OK what's the trick to the mouth turkey call?

John Y Cannuck

John Y Cannuck

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I've been playing with mine every day, but I still sound more like a Canada Goose, and it seems to take way more air than I think it should to make a noise.
I have yet to try triming it yet, because I have no clue how to. So maybe you guys could fill me in on that too.

HELP!
 
the easyest ones to learn on are the diaphrams with no cuts or perferations in the latex.remember the sound is developed when sucking in air, not exhailing. dont sweat it, took me months to feel comfortable with a good sound
 
OK I'm no expert but you should keep the call tight up on the roof of your mouth, you don't need to exhale alot of air. Try saying Tee when you can hold that tone without distortion, try following it with the word chuck.
 
lol funny you ask
as of this am im a newowner of a few.. as me my bro and nephew.....went out this am to pick up a few of them....we might be ok for next year:redface:
 
My fourteen year old son became reasonably good at it in just a couple of days of practicing.

As for me.......I'll use my box call :D
 
John Y Cannuck said:
I've been playing with mine every day, but I still sound more like a Canada Goose, and it seems to take way more air than I think it should to make a noise.
I have yet to try triming it yet, because I have no clue how to. So maybe you guys could fill me in on that too.

HELP!
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Bob.......today we were at bass pro...i was asking a guy giving a demo to these calls
as to cutting them...start off at cutting about 1/8 of an inch... and he did say.......i quote.....instructions say not to bend them....... he says bend them to fit your mouth..
but do not bend to much...or you will end up with a broken one like mine:redface:
 
Diaphrame calls are really all I use with the odd occassion of a glass friction call comming out of the vest for the soft purrs and clucks for calling those toms in with hens during the tough hen-up period. In my opinion the diaphrame call is the most versatile and flexable call made for turkey. I can do things with my mouth calls that others couldn't even start to accomplish. I've found that a soft cluck followed by a wine is a great confidence call for a timid tom. Once you master the basic sounds of the diaphrame call you can experiment with moving it more forward and back on the top of your mouth for different sounds and pitches and also tilt it to one side or the other (left or right) in your mouth to help with generating cadences. I carry 26 diaphrame calls in my vest with two slate calls, 5 strikers, 3 locator calls and one box call. The position of the call in your mouth and the preasure you put against it with your tongue is the real trick. Don't push to hard against it or you'll get a high pitched squeak. Be carefull trimming calls! You can take some tape off them but you can't put it back. Try using the call first and then look to see if the tape is wrinkled around the sides....then trim a very small bit at a time off.
 
well after hours of gagging on one:redface: i finally got one to make a noise:) lol it kind of sounded like my ex:eek:
to produce a noise..put in mouth...take a deap breath...block air way flow from the throat with back of tongue....now try to say the word chick..
 
Everyone has to develop their own style and establish what is comfortable for them.....personally I think that once you've put in the hours of practise and experimented with different positions your gonna be able to feel comfortable with any situation. One thing very important when calling is to visualize yourself a hen turkey and don't call too quickly unless your beak to beak with a boss hen establishing dominance. Most times when I'm in a calling sequence I will close my eyes as to focus on exactly what comes out of my mouth....to each their own! Turkey hunting videos (ie HS Strut and Primos "the truth series") are great references for calling. Most have actual live hens taped in the hunts. Pay particular attention to how they act and vocalize.
 
Keep practising and in time it will come to you. Once you can make plain yelps you can start making different calls. Every intruction tells you to say different words like, chirp, chick,etc. Try recording and playing back your noise. You will find some mouth calls work better for than others. I can make all calls on a mouth but find some sound better than others for a certain call like low or higher pitched purr or the kee kee and so on.
 
well since the wifey tossed me out for all the racket:) i went for a drive to the butchers to get some meat..... all the way there :D i was using the call..kingston road will neaver be the same;)
sounded like a huge flitstone terradacco bird of somekind..
i cant wait to hit a big mall :D
 
Mouth calls are like any musical instrument...practice practice practice...and listen to Adrian...I did...quite a while ago.

Two months before turkey season my mouth calls go with me everywhere in the car...along with a CD with various calls on it. It's where I do most of my practicing since I drive my wife nuts in the house. She's already saying she can't wait until the turkey is on the table instead of in the woods so the calls will go away for another year...
 
I have no luck getting mouth calls to work or box calls to get them interested in me, butt 100% success in sneaking up on them or ambushing them sniper style:)
 
well i had a drive today.........i had some fun with the call... i passed under a bridge...it was loaded with people.....:D i let out one hell of a scream with the call...oh how the people looked to were the sound came from..the wifey is just starting to talk to me....:) ...
so what do you,s try and say while using the call?
at least now i can make a noise when the call im my yap:) but:redface: now to make the call that sounds like a turkey..
but im having fun;)
 
The most common problem with using a diaphram is to over blow it. When you blow lots of air you increase the tongue pressure and the result is nothing..Creating lots of spit is mouth blowing not chest.
Start by gently blowing from the chest not the mouth... like someone is hitting you in the guts and you huff, but gently. As you are doing this slowly increase the tongue pressure. Experiment where you place your tongue on the latex. Your first sounds should be low growly sounds.. that is good. As you develop the feel you can make small adjustments and its easy to go back to where you started. Once you make the first sounds it gets easier. It's all minor adjustments in tongue and volume of air. If the latex gets puckered..throw it out and get a new one, you've over blown it...also check for the pucker when you buy one..if it's there..don't buy it. Practice a lot.. I practiced for elk bugling for 8 months... in the car..at work...cutting the lawn.. even if you are not calling, practice carrying it in your cheek and then moving it to blow position without using your fingers to move it. The more you play with it the less foreign it seems.
Good luck.
 
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