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Title: Favorite mouth call
Post by: BigMick on January 24, 2013, 10:57:50 PM
I know this has probably been asked here at least a dozen times but......

What is your favorite diaphram call???

Mine is the Woodhaven Copperhead II
Title: Favorite mouth call
Post by: wbpc on January 24, 2013, 11:12:14 PM
Hook's Executioner
Title: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Onpoint on January 24, 2013, 11:52:43 PM
Woodhaven copperhead
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Gamblinman on January 25, 2013, 06:59:39 AM
Used Woodhavens for many years till Scott made me some larger framed Hooks diaphragms...now I'm HOOKED!!

The Hustler was my go to call last year.


Gman
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: WildSpur on January 25, 2013, 08:15:39 AM
I really like the Tops calls.  The one with the dark green tape has been great for me.  4 for 4 (birds to the gun in 2010) with that call.

Just looked it up...its the "real hen."
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Post by: ctwny1 on January 25, 2013, 08:35:29 AM
1UP Game Calls Chuck's Killer "V"4 and Turkey Beard's RIP triple reed.
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Post by: thundrchikin on January 25, 2013, 08:45:09 AM
Cane Creek Calls/ Dead End :happy0064:
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Post by: Jbird22 on January 25, 2013, 09:34:07 AM
Hooks Jr Executioner 2
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Post by: lonnie sneed jr. on January 25, 2013, 09:52:07 AM
To me there are alot of good mouth calls out there. I make my own most of the time and would like to make them to sell but I am so slow at doing it I could not make any money. Last year Kenny Crummett gave me 2 calls from Cramers custom calls and I loved them. I found on here where they are having a Jan. special for $3.50 each. The 2 I like alot are the Pink Ghost and the Sweet Talking Jezzebelle. I order 3 of each. I like them as good as any call I ever had in my mouth, since Gary Stillwell use to make the Mt. State calls in the 70's and 80's. These are my favorite right now. Like I said there are alot of goods ones out there to pick from. Good luck and good hunting. 

:OGturkeyhead: :OGturkeyhead:
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: jblackburn on January 25, 2013, 10:36:31 AM
Gooserbat Bacon and a custom ghost cut Sam worked up for me.
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Post by: njdevilsb on January 25, 2013, 10:41:11 AM
I think I have to say my all time favorite is the Split VIII by HS Strut.  I started using that call shortly after I got into diaphragm calling and I have always loved it.  I'm not one who likes overly raspy calls, and that call in my opinion has just about the perfect amount of rasp and it's easy to control.  It's getting harder to find.  I had to order them last year.  I used to be able to find it in just about any sporting goods store.
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Post by: BigHooks on January 25, 2013, 11:32:27 AM
Hook's Executioner
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Post by: turkey harvester on January 25, 2013, 11:54:55 AM
Knight & Hale Spittin Image kh013 for me.
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Post by: davisd9 on January 25, 2013, 11:55:23 AM
XT Havoc
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Post by: FANMAN on January 25, 2013, 12:51:46 PM
Hook's Executioner...Great call designed and made by great people.
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Post by: dlquinn on January 25, 2013, 01:05:08 PM
I have been working on learning how to use a mouth call the last few months and have been using a Motherlode call....It was pretty easy to use right from the start and Joe makes some great calls.
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Post by: renegade19 on January 25, 2013, 05:21:09 PM
Hook's Enforcer
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Post by: Chris Downs on January 25, 2013, 05:23:14 PM
I really enjoyed using the Halloran serial killer pack last season.  Don't remember the names, but the blue one and the red one really sounded awesome!!
Title: Favorite mouth call
Post by: FttFttVroom! on January 25, 2013, 08:30:56 PM
Latest favorite is the Hooks executioner.  Back when I started it was an H.S. cuttin' 2.5
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Post by: Devastator on January 25, 2013, 10:36:50 PM
Hooks Devastator for me!
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Post by: TRKYHTR on January 25, 2013, 11:12:31 PM
Mother Lode X-Terminator.

