Breaking out mouth calls each year

[RiverRoost]

how do y'all go about "conditioning" your mouth calls when you break them out for the first time each year from last season. I always wash my under the sink before I put them back in my pouch when the season ends and just leave them in my vest. Should I be leaving them in the fridge during the off season too?

[RiverRoost]

Curious how many season you either can or should get out of a mouth call

[guesswho]

I wash mine and make sure the reeds are separated.   Then I put them in a little water tight holder about the size of a skoal can with water and keep in the fridge.  I can usually get 2 to 3 years out of a call.

[Sir-diealot]

Have always just put them in the fridge.

[roberthyman14]

As cheap as they are, I buy a few every year before season, take them to work and practice for a few weeks before season. By then they are pretty sounding.  During season I rotate them throughout the day,end of day the dry out in my hat then go to plastic case.  End of season I rinse them in mouth wash then to the fridge. 2 years and I swap them out. 

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[Gooserbat]

Even before I started building calls I replaced mine each year.

I might add that a diaphragm call is a disposable product.  Everything it's made from with the exception of the frame is by design disposable.  Surgical tape, latex: both glove and condom rubber.  Now I don't blame a guy for taking care of his calls and if you choose to keep one for years that's great but just remember that no matter how good I or anyone else builds a mouth call it's still designed to be thrown away.

[bbcoach]

Wash them well with some non alcohol mouthwash, separate the reeds and store in a cool dry place (refrigerator).  Never store them in your vest or you'll come back to them and the reeds will be stuck together.  You should be able to get a couple of years out of them, then replace.  I normally order a few each year. 

[paboxcall]

Even before I started building calls I replaced mine each year.

Exactly. 

Strep throat one year cut a week long spring hunt short halfway through, lost couple valuable vacation days recovering at home. Could have bought a few new calls with those insurance co-pays.

Never more than one season, and often swap them out sooner - and that's with a mouthwash rinse and separating the reeds every day after the hunt. They aren't box or pot calls, they get germy especially if you don't clean/rinse routinely.

[RED NECK]

I don't keep them as I buy a few new mouth calls every spring and I have used the same ones(company) for a decade now.

[Marc]

Curious how many season you either can or should get out of a mouth call

2 years or so...

My favorites get replaced every year, and I might even take the old one as a spare (in a separate call holder).

[RiverRoost]

I've been very unsanitary with mine them bc I just wash them with water then throw them back in my pouch and in my vest. Guess I'll mouthwash mine tonight.

[Rzrbac]

Copenhagen.

[Spitten and drummen]

One season and in the trash. I get new ones a couple of weeks before season and play with them constantly. They are broke in by season opener.

[Greg Massey]

I just clean them after season and place them in small jar with lid and check them out now before season and replace if needed...

[turkey_picker]

Wash mine with Listerine mouthwash and put them in the freezer with the reeds separated. I can get several years out of them or more.