encounters where gobblers would have walked by at a 60-80-100yds but ended up glancing over, seeing a decoy they liked and came rolling right in. I know I could. I don't know that I would go turk hunting without at least one decoy.
Last year, with my non-hunter friend laying beside me, I called two gobblers 4-500yds across a game land field. They were just poking around and gobbling every few minutes until the lead bird, at like 200yds, looked up and saw the jake decoy my buddy was holding up in the air. They broke into a sprint and ran up to about 4ft away. The lead bird caught a very bad break.
As far as calls, I carry a couple slates, 6-7 reeds in a little neck holder, a nice box call quieted by one of my daughter's hair bands and a Primos gobble call. My turk territory is the PA mntns. Gobblers, especially 3yrs and older, can be finicky pains in the asses. In more than one instance, I have gone thru a couple different calls to get a bird to commit. Variety helps. I have killed two of my biggest birds in the last 5 yrs with the Primos gobbler after every other call wouldn't bring them in. If you nailed me down to one, the Primos black double stack mouth call is my bread and butter. Always produces a great, raspy sound. No bullshit, with my buddy Dave in the truck and the double stack singing, I called two hens off a mntn, across a game lands field and right up to the side of my pick up. Videoed them in the truck mirror. Luv crazy turks.
