The slate turkey calls can usually picked up quickly by most beginners. To make sounds on a slate call you pull a striker across a circular surface made out of slate, glass, aluminum, or a combination of these materials. The strikers are made out of different types of wood, plastic, and carbon. Each surface and striker for a slate call makes a little different sound. Sometimes all it takes is a little different sound to make a turkey gobble.
It is a good idea to have a couple slate turkey calls and a few different strikers. The slate produces the best sounds of any of the calls. It can produce every call well. The only call that is somewhat difficult to do on a slate is cutting. A yelp is made by making small circles with the striker. A cluck is made by making a quick and sharp pull on the slate. A purr is made by dragging the striker slowly across the slate. Cutting is produced by doing fast and excited clucking. These kind of calls tend to be pretty cheap as well. There are so many types and for about ten to fifteen bucks you will be set for the season.
Primos, HS, and Knight and Hale are making excellent slate turkey calls these days out of glass, frictionite, carbon, wood, and much more.
For more information and products, check out Cabelas turkey hunting supplies to get them gobblers next season.
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