Lil' heartbreaker for me. What's yours?

The ol wet sponge on a string attached to a red solo cup! Like what we made in grade school!

Lynch Jet Slate

My own voice, I've spent a lot of time learning to mimic animal sounds
If I use a call it's one of my homemade box or slate call
They ain't got no names

Knight and Hale Sla-tek. Lost track of the number of birds killed over that call.

Moosetrot

Cane creek slate and aluminum call.

A vintage Lynch's World Champion Turkey Call with one of the wing bone calls I made (from turkey I killed) running a close second.

A Buster Halford "Old Hen" slate with a JLH granadilla striker

A Kelly Cooper box call that I've had for probably 25-30 years. Love that thing.

Slate.

MADD Aluminator slate call.

Primos ‘Original Cutter’ diaphragm

An old Quaker Boy box and Primos mouth call works for me.

Made in Montana box call. I have had it about 35 years and the guy isn't making them any more.

Mouth Call HS Strut Ol’ Raspy Hen
Pot Call The Hunting Public Crystal Call by Woodhaven

I've got an old Greenhead box call that Dad gave me the day I was born that I like. I mostly use diaphragm calls, and have good luck making acceptable sounds with Woodhaven calls.

Wingbone

My favorite is my Dad’s Lynch fool proof. I killed my first turkey with it back in the late 70’s. It has been repaired a couple of times but still seals the deal. I use several different slates and mouth calls but nothing brings a bigger smile to my face than that old box call.

You guys already nailed my two favorites.

Knight and Hale Sla-Tek , I’ve had forever and it flat out sounds great.

And a lynch fool proof is hard to beat. Simple to use, killed a lot of toms with it in my lap

Perfection Turkey Calls (Jim Clay) Screamin Demon glass pot call. Sounds great but not very loud (get a lot of wind around here). Primos Power Crystal pot call. Sounds good but can make it loud and is more usable in high humidity conditions.

Box call made for me by Swift4me (Pete) from this site. That call sings!
A second is a slate call made by Ron Clough of Clough's Calls.

Zim

"Ferocious" Box call by Kip Feroce, and my go to slate is from "Luck Custom Calls"

Ferocious "Old Nailer".
Glad to hear Kip mentioned RIP.

Is Kip the guy that always set up at NTA tailgating most times? Made custom beautiful box calls.......believe he was from PA

Yes that was him. Oh man, I will miss visiting with him at the NTA. I just googled his name and never heard about his passing. Kind of a shock to me, not much older than myself and was always a highlight talking to him at conventions.

Yes those Swift ones looked sweet. I'd buy one.

I'm a trumpet guy. My current favorite is made by Ralph Permar in PA. His Delrin .45 model

101 lynch box and a mouth call

Here sevell, sevell, sevell…. Kaaa

Primos True Double 2

A lynch 101 "fool Proof", purchased in 1974, still my favorite. (In all honesty it is not fool proof, merely fool resistant.)

Rod Benson cherry/poplar box. All I've ever used.

Cody slate...

Pittman Black Diamond
Lynch one side box
Wood haven Ninja venom.

LOL

A picture of my wing bone turkey call made right here in Maine

Was he a Michigan guy?

I still have a Kelly Cooper box I remember getting as a kid probably 35 yrs ago. I use it on occasion.


Lately its been a Zink Power Hen Slate and a Quaker Boy push box.

I believe Kelly Cooper was from Pa.

your'e right.

If I remember right, I got my call from him at an outdoor show or something here in MI. He signed it for me.

I used to like the Perfection diaprahm call both for turkey and elk but have a hard time with those calls now tthat I have full dentures. I use a little wood scratch box now and that's a nice little call

Woodhaven red wasp or copperhead followed by a scratch box and I will carry a dorahl box . Scratching leaves has killed many gobblers for me

Back when I was hunting them I used a perfection mouth call

I think that was probably the same show mine came from. I believe it was the "Deer and Turkey Spectacular" or something like that.
I couldn't make it to the show so I gave a buddy of mine some money to pick me up a good box call. Really good sounding call.

I still use mine. Although the sound has changed, mine seems like its gotten a higher pitch over the years. Or my hearing is just fading that fast. LOL

I found photos of Zim's call from Pete...




My favorite is also a box call made for me by Pete.
This one is mine!


I used that one to bring in my 19th turkey in 2016, and every one since then. I don't go down in the woods for turkey without it!