Using Multiple Calls at One Time

EDITOR'S NOTE: Eddie Salter of Evergreen, Alabama, makes his living as a professional hunter, caller and seminar speaker. He's a longtime, personal friend and has helped me learn how to hunt turkeys more effectively. Salter works with Hunter's Specialties.

Question: Do you use multiple calls at one time?
Answer: Sure, I like to take a box call and a mouth call and run that box call on two different sides, especially that H.S. Strut box call. This call has a high side and more of a raspy lower side. I'll use a mouth call too and mix it in there to try to sound like three hens at once. I know on some occasions I've done that and maybe also picked up a Red Wolf Gobbling Tube. I'll do some fast cutting -- a running-and-cackle type call and shake that gobbling tube. Boy, that will really turn a gobbler on, and he'll turn loose then. That tom will be convinced that a whole row of turkeys has come close to him. Too, sometimes when a tom pins you down and you can't move because he's behind one bush about 60 yards or so and if you move he'll see you, reach into your calls. Try something different. You'll be successful more times than not.

Question: Give me your sequence of calls.
Answer: Normally I start off with a little H.S. Strut box call and run the high side of it before then using the low side. I'll run both sides and then charm that gobbler with a mouth call. Maybe after I've done that a couple of times, I'll pick up a call like the Black Magic, which is an aluminum call, throw a couple more different type calls in, and use a mouth call again to sound like about six different hens all at once. Then if you throw the gobble in at the tail end, you might be surprised what will happen.

Tomorrow: How To Get A Hung-Up Gobbler Unhung