I bought a cheap one years ago and never made a sound from it other than me choking on it. I want to start practicing now for next year. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Blessings.
Chad
Hooks Custom Calls "Executioner" or I also like Gooserbats "Bacon", You can't go wrong with either of those.
Tell me what you want a call to do, and I'll tell you what I build that will accommodate your calling style.
There are a lot of good calls out there.
I called five toms to the gun (and several hens) using a Hooks Executioner this season.
Man they LOVED that thing.
Quote from: Gooserbat on June 10, 2014, 01:53:43 PM
Tell me what you want a call to do, and I'll tell you what I build that will accommodate your calling style.
I really don't know what I want other than another tool to call in a bird. That does not help I know. Watching videos I see guys making some really good sounds on birds that are close.
Actually I want something easy for beginner to use.
Quote from: chadly on June 10, 2014, 04:19:48 PM
Actually I want something easy for beginner to use.
Try my Classic Hen.
I really like Houndstooth game calls. The tomb bomb is my favorite though.
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http://www.osceolagamecalls.com/index.html
Sweet Osceola: This is a great sounding 2 reed call. Easy to use and sounds great.
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Two very thin reeds that make volume control easy.
Excellent for soft yelping and purring, this call will "seal the deal." It's our personal favorite
Cane Creek dead end is an excellent call. Its a double reed call that takes very little air to play. Its my favorite and is definitely worth a try for a beginner.
Sounds like a two reed with no cuts would be good.
Gooserbat Classic Hen or Bacon
Quote from: jblackburn on June 10, 2014, 07:53:50 PM
Gooserbat Classic Hen or Bacon
Get them both, great handmade calls and easy to use..
I know of two easy to use custom calls
Gooserbat "Classic Hen"
Houndstooth "Tom Bomb"
You can't go wrong with either. I would get both since they offer very different sounds. I can also say that both guys have taken time to answer my questions.
Calls that are really easy to play, and have great tone for are hooks, houndstooth, David halloran
Ghost cut made by Sadler McGraw. Great call and great to deal with.
Anything from Hooks and Foot On Da Head.
In no particluar order
Hooks
Mother Lode
Woodhaven
The posters above are mostly recommending brands.
I'd recommend thinking about the cuts easiest to use by someone starting out. A ghost cut is relatively easy, IMO. Get a ghost from Sadler, Houndstooth, Tom Teasers (Cracked Corn), Joe Slayton, Hooks, whoever.
Alternately, try a split V like a Redneck Hen (Tom Teasers) or what Sadler, Hooks, Houndstooth, Joe Slaton, etc. offer.
Alternately, try am inverted V like a Tom Teasers Bad Girl or Legacy Tom Boy or Fatal Attraction or whatever Houndstooth, Hooks, Sadler, Slaton, etc. offer.
Then, you need to figure out which videos to watch to see how to position the call in your mouth, how to use your tongue and jaw, and sometimes your lips, and how to use your diaphragm. I can name two off the top of my head, one from Tom Teasers that is intro level, and Mouthcall Magic by Scott Ellis. MM from Ellis is a little more advanced, but you'd still learn some things by watching it because Scott makes points that others do not. One of the most valuable things Scott does is focus on how to make a yelp with rollover and how to explore/test the call to find the parts you want to hit to make it. I have not seen one single video that is totally comprehensive, they all have some flaws in articulation and skip over things by assumption, etc. So one can pull together a lot of things from different videos and perhaps find his style in one that he did not in the others.
This is a good example of Scott Ellis' instruction on making a yelp rather than a bark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKR3eYnBd4
hooks
Hooks,call Scott
Call Lyle at houndstooth calls. He's a great guy to hunt or deal with, my favorite call is his dixie combo. My buddy likes his tom bomb.
The X-Terminator from Mother Lode turkey Calls by Joe Slayton. I bought one off of him at the NWTF convention a couple years ago and it's a great call. It's Easy to play and has a great sound to it.