(Brian Lynn photo)
By Lynn Burkhead
For Texas turkey guide J.J. Kent, there are few things better than calling in a spring gobbler, especially when he has a favored turkey call in his hand, either a custom built wooden slate call with a peg striker or one of his preferred mouth diaphragm calls.
On some days in the often windy springtime woods of the Lone Star State, the truth is that either style of call – or a sweet-sounding box call – can be used to get a boss gobbler to betray his whereabouts.
After that, with a little more calling magic and some good old fashioned woodsmanship, the final result can often be a longbeard with sharp spurs that gets an invite to the guide's dinner table...