http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nAi1w1WhAY been practicing for about a month. How do i sound?
I'm not digging it. I think the gobble shakers sound better than that.
That's about all I can get out of mine. I'm not confident enough in it. Personally, I think my gobbles on a tube are way more realistic so plan to use it. Probably just sell the haint. Good luck with yours though.
I could never run the haint and make it sound half decent, I am much better at gobbling on a mouth call which should be harder than a call designed to gobble but I just couldn't run the thing well. I was hoping to get more volume than I can generate on a mouth call gobbling.
You sound better than I can do with the darn thing. I do much better with the one I thump on its end, a Primos, I think. You should probably keep practicing and give it a try.
My opinion: a little too fast on the notes and a little too long on the whole gobble. The first part of the gobble sounds better than the last part. If you have not already tried gobbling on a tube call, try that and see if it works better for you.
Yeah....I'd go with something else :toothy9:
That's about all I could get out of mine 'blowing' it like a machine. I tried to feed chuckle in it too and just can't get a passable gobble from it. I am way more confident in gobbling with every short box I have.
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The Haint is just yet another piece of gimmicky crap. Toss it in the trash.
The only people who are happy with "the Haint" are the people who sell them. Seriously.
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
Just keep practicing with it. I learned to cup my hand around it to make a big sound chamber and not to blow that hard. It has work for me on a few hunts it just takes more practice than I thought it would. A tube call is much easier.
Quote from: supremepredator on January 17, 2017, 06:09:37 PM
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
look up Joe Slaton on youtube or his call making company Mother lode turkey calls, he is a member around here and has won the gobbling category in more than one competition his videos and a few PM's helped get me started gobbling on a mouth call that has killed some birds for me when i needed it.
joe slaton gobbling practice would probably be a good youtube search
Dang... That joe slanton guy is legit, Impressive.
Quote from: supremepredator on January 17, 2017, 06:09:37 PM
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
There are some instructional videos on YouTube you should check out. The Haint has sealed the deal for me on multiple birds the last couple years. If used right it sounds better than a shacker. I remember working a bird that just would not leave his strut zone. Tried everything from moving around to calling hard to shutting up but he would not commit. Finally pulled out the Haint and he was in my lap in less than 5 minutes.
Are you cuppping your hands at the end? Keep working with it, its definitely not a gimmick.
I didn't own a haint I had their competition I can't remember the name but it was basically the same thing. I wore it out and the best I got sounded like a woopy cushion. I watched the videos and talked to guys on forums and just couldn't get it. Then I tried to give the thing away and no one wanted it. I'm sure they are great if you can get it, but I think you have to have a natural talent of some sort. I can't "tucka tucka tucka" fast enough continually.
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Sounds like you still have work to do...didn't care for it...
My girlfriend bought me one so I tried it out of obligation and i just couldn't get the POS to sound good enough to hunt with
If you want to gobble, there isn't a better tool to use than a tube call IMO...
I could never make mine sound like they made it sound on tv. I think them ole boys pulled a fast one on me!!! lol
Quote from: USMC0331 on January 17, 2017, 06:20:42 PM
Just keep practicing with it. I learned to cup my hand around it to make a big sound chamber and not to blow that hard. It has work for me on a few hunts it just takes more practice than I thought it would. A tube call is much easier.
go to you tube you can get plenty step by step instructions to get you started with mouth call or tube or box what ever you prefer
I bought one of them last year and had it sounding pretty good after a few hours of playing with it. I thought that it was kinda like feed calling on a duck call. It sounds much more realistic coming through the woods than it does if your sitting at the house or whatnot. I would get my dad to sit on the back porch and I would walk out in the woods bout 100 yards or so and practice that way. I think its a pretty fun call to try and get em fired up every now and again.
K&H/Ebsco must have thought it was a good call........
Yea, I've definitely got to practice more. Ive already done plenty of research on the call. Josh smallwood on youtube knows what he's doing on the haint. It feels like im close to getting the right sound, it's all in the tounge.
