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| | I was watch Letterman last night, and he had the top 3 "gobbling" place winners from nationals. 2 of the 3 gentlemen gobbled using some type of diaphram call...this was new to me. Does anyone have any info on what type of diaphram they were using, i.e. reeds, cuts, etc. Thanks, Tony |
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| | I stayed up to watch it and thought about asking the same question on here but you beat me to it. My wife turned to me and said, "Do you have to have a special call to do that?" I told her I was sure some cutts were better than others for it but I had no clue. The closest I can come is a Jake gobble. I am curious too.
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| | That's mind boggling to me. I've never heard of anyone making a gobble on a mouth call. just either with thier mouth or a tube call or a shaker type call. It would be interesting if someone could find out the details about that though. |
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| | Yes, it's very interesting, apparently no one knows about it, or they don't want to share their secrets! |
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| I'm no contest caller (not for turkeys anyway... just ducks) so I'll tell ya how I do it.
First, as hinted upon in the first post, not all diaphram calls are capable of making a good gobble. Probably no suprise that often the thicker reeded, 3 and 4 reeds are often some of the best. There are three that I personally use in my seminars (more to just attract attention than anything else... to me its kind of a novelty)... and it should come as no suprise to anyone here that all three of them are Woodhaven calls  Honestly my favorite as of late as been the Van Cise, which is so haneously raspy I can't hardly do much of anything else with it... of course I can't run with the man who designed it anyway... but it makes a good gobble. Second I'd suggest the V3 and thirdly the Pro Series Single Wing. While I use these calls now, I actually learned how to make the gobble using a Quaker Boy Old Boss Hen, which in my opinion is one of the best calls for anyone to learn how to use a mouth call on, and I still carry one in the vest so I can mix it up a bit.
Here's how I learned it and how I do it:
First comes the index word(s)... what I say is THUCKAH-THUCKAH-THUCKAH-THUCKAH-THUCKAH-THUCKAH-THUCKAH
About as fast as I can too. Being a waterfowl caller, and even more so a competition duck caller, it helps to be able to say things fast, and I suppose that rolling feed calls help with moving the tip of my tounge quick, and a lot of the trick to making the gobble comes from that. You can try it first without the call in your mouth... and think about bouncing your tounge off the inside of your top front teeth. I usually start with the call slid back in my mouth and just blow the whole call forward. I pull my cheeks back, in an almost exaggerated smile of sorts, and since the Lord was nice enough to outfit me with a big old pair of catfish lips around my trap I kinda let 'em flutter right at the end of a call, as a real turkey's gobble starts hard and high and kinda trails off at the end. I usually cup my hands around my mouth like I was about to holler for my dog in the distance and it creates a bit more resonnance.
When I was first learning, I found it helpful to place my index finger over my upper lip. It just takes a lot of dedication and whole lot of spare time. I had a friend in college who could do the call well and it drove me mad that I couldn't do it... so I eventually just sat down and figured it out... just like learning a mouth call in the first place, you just gotta mess with it until you come close to the right sound. |
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| | Thanks Andy! You're the first person that had any incite on which calls or how to produce the sound. Something I'll work on in the off season, as our season is about to open this weekend! Tony |
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