Spring gobbler season in West Virginia runs for four-weeks and the odds are pretty good that some of those days are going to be beset with spring rainfall. Many hunters only get a handful of those days off to hunt. Much like fishing, it’s unwise to allow the weather to get in the way of your hunting time.
However, unlike most pursuits the rainfall can adversely impact turkey hunting if you’re not prepared. A chalk call can be rendered to nothing more than a prop in a driving rainstorm.
Kyle Clevenger of Lewis County, West Virginia recently stopped by for a visit on West Virginia Outdoors and says the company he represents, Woods Wise products, has taken aim at that particular problem.
"Anyone knows if they’ve got caught out there in the rainstorm turkey hunting, everything is soaking wet and you can’t use anything,” said Clevenger. "But Woods Wise has come up with a call that works wet or dry."
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Kyle Clevenger demonstrates a wet turkey call on a recent edition of West Virginia Outdoors |
Clevenger demonstrated the tool during the broadcast first with a dry run, then actually dunked the big box call in a trashcan filled with water, and ran it again. There was no discernable difference in the call wet or dry.
The key is the call uses no chalk, but rather a patented surface which is apparently a closely guarded trade secret.
"They won’t even tell me what it’s made of," said Clevenger. "A guy on their staff and even I don’t know what it is. I do know that it works though."
The company has apparently widened the technology to its friction calls as well. Clevenger produced a two-sided call with a crystal surface on one side and slate on the other. He went through the same demonstration, running it dry, dunking it in the bucket, and running it wet. Just like the box call, there was no discernable difference.
"The striker has the same coating on the tip," said Clevenger.
For more on Woods Wise, you can go to their website.