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Mouth call help

Started by Poleaxe, March 20, 2016, 10:05:21 PM

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Poleaxe

New to the site.  Second year turkey hunter.  I managed to tag 3 good longbeards last season but it was more because I had some great spots than my calling.  I've practiced all year with my pots and boxes, but I just can't make the slightest noise with a mouth call.  My wife having never touched one sounded like a veteran on the first try.  Someone told me I could cut them down and it may help, but it didn't.  Anybody got any ideas or some guidance?  Is it a lost cause or what?

Marc

Everyone can learn to use a mouth call...  Here are a couple videos that could be helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uPXoGEZeYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPnzMPp5LQ
Did I do that?

Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.

turkeywhisperer935

It is not a lost cause for you. Sure some people do end up sounding better than others but you can still kill a bird and not be a Eddie Salter on a diaphragm. The trick is practice, I lived with mine in my mouth when I started and the first sound I learned was a cluck and a cut. Once you figure one out the rest will soon follow. Take advice from calling DVDs or recordings and then figure out what techniques are easier for you.

skridge

It took me a couple years and plenty of different calls before i could sound like a turkey. I finally found a call that worked for me and practiced a lot with it. The wood haven black wasp was the one that i found to really start it off it seemed to fit my mouth good and was easy to use. I also found that if i put the call as far back as i could to the point where it almost gags me that that was where it needed to be to get a good sound.

kwcb12

Don't give up, when I first started I was in the same boat as you.  No telling how many different brands and cuts I tried but all I could make were some high pitched squeeks if any sound at all.  My problem was I couldn't get the placement of the call and seal on the roof of my mouth down.  One day I decided to try one of those calls with the hard plastic dome over the reeds.  I think primos made them but I see others make them now too.  Man it was light someone flipped a light switch.  It didn't sound perfect but I was making turkey sounds.  After a week or two I moved on to normal mouth calls then progressed from there.  This may be something to try.  Another problem I had was trying to do to much all at once.  Figure out the yelp and move on from there.  After a while you'll learn what works for you.  With lots of practice you'll get there.