Just curious as to what everyone's favorite is?
Kevin
Brand or Cut. I have several brands that make calls that I like. Dave Halloran, Blodgett, Martins Brothers, Quaker boy and Knight N hale.
Style of cut.............3 reed cutter or 2 reed batwin. both with latex over prof.
Dan Kendall Calls- black latex batwing over 2 prophylactic reeds. I do all my contest yelping with that call. Hunting as well.
I have a few Halloran calls I like. But I thin I like my: Legacy "Reel Dill" the most. I have 5 of them in the packages just so I don't run out. I hope they never stop making them.
Woodhaven Red Wasp.
Quote from: Longbeardfever4ever on April 26, 2011, 06:58:26 AM
Dan Kendall Calls- black latex batwing over 2 prophylactic reeds. I do all my contest yelping with that call. Hunting as well.
Thanks I just bought a few of his
Quote from: PureGold on April 26, 2011, 07:48:14 AM
I have a few Halloran calls I like. But I thin I like my: Legacy "Reel Dill" the most. I have 5 of them in the packages just so I don't run out. I hope they never stop making them.
I bought that legacy call and a few of halorans! Thanks!
hooks devastator or executioner for me...
i keep telling folks but nobody listens, thad bright the owner of feather ridge calls out of ohio makes my absolute favorite turkey killingest diaphram i have ever run, can't beat him for service either. i hunt long and hard and i can ususally get about 3 good years out of one.
Haven't tried all the Hooks line yet but I love my Hooks persuador!
Hillbilly custom calls, White Lightening and mountain dew and no that aint a drink, guess it coud be tho
It changes from year to year, but this year it's a Tom Teasers "cracked corn".
Thanks to 2ounce6s I was turned on to the XT Havoc and boy have they been good to me. My favorite is the XT Havoc hands down!
I just keep trying new calls and cuts its a bad habit
My top are
Hooks executioner, executioner II, Devastator
Halloran TKO
Sadler McGraw 2.5 reed ghost cut
But I will probably but another 50 next year haha
Billy Yargus's Final Touch is my favorite this year. I also like the cane creek CC smoker. Turkey calls are my drug though, and I am always buying new ones to try. If I find a different one, it is hard for me not to buy and try it. My wife will tell you I've spent a small fortune on buying them.. Haha..
I also like the Pittman "black diamond".
Wilbur Primos entire line of stacked frame(Piggyback) calls. My favorites are the "True Double" and "True Triple". I killed my 2012 gobbler here in Pa. after a duel that lasted in excess of two hours with the "True Triple".
The Tomb Bomb- Houndstooth Game Calls :funnyturkey:
Cane Creek - Dead End :happy0064:
I bought the hooks executioner II this year and really liked it, but I usually use a woodhaven red scorpion or copperhead.
I like the Quakerboy screamin green old boss hen and the twin hen from Martin brothers, seeing how's I live really close the peck martin's shop I can experiment till my hearts content.
For yrs, its been Billy Whites V cuts, last few yrs a woodhaven copperhead creeped in.......this yr Houndstooth V cuts all the way, Lyle makes awesome mouth yelpers!!!!
Houndstooth all day long. Dixie Combo and Modified V 3. Reed although I like the all. I have 8 different Houndstooth and I've found every one of them to sound great and easy to use. Plus Lyle is just a plain down right great guy to deal with and to talk to.
Looking back at this past season Id say the calls that saw the most time was
1. hooks Devestator 65%
2. Halloran TKO 22%
3. Hooks executioner I and II 10%
others 3%
Hooks Executioner 2, it also makes a pretty good elk bugle!!
Quote from: Ded Goblr on May 24, 2012, 01:32:38 PM
Hooks Executioner 2, it also makes a pretty good elk bugle!!
I just got one of those in the mail yesterday. For me it was very raspy, too raspy for my liking.
I've got a selection of diaphragms from Lyle at Houndstooth Game calls, but my two favorites are the Tom Bomb, and the All Pro.
Billy Yargus's Final Touch, I just picked this one up yesterday and played with it today. It is a nice sounding call and easy to use.
Hope i'm welcome here, just thought I would add my favorite. There is a man in Rison Arkansas named Bobby Bridges that makes a call he calls Yellow Yelper in about 10 different versions, I have never used any better. Tape is so thin & flexable you can't even tell it in your mouth. $6.00 bucks.
I usually carry 8-9 different diaphragms from a variety of call makers, but my favorite is an old Woodhaven original Copperhead that I have used for 7 years and which I retaped three years ago. I've lost track of the number of birds which it has "talked to", but it has been instrumental in calling in 22 long beards to the gun. The diaphragm has obtained a "cult" following with my hunting companions and is now safely in the downstairs freezer where it resides for 10 months of the year.
The calls I ysed the most this were the SS Custom calls mouth callers. The SS Hitman was the one I used the most. I also used the Hook's Mouth Callers. The Impersonator and the Finisher mouth call from Hooks to mention a few. Plus I have a custom caller I got from Walter Parrott. Plus I used some others too.