TRKYHTR
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Post by: BowBendr on January 26, 2013, 04:07:42 AM
I'm a huge fan of the XT Kee  :icon_thumright:
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Post by: Skeeterbait on January 26, 2013, 08:35:30 AM
Still using the H.S. Premium Flex cuttin' 2.5.  Not that good on a diaphragm but it works for me when needed and I can pick them up at the local stores.
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Post by: TauntoHawk on January 26, 2013, 10:03:36 AM
The Hooks Executioner 2 flat out makes me a better caller. I've got a killer combo cut one from David Halloran too
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Post by: Tom Dooley on January 26, 2013, 11:04:01 AM
I have used some of the calls mentioned on here and they blew out either before or during the season. I have had the best luck with Knight and Hale. I have had some of their diaphrams for years. Really like the warlock.
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Post by: TrackeySauresRex on January 26, 2013, 11:41:40 AM
I like my Hooks.. My favorite may be a Cane Creek C.C. Smoker  ;D
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Eric Gregg on January 26, 2013, 04:51:16 PM
Eastern Special by Southland Gamecalls.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Hooksfan on January 27, 2013, 12:03:57 AM
Woodhaven Copperhead for calls available in stores.
Don't even know the name of the specific calls, but Sunrise Calls--local guy from Louisiana--makes some good ones as well.  I just call him and tell him what I want and he sends me some in the mail.

Looks like the Hooks calls are well represented here as well.  I may have to try them out.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Woodsman4God on January 27, 2013, 07:16:04 AM
Perfection Game calls ,Trifecta
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: harvester on January 27, 2013, 09:29:28 AM
Quote from: TrackeySauresRex on January 26, 2013, 11:41:40 AM
My favorite may be a Cane Creek C.C. Smoker  ;D

x2 enough said.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Ded Goblr on January 27, 2013, 04:25:57 PM
Seems like every year I find a new favorite. Started with Quakerboy raspy old hen in 1985, hundreds later? Scott Hooks put out some really great calls, the Executioner2 and Persuader were last years favs. Just got a couple from Lyle at Houndstooth that are going bring'em runnin the Diamond x3 runs great.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: El Pavo Grande on January 27, 2013, 05:49:42 PM
Legacy game calls for me, preferably the Hacksaw and the Fatal Attraction.  I have used many different brands and Legacy has proven the best fit for me going on several years now.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: budtripp on January 27, 2013, 08:32:37 PM
Really digging the hooks executioner.
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Post by: Gooserbat on January 28, 2013, 10:36:01 AM
Gooserbat either the Hillbilly or Bacon, but I'm bias.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: REBELYELL on January 28, 2013, 10:51:25 AM
HOOKS SASSY GAL 3
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: WildTigerTrout on January 28, 2013, 11:00:54 PM
Primos Stacked Frame or Piggyback calls. My two favorites in the series are the "True Double" and "True Triple". The true double has been around for years. It was Wilbur Primos's first production call. The gobbler in my avatar was called in last spring with the triple frame "True Triple"
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: redleg06 on January 29, 2013, 01:17:38 PM
1.A ) Hooks - Executioner

1. B) Cane Creek - Cutter

Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: reynolds243 on January 29, 2013, 03:23:59 PM
Quote from: Gamblinman on January 25, 2013, 06:59:39 AM
Scott made me some larger framed Hooks diaphragms...now I'm HOOKED!!




Gman

when did this happen? i couldnt use them before because they were too small for me.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Tail Feathers on January 30, 2013, 06:00:21 PM
It varies every year.  Probably due to my inconsistency.  :character0029: Last year was a Hooks, can't recall which one exactly.
I really like the Woodhaven Red Wasp too.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: WVhuntEER on January 30, 2013, 09:41:00 PM
Hooks Executioner is tough to beat! 

You guys need to give Rush Mouth Calls a try.  Really are easy to use like Hooks.  I love the "youngin" Rush call but they are all great.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: derek on January 31, 2013, 12:32:59 AM
Woodhaven redwing been my go-to for a few years now.  Also like hooks and cane creek
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Post by: longspur on January 31, 2013, 04:00:36 AM
hooks executioner
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Post by: bullet355 on January 31, 2013, 09:39:10 AM
Mine seems to change every year, last year it was a David Halloran TKO
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Post by: budtripp on January 31, 2013, 12:14:39 PM
I may have to try a Gooserbat bacon this year, maybe a Tom Teasers butt naked hen to go along with my Hooks Executioner. Gotta mix it up sometimes
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Ded Goblr on January 31, 2013, 03:19:35 PM
Anyone using Brooksides diaphragms?? Just curious, because @ $2.10 if they're any good that would be a bargin.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: jblackburn on January 31, 2013, 03:30:27 PM
Quote from: Ded Goblr on January 31, 2013, 03:19:35 PM
Anyone using Brooksides diaphragms?? Just curious, because @ $2.10 if they're any good that would be a bargin.

