Locator Call

[Ferrulewax]

Looking forward to turkey season and planning to pick up a new locator call. What are y’alls favorite locators?

I’ve currently got a cheap owl call that I got in a beginner kit but was looking to see if anyone has suggestions for what to upgrade to. I’m in the southeast.

 

[dtrkyman]

Harrison owl screamer, also does pileated wood pecker and a peacock, can even get a wood duck out of it.

It cuts through the air really well.

 

[Honyock]

Crow call, not for sure the brand but it was not expensive.

 

[JBrew]

X2 on the Harrison owl. Add his crow also.

 

[Chaser96]

If you can. Learn to owl hoot with your voice. If not, I’m a big fan of my woodhaven owl call. I’ve had great luck making birds gobble that wouldn’t answer my dad and brother voice hooting


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[eddiewiggles]

Limited experience here, but I’ll share it regardless. Last year I planned on using my dad’s hoot tube that had always worked when we hunted together and sounds great. Ended up not having it, and bought a super cheap owl hooter from Walmart. The sound could easily be mistaken for one of those wooden train horns things that I played with as a kid. But it sure worked for me. Heavily pressured public land birds may be more picky but I can’t justify buying another one if mine works. If there was a way to upload a video and I knew how, I would lol


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[fishdart]

I've never tried an owl hoot call, but I was feeling my oats hunting with my son one beautiful morning, and figured the Hunting Public guys made it look so easy with just their mouths that I let loose a wail. To this day I still couldn't say what the heck kind of noise burst forth from my mouth but sure it was no owl.

I can, however, operate a goose call, and have had some success getting a gobble with one of those.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Usually just caw or hoot using the God given vocal chords

 

[Ferrulewax]

Limited experience here, but I’ll share it regardless. Last year I planned on using my dad’s hoot tube that had always worked when we hunted together and sounds great. Ended up not having it, and bought a super cheap owl hooter from Walmart. The sound could easily be mistaken for one of those wooden train horns things that I played with as a kid. But it sure worked for me. Heavily pressured public land birds may be more picky but I can’t justify buying another one if mine works. If there was a way to upload a video and I knew how, I would lol


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Pretty sure I have that same call. Definitely doesn’t sound like an owl, but half the owls I hear don’t sound like owls either. I know guys that slam their truck doors on purpose to get a shock gobble, so maybe I’m overthinking it.

 

[dylaneh]

Looking forward to turkey season and planning to pick up a new locator call. What are y’alls favorite locators?

I’ve currently got a cheap owl call that I got in a beginner kit but was looking to see if anyone has suggestions for what to upgrade to. I’m in the southeast.

It sounds crazy but i use a goose call. I use one from power calls cost $60. It is the loudest locator call i have had and i have tried a bunch you can Do crow and owl with it and If you ever take up goose hunting you’ll already have a call lol

 

[Trapline]

I bought an owl call and a crow call. I am thinking Owl early morning/evening and crow mid day. Time to start driving the roads, can't wait, burning PTO on yard birds.

 

[WI-Carcosa]

I highly recommend the Hook’s custom calls hootin stick! I have a peacock call, cheap crow call and usually owl hooted with my mouth for years, but this call took it to a new level. Much farther range and realistic sounding. Shane Simpson on YouTube has some good tutorials running an owl call. It has changed the game for me and resulted in a few more dead turkeys I could get to gobble on the roost way further than my voice could reach.