Top Turkey Calls: Mouth, Pot, or Box? Share Your Favorites and Brands!

Perfection box call and wood haven mouth calls

I’m fairly new turkey hunter, but had some luck with mouth calling and it’s a good way to pass time driving to camp.

I like the reeds since they’re hands free and no movement really. But I really like the sound of Phelps crystal over slate pot call.

I found a custom call maker I really like. I took a bird with a copper slate call last year with his call. The bird in the pic

@Cory Can you share where you got the call from, I prefer friction calls. Nice spurs🦃

The maker is lights out Turkey call. Super nice guy from Arkansas. I liked the calls so much I bought three more with different surfaces

Here are the new three

And there tops

Mouth calls, maybe a pot, but I also really enjoy using the wingbone calls I make out the turkeys I kill. The wingbone has a different tone that sometimes is just what seals the deal.

@Craig I am attempting to make one of those. So soon I will add that to my vest

Slate and or glass if they are out of sight. I’ll run a mouth call once I could be busted running a pot and peg.

I prefer mouth calls but recently started using a custom glass call from wood haven. It really seems to fire them up. But still switch back to mouth calls as they close the distance. Because of movement.

@Cory Thank you, I’ll see if I can locate him.

@Ricky he has a website and has different woods you can pick from. The pics I took DO NOT do these calls justice and again really super cool guy.

@Cory I just looked at his site, some beautiful calls on there. I emailed him about aluminum and copper calls. I’m gonna get me a couple of them, just not sure which ones I want yet.

I have had two of his copper a glass and a slate. I love them all super good sounding. Good for you sir I don’t think you will be disappointed in them

@Cory Thank you again, good luck this spring. 🦃🦃

@Ricky same to you sir. Keep me posted on what call you get from him and how you do this spring

Primos true double

I carry all types of calls. Multiple diaphragm calls, slate and glass friction calls and a boxs call. Sometimes turkeys like a certain pitch. I’ve changed calls when the gobblers aren’t gobbling good and have had them get fired up. It’s not the call you like or sound you like, it’s what the gobblers want to hear.

@Tom that is so true and I get hung up on the bow wow that sounds good and then don’t see crap lol.

@Cory Thanks you for sharing the info about the calls. Been emailing back and forth, was really hard to decide. Ended up going with copper and salted maple, aluminum with zebra wood and slate with ambrosia maple. Thanks again.

@Ricky when you get them send pics I want to see them

@Cory Will do, thanks again.

I use numerous different calls. I have slate and glass pot calls, usually 4 different mouth calls and a box call. I have found that gobblers like a certain pitch. I’ve called and got no response, switched calls and had a gobbler sound off. You can be afraid to change it up. Do what sounds good to them, not you or your hunting partner.