Never heard of them.  That is really cheap, that hardly covers cost of materials!
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: rmbailey2010 on January 31, 2013, 03:33:46 PM
Well my favorite was Woodhaven's Raspy Red Reactor but recently I've been loving the Yellow Venom from Woodhaven.  Getting some great tones out of it right now!!!
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: I-55Bandit on January 31, 2013, 05:22:40 PM
Hard to pick just one but it has to be the WH Copperhead. Houndstooth and Gooserbat are close seconds
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Ded Goblr on February 05, 2013, 12:23:15 AM
Thanks Lonnie.. Picked up up 4 of Cramers diaphragms, 2 Jezzebelles, and 2 Suzy's great calls for a great price. Some of these call makers are gettin pretty pricey on their diaphragms.. Thanks Again !!                                                                                                                             
Quote from: lonnie sneed jr. on January 25, 2013, 09:52:07 AM
To me there are alot of good mouth calls out there. I make my own most of the time and would like to make them to sell but I am so slow at doing it I could not make any money. Last year Kenny Crummett gave me 2 calls from Cramers custom calls and I loved them. I found on here where they are having a Jan. special for $3.50 each. The 2 I like alot are the Pink Ghost and the Sweet Talking Jezzebelle. I order 3 of each. I like them as good as any call I ever had in my mouth, since Gary Stillwell use to make the Mt. State calls in the 70's and 80's. These are my favorite right now. Like I said there are alot of goods ones out there to pick from. Good luck and good hunting. 

:OGturkeyhead: :OGturkeyhead:
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Gamblinman on February 05, 2013, 07:11:10 AM
Quote from: reynolds243 on January 29, 2013, 03:23:59 PM
Quote from: Gamblinman on January 25, 2013, 06:59:39 AM
Scott made me some larger framed Hooks diaphragms...now I'm HOOKED!!




Gman

when did this happen? i couldnt use them before because they were too small for me.


I guess I should be more specific...not a larger frame, but larger tape like the Woodhavens.
Just call Scott and he'll make them for you

Gman
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Turkey Beard on February 05, 2013, 11:54:57 AM
Goes without saying that my favorite call is a 1Up call. Even though we have a "Turkey Beard's R.I.P." (named because I'm a funeral director), my favorite of ALL is the Three Gumodies (Italian for "girlfriends") Premium. I've never found a call that, once broken in, is so easy to use including purrs.
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: mudhen on February 05, 2013, 01:35:13 PM
I've burned through maybe 1000+ mouth calls since I picked my first one up in 1978 or so.

I was fine with Primos, etc. when all the calls were $5.00+-.

But I'm not fine with $10-$12 mouth calls anymore, so I went searching for a better solution, and I found it with Mother Lode Calls.

I prefer the X-Terminator, and I could pick it out from a stack of calls as their flagship mouth call.

My first order was for 6 calls, my next order will be for 12 calls, as I'm hard on calls, and I love fresh calls  :)

One less thing to worry about....

mudhen
Title: Re: Favorite mouth call
Post by: CT Spur Collector on February 05, 2013, 04:59:41 PM
 1) Top calls out of Renovo Pa.
2) Quakerboy-Screamin' Green.

They all gotta be four reeds!
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Post by: birdyhunter on February 09, 2013, 11:33:17 PM
Tom teasers butt naked hen!

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Post by: yukonhunter on February 10, 2013, 01:34:43 AM
Promos diamond cutter for me
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Post by: Improvinghunter101 on February 10, 2013, 12:09:33 PM
Mine would have to be Mountain Screamer 4 reed drop cutter.  Every year I get about 5 or so more to try out.  The Mountain Screamer is almost the only one that keeps going back to my vest.  Last year I tried out the Zink line with Wicked Sister. I like that call as well.  This year I picked up a Woodhaven Raspy Red Reactor (which sounds wonderful), Hook's Devastator (awesome), Primos Long Hooks (not too impressed), and a MAD Billy Yargus Deadly Touch (Amazing).  If you couldn't tell I love a raspy call.  This year I'm sure the ones that are going to be sitting in my vest are the Mountain Screamer, Zink, Woodhaven, Hooks, and MAD. 
Title: Favorite mouth call
Post by: Rokhal07 on February 10, 2013, 12:28:52 PM
Woodhaven copperhead2 and when they made them primos boss hogg