I've got an old Lynch World Champion box that sounds just like a gobbler to me. Just grab it by the hinged end and shake.
Quote from: Tom Threetoes on January 20, 2017, 10:04:45 PM
I've got an old Lynch World Champion box that sounds just like a gobbler to me. Just grab it by the hinged end and shake.
I've got a spring creek box and I agree it's easy to gobble on. But I bought a quaker shaker gobble call. It's sounds good and very easy to use.
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I have a night and hale gobble call kinda similar to the hant, or same concept. I've killed a couple birds with it. One of my most memorable moments in the shows me state on public land hunted a bird all morning and at 11:45 called him in with a hs gobble shaker!! They work when they work if you know what I mean!! Lol!!
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I'd be scared crapless to use a gobble call on public land in Missouri!
Ha ha!! I've been going since 97 and knock on wood never seen nothing but local older men. Like in there 70's and every single one of them was in tent blinds and I swear to you that one had 6 decoys and the other had 4. They said they sit there till they kill one or till time is up!! The darndest thing I've ever seen!!
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why not learn to gobble with your natural voice. I don't sound as good as slaton, but I sound plenty good enough to be effective.
For starters I'm sure I could. I can yelp cluck and even cackle good enough to call a turkey with my mouth(have done so already) as mentioned above I have a knight and hake gobble call and I love running it. Just like my duck and goose calls. I have never considered it but it sounds like an art to run one of the gobble calls. Not every one can do it. I believe it's to each of his on.. that's just my opinion bud..
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Sounds like a wood duck.
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Quote from: supremepredator on January 17, 2017, 06:09:37 PM
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
look up Joe Slaton on youtube or his call making company Mother lode turkey calls, he is a member around here and has won the gobbling category in more than one competition his videos and a few PM's helped get me started gobbling on a mouth call that has killed some birds for me when i needed it.
joe slaton gobbling practice would probably be a good youtube search
wow I never knew you could gobble on a wingbone. Now I have to try it
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I couldn't find mr slaton gobbling on a wingbone. I can do it on a trumpet and it sounds great. but, not world champion great.
Quote from: Gobble! on January 17, 2017, 04:15:26 PM
I'm not digging it. I think the gobble shakers sound better than that.
+1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vBYigXXq_4
Here is the best I have seen on it. Josh in on the site as well, bustabeak. He has killed a few with it. He will be glad to help anyway he can.
Quote from: GobbleNut on January 17, 2017, 05:03:11 PM
My opinion: a little too fast on the notes and a little too long on the whole gobble. The first part of the gobble sounds better than the last part. If you have not already tried gobbling on a tube call, try that and see if it works better for you.
Quote from: supremepredator on January 17, 2017, 06:09:37 PM
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
I put a lot of time into trying to get the Haint to work and I could not slow the notes down enough. I've heard people do it, so I know it is possible, but not for me. Sounded too much like a feeding chuckle on a duck call. So I switched to a tube call I got from Joe Slaton. I'm still learning, but you asked for samples, so here's another beginner on a tube call.
https://soundcloud.com/rapscallion_vermilion/gobble (https://soundcloud.com/rapscallion_vermilion/gobble)
I use a similar call, and most anyone that blows a duck call will likely have a far easier time with this call... You simply do a feeding chuckle into the call, start with an open hand, and then cup your hand over the call for more back-pressure.
You can say:
Digg-a, digg-a, digg-a
Tick-a, tick-a, tick-a
Dugg-a, dugg-a, dugg-a
Kitty, kitty, kitty
Once you are able to get the correct sound, then you have to figure out the correct cadence... Once you have the cadence, and the sound, they you play with cupping your hands for the correct amount of back-pressure.
