starter calls ?

[Instinct]

Just out of curiosity, y does people use crow calls for turkeys

[dawei]

As a locator call only.

[yelp]

Just out of curiosity, y does people use crow calls for turkeys

When male turkeys (gobblers)  hear a loud sound  (crow, horn, goose, coyote, etc..) they will gobble.  So we as turkey hunters use these calls to locate the gobblers in the spring.  I like a woodpecker, coyote and crow call to locate birds.. They don't always work.  It is just another call to add to the vest.  It lets you get a little closer before using your yelper and closing the deal!

[PA BEN]

For a starter call? It has to be the box call all the way. If it rains put it in a bread bag, works real will. Do get a diaphragm and learn how to use it. You can add more calls any time, but start w/a box call. Diaphragms were EZ for me because I used them for years elk hunting before I started turkey hunting.

[carpsniperg2]

Just out of curiosity, y does people use crow calls for turkeys

When male turkeys (gobblers)  hear a loud sound  (crow, horn, goose, coyote, etc..) they will gobble.  So we as turkey hunters use these calls to locate the gobblers in the spring.  I like a woodpecker, coyote and crow call to locate birds.. They don't always work.  It is just another call to add to the vest.  It lets you get a little closer before using your yelper and closing the deal!

I heard they gobble to high pitched squealing

I have had tom shock gobble to me shutting my truck door. Most loud noises will set them off. But with a animal sound they are not on edge as much. Like a yote howl or crow call. There is one secret call in my bad that I don't share with anyone. Its one of those calls no one else uses and it sets them off like nothing else. I had one guy hear it and ask me what it was. I told him I tripped over a log and made the noise

[PA BEN]

A cutting call will rip a gubble most of the time.

[carpsniperg2]

A cutting call will rip a gubble most of the time.

I don't want them to gubble, I want them to gobble

[PA BEN]

Another spell check cop

[yelp]

Just out of curiosity, y does people use crow calls for turkeys

When male turkeys (gobblers)  hear a loud sound  (crow, horn, goose, coyote, etc..) they will gobble.  So we as turkey hunters use these calls to locate the gobblers in the spring.  I like a woodpecker, coyote and crow call to locate birds.. They don't always work.  It is just another call to add to the vest.  It lets you get a little closer before using your yelper and closing the deal!

I heard they gobble to high pitched squealing

I have had tom shock gobble to me shutting my truck door. Most loud noises will set them off. But with a animal sound they are not on edge as much. Like a yote howl or crow call. There is one secret call in my bad that I don't share with anyone. Its one of those calls no one else uses and it sets them off like nothing else. I had one guy hear it and ask me what it was. I told him I tripped over a log and made the noise

The can of chili call..works every time 

[sneakyjake]

It's fun to learn on your own, but I think the best call is one coming from someone else.  Starting out it is always quite helpful to have a buddy do the calling for you so you can concentrate on listening to him and the birds responses.  I still like to hunt with other people who can call while turkey and elk hunting.  I enjoy listening to others calling styles and their use of different calls.  I taught everyone I hunt with how to call and 10 years later I find myself changing some of my techniques to mirror their success.

[yelp]

It's fun to learn on your own, but I think the best call is one coming from someone else.  Starting out it is always quite helpful to have a buddy do the calling for you so you can concentrate on listening to him and the birds responses.  I still like to hunt with other people who can call while turkey and elk hunting.  I enjoy listening to others calling styles and their use of different calls.  I taught everyone I hunt with how to call and 10 years later I find myself changing some of my techniques to mirror their success.

What is funny is I have friends that kill birds every year.  And I listen to them call around camp and just shake my head..I ask "what the hell was that?"  My one friend used to smoke and didn't have the lung compacity to call out a series of yelps with purrs in a normal cadence (normal as I know it) with a mouth call.   Anyways he would do it as fast as he could and it sounded like a hen on speed.  There were purrs, crackles, spits, yalps, and putts in like 20 seconds.  We called his signature calling technique (developed due to the lack of oxygen entering his body) as the "Crazy Aunt Jenny" call.  He still kills turkeys using that calland he quit smoking (even better). 

[superdown]

WOW guy's thanks for all the information about the call's. I had never put much thought into the complexity of the calling and hunting of these bird's until now.   considering they would roost on top of my house when i lived in Idaho

[KimberRich]

I vote for the box call also for beginners.  The sound travels well and cuts through wind well and is easy to learn and not terribly hard to be ok at with some practice.  I think at least one slate with a couple strikers and maybe one push buttom type call would be a well rounded arsenal to start with along with a locator or two. 

Not having Elk calling experience, I choked on my diaphram calls for a couple days before I could even get them to make a sound! 

But I keep a couple in the console of my truck and I practice most mornings on the way to work.  No one can complain about the noise and it gets some good looks from others drivers when you've got it half hanging out of your mouth. 

Good Luck! Go get em!