I am looking for opinions on what is a good, tunable Deer grunt call. I am using a Primos which has limited tuning abilities and I cannot get it to sound like I would like. More important, how the Deer would like. Your opinions are appreciated.
Danny J

I have used a bunch over the years and haven't found much difference in most of them. I have had some that were junk, but most of the good ones are just about equal. I currently have the Knight & Hale easy grunter and it works as well as any, but no better than most.

I like my tru talker

Josh

I'll second the tru talker. But I carry the Primos buck roar too, because I can get a lot more volume out of it than the tru talker.

Tru Talker is the best I have found. AT a wally world price of $9.95 it has a better sound than the expensive ones. It is not super loud but loud enough 90% of the time. It also makes good bleets. Just blow through it with no reed presure for a grunt and put some reed pressure in the center of the reed for a bleet. Good luck, steve

Another vote for the Tru Talker, it's not too expensive and you can easily get a lot of different sounds out just by putting pressure on the reed in different locations.

Thanks for the help guys. Certainly appreciated.
Danny J

I've used a Woods Wise 6 in 1 grunt tube for years.. Called many deer in with this call. I'm not sure they are still made...


JDS III

Thanks JDS,
I found the 6&1 in there website. They also have some training videos I found of interest so I ordered.
Danny J

I spent 5 years attending Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA. It was about 1.75 hours north of my parents house. Every time i;d get in the car to make the trip I would practice producing grunts and doe bleets with my mouth.

After practicing for a few trips to Erie I had it down, and the best thing is that no movement to put the call to your mouth or adjust to get a young or mature buck sound. Same goes for the doe bleet.

The only set-back and it is a major one, is that while in late season with any kind of scratchy throat or cough, I can't make the grunts or bleets sound good at all. also I tend to hack and cough and spook everything within a mile. Needless to say I don't try that anymore with any sign of a cold coming on.

I will second what cpnhgnlngct just said.  A mouth produced call is very effective and has brough quite a few deer in for me over the years.

HS Strut tru talker is the only one I use the only one i have ever had a response to

Rod Benson Tube

I have tried several brand name calls and never had much responce to any of them. I think the number of deer and the buck to doe ratio has to right to get the results we'd like to see. Around me its not!!

Knight & Hale E-Z Grunter

I'd be lost without my tru-talker.