If I try to purr on a diaphragm I can make a sound, but it won’t be a turkey call. On the other hand, with my slate call I can purr, yelp, cutt, cluck, tree cackle, and even kee-kee run without much ...

We still call them slate calls, though the surface of many of these turkey calls nowadays are glass, aluminum or some other material. This spring, thousands of gobblers in Nebraska will give testament ...

NEW COLUMBIA – To say that there are a plethora of turkey calls out there these days would actually be an understatement. While most of them are functional, they’re not all the same – and it means ...

I know a few successful turkey hunters who never use a mouth call. They bring their gobblers in with slate calls and have no problem killing them close. But, all of the truly expert turkey hunters I ...

Seated at the base of a red oak overlooking a wooded hollow below, I held a piece of art in my hands. It was the first day of the 2007 fall turkey season and I left my trusted slate call – the one ...

The 2nd annual Slate Belt Pride event is hosted in Bangor from 12 pm to 6 pm. The event is run by the Slate Belt LGBTQ+ Community Organization, which was founded in 2022. Laurie Dzurko, 62, of ...