The 2024 sspring gobbler season starts May 4. Looking to learn a little something about turkey calls and who has them? Here’s some good information to know.
“There are just so many different kinds of calls we carry, it’s hard to keep track of them all,” Michelle Wager says. Michelle Wagner is married to Russell Wagner, one of the owners of Top Calls in Renovo.
Tops Calls is a manufacturer of many different types of animal calls used for hunting.
“We have everything you can possibly think of,” said Ken Hammel, owner of Mountain Hollow Game Calls in Potsdam, N.Y.
When asked about the different turkey calls each company manufactures, the lists went on and on.
Both Mountain Hollow Game Calls and Top Calls manufacture and provide different turkey calls to Cooper’s Sporting Goods in Mansfield, making these top-of-the-line products available locally to hunters of all experience levels.
From mouth calls to box calls, these companies provide it all. Both Hammel and Michelle Wagner said that a box call is best for a beginner to turkey hunting. It’s easy to use, affordable and, depending on the wood and grain of wood, can produce an array of turkey sounds.
“No two calls are exactly the same,” Hammel said. “Out of 100 calls made from the same wood, there’s no telling what it will sound like until you try it out. They may be similar but not the same.”
Box calls are not only for beginners, but they are also good for hunters who enjoy going back to the basics or feeling a little old school. These turkey calls can be made to sound like clucks, cackles, yelps, fighting purrs and gobbles.
Looking for a way to make you giggle and gobble like a turkey? Just check out some of these names for mouth calls. Both Top Calls and Mountain Hollow Game Calls carry an array of mouth calls which can also be used by beginners. With names like The Heartbreaker, Wild Thing, Cackle Master and Kee-Kee from Top Calls, and Prima Donna, The Agitator, Deadly Diva, Drama Queen, Lil Princess and Whistli’n Kee-Kee from Mountain Hollow Game Calls, you’ll never have a dull moment using those unique calls to attract your prize turkey.
Both Top Calls and Mountain Hollow Game Calls sell and ship all over the United States.
“We ship anywhere that you can shoot a turkey,” Michelle Wagner said.
Top Calls recently shipped three mouth calls to Italy to some people who planned to visit the U.S.A. for hunting.
Mountain Hollow Games Calls has been in business and building calls for 42 years and is one of the oldest active game call companies in America. Tops Calls has been in business between more than 30 years.
“It’s been a very long time now and we love every minute of it,” Michelle Wagner said.
Mountain Hollow Game Calls also owns a youtube channel documenting their hunting journeys and posting informational videos. To view their channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/@mountainhollowgamecalls3537/videos.
For more information on Top Calls and to see what this company has to offer, visit http://topcalls.com/index.htm.
For more information on Mountain Hollow Game Calls, go to https://mountainhollowgamecalls.com.