Basically and strong two-syllable word, just utilize the correct rhythm and cadence of a gobble with the right amount of back pressure... Break it down into steps.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1SZmWjpI8sx i think im starting to get the hang of it. :funnyturkey:
Ok i really think i got it down now. Here's a real tom gobble and my gobble on the haint. http://vocaroo.com/i/s0j5rX70El0B http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ej4LyhEwdX
Haint there yet. Shaker or tube call sound better
I will trade my Mad Dead Silence call for your Haint.
I got a haint the first year they came out and out of the birds I tried it on pre season. One got fired up.....one was gobbling good and shut up, and 3 that were together clammed up as well. I retired it to the treasure chest and never took it in the woods during season. If I want to gobble I will do it with my mouth and/or box call.
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Quote from: GobbleNut on January 17, 2017, 05:03:11 PM
My opinion: a little too fast on the notes and a little too long on the whole gobble. The first part of the gobble sounds better than the last part. If you have not already tried gobbling on a tube call, try that and see if it works better for you.
Quote from: supremepredator on January 17, 2017, 06:09:37 PM
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
I put a lot of time into trying to get the Haint to work and I could not slow the notes down enough. I've heard people do it, so I know it is possible, but not for me. Sounded too much like a feeding chuckle on a duck call. So I switched to a tube call I got from Joe Slaton. I'm still learning, but you asked for samples, so here's another beginner on a tube call.
https://soundcloud.com/rapscallion_vermilion/gobble (https://soundcloud.com/rapscallion_vermilion/gobble)
Sounds good, Mike,...got more of a Merriam's sound in there,...must be the western accent. :D
As a side-note, I have always found it interesting that most folks try to gobble like the typical "Eastern" gobbler. In my experience, the gobble of a Merriams is much more difficult to reproduce than the static gobble of an Eastern. Gobbling contests would be much more entertaining to me if the contestants were required to reproduce gobbles of the various subspecies, rather than just the "standard" Eastern wild turkey gobble. That would really "separate the men from the boys" in those contests.
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Quote from: Rapscallion Vermilion on January 23, 2017, 08:49:45 PM
Quote from: GobbleNut on January 17, 2017, 05:03:11 PM
My opinion: a little too fast on the notes and a little too long on the whole gobble. The first part of the gobble sounds better than the last part. If you have not already tried gobbling on a tube call, try that and see if it works better for you.
Quote from: supremepredator on January 17, 2017, 06:09:37 PM
Hey thanks for the feedback, even if most of it isn't positive. If any of y'all can post a sound file of youself gobbling and the call used. That Would be great!
I put a lot of time into trying to get the Haint to work and I could not slow the notes down enough. I've heard people do it, so I know it is possible, but not for me. Sounded too much like a feeding chuckle on a duck call. So I switched to a tube call I got from Joe Slaton. I'm still learning, but you asked for samples, so here's another beginner on a tube call.
https://soundcloud.com/rapscallion_vermilion/gobble (https://soundcloud.com/rapscallion_vermilion/gobble)
Sounds good, Mike,...got more of a Merriam's sound in there,...must be the western accent. :D
As a side-note, I have always found it interesting that most folks try to gobble like the typical "Eastern" gobbler. In my experience, the gobble of a Merriams is much more difficult to reproduce than the static gobble of an Eastern. Gobbling contests would be much more entertaining to me if the contestants were required to reproduce gobbles of the various subspecies, rather than just the "standard" Eastern wild turkey gobble. That would really "separate the men from the boys" in those contests.
Thanks Jim. You're right, that is what I'm trying for anyway. It's what I am most used to hearing. Love those Merriam's gobbles. Lovett Williams is the only one I've encountered that talked in any length about the different sound of the gobbles from the sub-species. I like your idea for an advanced gobble competition.
Quote from: supremepredator on February 11, 2017, 09:30:04 PM
Ok i really think i got it down now. Here's a real tom gobble and my gobble on the haint. http://vocaroo.com/i/s0j5rX70El0B http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ej4LyhEwdX
Thats def good enough.
