For many, many years I have been touting the importance of being proficient with as many different types of turkey calls as possible.
The versatility of using several calls makes you much more effective as the gobbler’s preferences are not consistent and can change from one day to the next.
I hunt one particular property where I have documented that the gobblers do not respond well to the box call.
I have worked a half-dozen toms into sight with a 4-Play box call without getting a shot. Every time I switched to my slate call, I walked out with a gobbler over my shoulder.
I have had other hunts where the only call a bird would answer was a diaphragm call. The pitch of each call is unique and sometimes only a certain pitch will work.
