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In Pursuit

Ep. 76: Small Batch Turkey Calls

In Pursuit

MeatEater

Wilderness, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

If Phelps "Small Batch" turkey calls are made in Washington, why are they referred to as "small batch" when the guys behind them live in Missouri? Dirk made the trip out to Missouri from Idaho to capture video content around Steve Morgenstern's new pot calls and James Harrison's triple locator. They discuss manufacturing, features, and best practices for calling turkeys. As a bonus, Dirk compares and contrasts calling elk to turkeys!

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0:00.0

Hey guys it's Steve on my phone in Hawaii where it happens to be Turkey season and it is right now Turkey

0:07.1

Week here at Meate Eater which means tons of great turkey hunting content a lot of great offers on turkey gear at the meat eater.com and even a calling

0:17.9

contest where I am getting my ass thoroughly kicked go find it all at the Distance Podcast. Today I've got Steve

0:41.6

Morgan Stern. I got James Harrison and these are the masterminds behind our small batch calls

0:48.2

So I thought you know I came out here to film some content around the small batch calls and I was thinking, well,

0:57.0

while I'm here, I might as well get these guys together and let them chew the fat a little bit,

1:01.1

so to speak, about building calls, common turkeys and anything these guys want to talk about.

1:07.3

So welcome to the show guys.

1:10.1

What's the first thing on your mind?

1:11.5

James, I feel like you got a lot to say usually.

1:14.2

It's almost turkey season.

1:17.2

So that's what's on my mind.

1:18.1

Right now is, you know, we just got done wrapping up the NWTF convention and stuff like that so we are full full on turkey mode right now

1:26.9

Everything turkey right on this turkey time it is it is it is

1:31.7

Winter's been long and we were ready for spring to get here and here's some birds govlin and get out of state and

1:37.6

Missouri and kill some turkeys.

1:40.6

So these guys would never probably path their selves on the back or well I know James would

1:46.3

Steve I can't reach my back my shoulder you're too sore for pat in it. No no or't, you know, tooth their own horn, but these guys are some very

1:56.0

accomplished callers. So they do a competition calling for for turkeys, whether it's friction, whether it's mouth diaphragm, whether it's owl hooting.

2:06.0

Until a year ago, I didn't know anything about owl hooting, and let alone I didn't even know there was a contest so it was kind of like wait what they they

2:16.1

hoot in a contest like how hard could it be well turns out it's a little harder you think I can

2:22.4

now hoot with my voice, but enter James Harrison's Harrison

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