favorite striker wood

[panhandlehunter]

I don't have a lot of strikers and wanted to get some suggestions of wood preferences for strikers.  So...what is your favorite wood for a striker?  and why?  and if you suggest ivory, corian, etc. for tips.

[savduck]

I like hickory on slate, glass, and aluminum. Aptung, Mascar Ebony, and walnut on crystal. I like cherry on slate to. Purple heart will grab aluminum fairly well.

I have a striker from Harolds custom strikers with corian on walnut that runs pretty sweet on crystal. I also have mammoth, walrus tusk, and whale bone. They all sound ok, but are more for show.

I prefer a straight tip striker over flared

[Cut*N*Run]

padauk sounds great and plays well on all surfaces

[Beretta686]

I love purple heart, use it most of the time. Makes a high pitch call

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[Roost Wrecker]

padauk sounds great and plays well on all surfaces

x2
Also Osage, Zebra and Purpleheart. Always in my vest!

[MarkJM]

I love turning maple, poplar, and apple. apple by far my favorite. it turns beautifully and just shaves right off. it is a VERY tight grain and I would recommend it for anybody,

[West Augusta]

Black Locust for everything.

[lightsoutcalls]

Black Locust for everything.

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Depends on the individual call...
My copper calls love cedar for soft sounds, but get down right nasty with an osage striker.
My slates sound great with the likes of osage, black locust, maple, pecan, bubinga, canarywood, persimmon...
On glass, I like maple, mahogany, bubinga, canarywood...
Anodized aluminum - DYMONDWOOD!

[KryptoniteKills]

AAAAHHHH so many good woods but I like Apple, Osage, Musclewood and Maple...in that order. Those sound good or better on lots of surfaces.

[cleanslate]

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Well now that the secret's out I guess I really do have to get that piece of black locust from my pap's that I've been meaning to get. I really like walnut if the grain is tight, purpleheart and osage.

[TarheelTurk]

Laminated oak followed by a CLOSE second purpleheart, However i can see that im gonna have to cut up the HUGE locust tree that clobbered the stable on my grandads farm now b4 my uncle turns it into fence post or firewood. 

[decoykrvr]

I've made strikers out of 45+ different woods and usually carry at least 6 strikers made from different woods in my vest while hunting with another 6-8 in the vehicle.  The selection varies by the weather, the calls I'm carrying and sometimes if the birds aren't responding, I'll change out calls and strikers during the hunt if I get back to the vehicle.  I never go out without a Brazilian Cherry and the mystery wood ( I think it's Mascarey, Ryan Bonjour thinks it's Manzanita) in my vest.  If you haven't tried Brazilian Cherry you're missing the boat

[neal]

I like yellowheart but so did he and look where it got him!

[doepee]

I really like persimmon, canarywood, bubinga and my supreme ivory tipped cocobolo..... by the way what the heck is musclewood?

[Roost Wrecker]

I was curious about the brazillian cherry had never heard one but do have some scrap wood from a mill.