| Turkey hunters need to know the types of | | | | amounts and might be ideally used in full blinds. |
| turkey hunting calls, which are mouth calls and | | | | Turkey box calls also produce more volume |
| friction calls. Wild turkeys are really cagey and | | | | compared to the other types. Turkey hunting calls |
| evasive. So, turkey calling is necessary to lure and | | | | must become louder if hunters need to catch the |
| capture them. Friction calls are the most familiar | | | | attentions of gobblers that are very distant. |
| turkey hunting calls since they provide ease of | | | | Friction-type push button box calls are fine too. |
| usage and turkey-like sounds. They usually | | | | They are very simple, and only require a single |
| feature round surfaces. And they require pegs to | | | | finger movement to operate. Some may even be |
| be drawn across these surfaces, which are | | | | mounted on guns. |
| typically slate, ceramic, and aluminum. Mouth calls, | | | | However, a box call will soon sound like a |
| alternatively, are turkey hunting calls that are used | | | | squeaking gate if the sides and the lid of the box |
| by breathing through them. Factually, some four | | | | lacked friction. The box can also get damaged if |
| millenniums ago, the Native Americans used | | | | moisture gets into it. So, it is important to clean |
| mouth calls that are made out of turkeys' wing | | | | and store the box properly in order to maintain its |
| bones. But an example of today's mouth calls is | | | | effectiveness. Then, another type of friction |
| the diaphragm call. It is usually used whenever a | | | | turkey hunting calls is the slate call. It is also |
| turkey is in close proximity and making use of a | | | | known as the peg call because it is used by |
| friction call is not possible. It is also preferred by | | | | scraping the peg's end. It also produces a variety |
| most hunters in camouflage because it does not | | | | of sounds due to the combinations of its slate |
| involve any suspicious movement that turkeys | | | | surfaces and strikers. In addition, this slate call is |
| may spot. | | | | really well-known, and may be mounted to a leg. |
| Essentially, friction-type turkey box calls are ideal | | | | So, a hand may discretely operate the striker to |
| for beginners. These are boxes with pivoting lids | | | | rub the slate and produce a call. Nevertheless, it |
| that slide to make sounds. The movements of | | | | needs touch-ups every time because it is very |
| the turkey calls normally require moderate | | | | vulnerable to oils and moistures. |