Calling Tips

Bowsite.com recently sat down with legends David Hale and Harold Knight to talk about bowhunting gobblers and everything turkey. 

Those not familiar with turkey hunting can find the terminology a bit confusing. That’s why Knight & Hale’s own Chris Parrish pulled together the ultimate glossary for all things turkey hunting. Read below – we think there’s something for everyone, novice and veteran hunters alike. 

No day is the same in the turkey woods. Just because your calling tactics worked for you one day doesn’t mean that they’ll work the next. While you can’t account for every single influence that may affect a gobbler’s behavior, you can adjust your calling to get the best results for the weather and breeding conditions.   

Thanks to its ease of use and realistic sounds, the pot call, also known as the friction call, is a favorite choice for both beginner and novice turkey hunters. Its ability to recreate a hen’s yelps, cuts, clucks and purrs makes it a must-have piece of equipment for the turkey woods.

Introducing the most versatile and diverse turkey call: The Switchblade™ to date. Turkey hunters often struggle to produce life-like inflection with a box call, which often leads them to use a box call only for locating turkeys and then switching calls to seal the deal.

Seasons give us some guidelines on when to make which predator calls, but with guidelines - just like rules in school – there's always a time to break them. But you've got to first learn the rules to know the right time to try something else. Here are just a few guidelines on when to make which type of predator calling sound when coyote hunting.

Knight and Hale® Game Calls, a legendary call brand known for its dedication to creating calls that produce the most life-like wildlife sounds, introduces theEchotech™ pot call striker.

Knight & Hale® Game Calls, the legendary call maker known for creating calls that produce the most life-like wildlife sounds, unleashes it’s most radical deer call: theArrowhead™.

Knight & Hale® Game Calls, the legendary call maker known for creating calls that produce the most life-like wildlife sounds, delivers The Natural™ grunt call for die-hard whitetail hunters.