Yeah, tell that to my old Lynch Fool Proof I bought in the 70's. You young'uns. I don't mean any disrespect, but maybe....... There is too much to say to get into this pot.
The call itself
The lightness of the stroke; the heaviness of the stroke
The cadence, the cadence, the cadence
The When, the how, the notes
Knowing where they want to be
Sitting still
Knowing all the above, some days, those jokers still won't show up, but gobble at you like you are greater than
white, sliced bread. When they are doing this, shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe a light soft purr or a very gentle cluck, maybe, maybe, maybe ---- 9/10, shut up.
That 1/10, if he has hens, call to the hens, make the main hen come to you, he'll be following behind them.
Box calls are literally the worst! Now I will admit, it seems every Tom, Dick and Harry is starting to make a box call, yep, they will make a turkey sound, it isn't the right sound for a lot of calls. It takes a talent and an ear to make it a turkey call! Then, add in my stuff from above, you have a turkey killer.
Now, let's take a great custom call maker. He/She makes that call, it sounds great to him/her, then you/we get our hands on it, it doesn't sound the same to us. The old folks making these calls have that "deft" touch, they know how to make that call sound like sweetness. The difference in a pro getting his hands on a quality musical instrument and a high school first chair person is a great example. We get our hands on it, we have to tinker with the chalk, we have to tinker with the screw, we have to tinker with sanding it, we have to put paper towel in it to make it have a deeper richer tone, we have to add different rubber bands, then........ We either put it in the box pile of never to be used again calls; sell it, throw it away, then talk nasty about it.
