Tulipwood?

[Gen.27:3]

What is it that makes tulipwood strikers so special? I have a lot of custom strikers, but I don't have a tulipwood, but I am thinking about trying to find one.

[HookedonHooks]

Playability, and tonal qualities are top notch if it's a good piece of wood. Not every Tulipwood striker will be gold, but made right and with the right wood selection they're one that's guaranteed to run on everything.

[Chris O]

I have a Couple and to me they just sound good on everything. If you have a green anodized call play it with the tulip wood and you will be a big fan also. It just brought my green anodized to life. You definitely need to try one

[JLH]

I am not anti tulip.....but there are several other woods that have the same tonal qualities, if not better.

The also have very similar hardness and density.

The thing that makes tulip so good... is that its numbers (hardness and density) are a perfect combination forgiveness and grip....which can be said for a hanfull of other species of wood that nobody has ever heard of.

We get caught in a rut, and think that one type of call or one type of wood is the "answer".

lots of stuff out there.

[deerpoo22]

While I don't have 100+ strikers like some do on here(so jealous), 3 woods consistently sound good no matter what surface they run on. 1 of which is tulipwood, then snakewood and original dymondwood

[Turkeytider]

My Fowler snakewood and tulipwood, Halloran dymondwood and Stuckey mac ebony are rapidly becoming the ones I reach for first for my Crystal Mistress and Enticer aluminum. For wet I have an acrylic and a Yingling fiber for the aluminum.

[Sir-diealot]

I just think it sounds great on everything I put it to. The only striker I have that I think sounds as good tulipwood on as many surfaces and that is my Halloran single piece Ipe striker. I do want to get a mac ebony as mentioned above because of all the good I have heard about it. Most of these guys know far more than I do though, I am just giving my opinion on what I have used so far, I have about 30 strikers now.

[Gen.27:3]

Thanks for all of the replies guys!

[BTH]

It does seem to run above avg to very good on just about any surface. I am partial to a 2 piece tulipwood instead of a 1 piece.

[Turkeytider]

I am not anti tulip.....but there are several other woods that have the same tonal qualities, if not better.

The also have very similar hardness and density.

The thing that makes tulip so good... is that its numbers (hardness and density) are a perfect combination forgiveness and grip....which can be said for a hanfull of other species of wood that nobody has ever heard of.

We get caught in a rut, and think that one type of call or one type of wood is the "answer".

lots of stuff out there.

What striker woods would show up on a list of bests? I would hazard a guess that the following would show up on most lists ( Janka hardness scale #`s );

Black locust (1,700 )
Brazilian tulipwood (2,500)
Purpleheart (2,520 )
Dymondwood ( 3,000 + )- Laminate
Mac ebony (3,220 )
Ipe (3,510 )
Snakewood ( 3,800 )

All "hard " when compared to woods like Butternut (490), Sassafras( 630 ), Red cedar (900 )

IMO, the best soft clucks and purrs, at least for me, come out of "soft" wood, particularly cedar. My problem is getting something like a harder wood yelp when I try to roll into it from a cluck and purr out of a softer wood striker. Just can`t get them to do that .

[JLH]

In my opinion....and take it for what it is...
I agree 100% about the soft clucks, purrs and whines are made with a cedar....i have messed around with cedar quite a bit...and adding weight to the top allows it to break over into a yelp...but its not the type of yelp to call them across a county.

There is also a bit of a learning curve with it...you just cant bear down on it and expect it to do wht a yellowheart will do.

I have a pretty decent selection of strikers, and cedar is going to be used as much if not more than any others for me....but im more of a sit and wait type turkey hunter.

And your "list" is spot on....for popularity....but ive changed a few peoples opinion of favorites...and my "favorite" changes quite often.

[pauld]

Makes a great striker, top 10, for sure and is also getting in shorter supply.

[deerpoo22]

In my opinion....and take it for what it is...
I agree 100% about the soft clucks, purrs and whines are made with a cedar....i have messed around with cedar quite a bit...and adding weight to the top allows it to break over into a yelp...but its not the type of yelp to call them across a county.

There is also a bit of a learning curve with it...you just cant bear down on it and expect it to do wht a yellowheart will do.

I have a pretty decent selection of strikers, and cedar is going to be used as much if not more than any others for me....but im more of a sit and wait type turkey hunter.

And your "list" is spot on....for popularity....but ive changed a few peoples opinion of favorites...and my "favorite" changes quite often.

the cedar I got from you is simply phenomenal. It's unbelievable how much it tones down my screamin demon 2

[Turkeytider]

In my opinion....and take it for what it is...
I agree 100% about the soft clucks, purrs and whines are made with a cedar....i have messed around with cedar quite a bit...and adding weight to the top allows it to break over into a yelp...but its not the type of yelp to call them across a county.

There is also a bit of a learning curve with it...you just cant bear down on it and expect it to do wht a yellowheart will do.

I have a pretty decent selection of strikers, and cedar is going to be used as much if not more than any others for me....but im more of a sit and wait type turkey hunter.

And your "list" is spot on....for popularity....but ive changed a few peoples opinion of favorites...and my "favorite" changes quite often.

Hey Jeff!  Guess what! I have one of your cedars and it has got me a LOT closer to a good yelp with a cedar! Folks, let me assure you, IT AIN`T JEFF`S STRIKER`S FAULT THAT I HAVE TROUBLE WITH A YELP OUT OF A CEDAR STRIKER!  . When it comes to calling, I apply the same rule that I apply when I miss when I shoot. " It`s 95% Indian and 5% arrow" !  Seriously though, I think I may be being unrealistic to expect the same quality yelp out of a soft wood striker as I get from a snakewood, dymondwood or other harder wood striker. That, plus I probably need to practice more, too!

[Gen.27:3]

I just received a tulipwood striker from a maker on here, and it certainly lives up to its reputation. I  would instantly put it in the top 3-4 strikers that I have.