I would just stick with the gobble shaker
I was suckered into that piece of junk lol!!! Finally had to give it away with a pot call I sold :anim_25:
I think you are blowing too fast and too long. I have yet to master my Haint. Sometimes I sound really good, sometimes I sound God awful. ::)
Usually when I'm in position in the woods to actually successfully use mine, I get all excited, then sound like someone is choking a goose!!! :lol: ;D :TooFunny:
Practice, practice, pratice!!! :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on February 24, 2017, 11:36:58 PM
I think you are blowing too fast and too long. I have yet to master my Haint. Sometimes I sound really good, sometimes I sound God awful. ::)
Usually when I'm in position in the woods to actually successfully use mine, I get all excited, then sound like someone is choking a goose!!! :lol: ;D :TooFunny:
Practice, practice, pratice!!! :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
2 words. "Free air" i finally found out how to get that deeper tone. I'll post another sound file when i get it down. I think the reason people have so much trouble with it is because they are using their diaphragm to force air through the call. You have to relax and just breath through the call. It's not an easy call to blow, but once u get it down, it sounds amazing.
I would love to learn that secret!! I'm gonna keep on trying. You're right about one thing. When I sound awful, it's usually because I'm blowing the call with too much force.
Interesting responses...
I have no doubt that it is a far easier call for a duck hunter to learn... It is a feeding chuckle and cupping your hands for back-pressure. A diaphragm call is (or was for me) a far more difficult call to sound realistic on.
I cannot make it sound even reasonably realistic by rolling my tongue... I do a feeding chuckle "tugga-tugga-tugga," "Ticka-ticka, ticka," etc... I blow the call just as I would a duck call using my diaphragm (I personally cannot make a realistic call with "free-air," with the combination of cadence and back-pressure being the key to realism...
It is capable of making a realistic gobble for someone that can figure it out...
Gobbling in my neck of the woods could get you a face full of shot! I've only had a very few times that I'd consider using one and that was when the dominate gobbler had caused the others to clam up. Only on private property and then I was on double alert!
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0mth4UtFUfp
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Kw7UQJUUSH
The top one is the flutter tounge method. The bottom im saying tucka, tucka, tucka.
Bottom one sounds much better.
Quote from: Meadow Valley Man on February 12, 2017, 10:39:53 AM
I will trade my Mad Dead Silence call for your Haint.
LOL I still have my Dead Silence, How many years ago did they sucker me on that one ?? Has to be 20-23 ish
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Quote from: Meadow Valley Man on February 12, 2017, 10:39:53 AM
I will trade my Mad Dead Silence call for your Haint.
LOL I still have my Dead Silence, How many years ago did they sucker me on that one ?? Has to be 20-23 ish
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
That was early in my turkey hunting career. Seemed legit at the time. Never got anything to answer it. ;D Finally mine came unscrewed and fell off in the woods somewhere, leaving just the ring and stem that attached it to the lanyard. I didn't even care that I lost it. It was garbage!! At least I never bought any turkey in heat scent!! ;D :TooFunny:
Machine gun never worked for me. I use a slightly faster feeding chuckle, with lots of hand air control. To me, it is mostly in the hands. I agree with Jim, I sound better when practicing than when doing it for real. Snuck up behind my nephew while scouting one morning and blew it from about 100 yards behind him. He spun on a dime to see me.
Quote from: g8rvet on February 28, 2017, 08:39:49 PMSnuck up behind my nephew while scouting one morning and blew it from about 100 yards behind him. He spun on a dime to see me.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Since reading this thread, I've been practicing blowing my HAINT with much less pressure. It's sounding much better but I still need practice. I'm getting there though!! :gobble:
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on March 03, 2017, 08:02:28 PM
Since reading this thread, I've been practicing blowing my HAINT with much less pressure. It's sounding much better but I still need practice. I'm getting there though!! :gobble:
since reading this thread I had to buy a haint to see what the fuss is about, sounds like a challenge