Message Board: WOODHAVEN Custom Calls / Sting Team / Sting Team

Florida South Zone.......

Scott Ellis — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:12:06 GMT

T-minus two days! I'm headed to the south zone saturday with my buddy John Applewhite, to hopefully get the season started with a bang! We're filming as well, so wish us luck!

S.E.

ohio calling contest

owlhooter" — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:21:29 GMT

hey guys any of you planing coming to any calling contest in ohio this year

Rules question

Dragginbeard — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:47:24 GMT

Is it against the rules of a NWTF sanctioned Contest to rough the surface of your glass call in between different calls? For example after completing the excited hen yelps can I hit the glass with some abrasive material to roughen it up before going to the next call which is a flydown cackle?

Need advice

turkeykillingfool — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:27:39 GMT

I have been out of comp calling for 3 years now and i am thinking about getting back into comp calling again and was wondering if there was any manufacture that would work with me on building me some mouth calls i could use because the calls i have been buying the last few years for hunting(mass produced) just would not cut it on stage.I guess what i am looking for is to get some mouth calls stretched to fit my style of calling..The type of cut i like to use is a split v with the right side cut out of it.I used to call for blodgett game calls but they went out of business.Any help would be welcome.

newcomer to the stage

turkeyslayer_85 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:24:56 GMT

I've only been in a couple of contests and had a blast, but i can't seem get rid of my stage fright.Everytime I see some of the pro-staffers I forget everthing I know about turkey calling. Can anyone give me any advice that might help me keep cool while up on stage?

grand nationals

owlhooter" — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:19:58 GMT

hey guys how do i get a dvd copy of the grand nationals

Grand National Friction

longbeard_11 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:33:30 GMT

I heard Woodhaven lit up the stage in Nashville. Bobby Woods taking 1st, but I also heard Woodhaven callers placed among the top 6. Anyone have any results from the friction calling?

yelps

roll tide — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:01:37 GMT

Im a beginner to turkey hunting and just wanted to get some opinions on clear and raspy yelps. Are raspy yelps better than clear yelps in a hunting situation? what do you prefer clear or rasy?

purrs

Gobblerslayer13 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:25:20 GMT

I am having trouble with my purrs on a mouth call using my tongue. I can purr using my lips but cannot pull it off using my tongue. Any suggestions?

invitation

turkeyobssesion — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:50:02 GMT

hey guys just wanted to let you know u have a lot of fans here in wisconsin and we would love to see some of you at the deer & turkey expo in Madison.

Grand Nationals

jyoung — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:45:06 GMT

Convention is getting close guys! I'm sure y'all having been working hard. Can I bring a recorder into the competition? My goal is to continue to become a better caller and best best way, I found, to do that is to listen to people who are better than you and of course the real thing.

Thanks,

Sadler Call and new Ghost Cuts

Daugherty — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:22:33 GMT

Folks,

Been running Sadler Signature call for several years now. It seems to be the one that is always in my mouth after the shot. I usually take a few of these calls and make a small cut into the back corners of the horseshoe and make me one with a small cut dead center in the horseshoe. This just gives me a call that I can still get a clear front end on what ever I need and adds a little more rasp at the end if I want it.

Question is. I am sure I will be buying several of the new ghost cut calls and will probably do a little modifying to them also, but what upfront differences should I expect from the new calls versus Sadler's call. I don't know the specs on Sadlers call thickness of latex, stretch, etc and was just wondering the differences and what was the target result with the development of the new ghost cuts.

The one thing I hope about them if like the Sadler calls. If they are keepers for me, then if I just order 1 or 2 I am pretty confident that they will be good. I bet over the last 2 or 3 years I have bought 25 of the Sadler call and they have all went to the woods. Your alls consistency in mouth calls at Woodhaven is not just advertising, you all do a good job.

I am kinda hopong that they are about the same where now I can modify them a little and have a color coordinated set of calls to choose from. Instead of a bunch of orange and grey ones with 1's and 2's and 3's on them.

Texas State Calling Contest Results

Jason Isabelle — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:07:25 GMT

STATE

1. Jason Isabelle

2. Lou Von Woglom

3. Shaine Nixon

FRICTION

1. Jason Isabelle

2. Marlaina Nixon

3. Shaine Nixon

OPEN

1. Shaine Nixon

2. Louie Weiss IV

3. Jason Isabelle

Mississippi State

EmilyOliver♥ — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:56:11 GMT

Hey Guys, Just Wanted To Let Ya'll Know How We Did At The MS State Contest. I Got 1st In The Intermediates And Seth Got 2nd. I Would Post The Other Places But I Don't Remember Who Got What. Haha.

Southeastern Classic-Dalton,Ga Contest

Mike Pentecost — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:35:47 GMT

Congrats to all the callers and how they preformed this weekend! It was a good contest and everyone did well! Here are some WoodHaven results:

Juniors:

Benjamin Pentecost 2nd Micah Pentecost 3rd

Hunter:

Jimbo Lindsey 1st (awesome job and great calling)

Benjamin Pentecost 2nd (same thing-he called really well for his age)

Friction: What a great job of continued WoodHaven domination in the friction divisions

Robbyn Day 1st (way to go Robbyn- big win-you deserve it)

Sadler McGraw 2nd

Colby Martin 3rd

Terrence WIlliamson 4th

Mitchell Johnston 5th

Open

Sadler 4th

Mitchell 6th

Doug Benefield 7th

Cobly 8th

question on contest judging

Dragginbeard — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:48:36 GMT

I read the post earlier that jyoung submitted in regards to a cleaner sharper front end on hen yelps. I haven't called in a contest in about ten years but am going to get back into it w/ 2 contests coming up at the end of the month and beginning of Feb. My questions are these: Do most judges look for a distinct and higher front end turning more raspy when judging hen yelps? Or can they be more raspy throughout? Do most of you competitive callers(anyone who wishes to give some feedback) use the 3 reed inverted 'V" cut during competition? Or do you switch back and forth between calls depending on which call your performing? Thanks for any input.

VERMONT STATE 2010 CALLING CONTEST RESULTS

Jason Isabelle — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:48:32 GMT

VERMONT STATE 2010 CALLING CONTEST RESULTS

STATE

1st Phil Salzano

2nd Eric Morton

3rd Brent Lafreniere

OPEN

1st Brent Lafreniere (call off)

2nd Jason Isabelle

3rd Nick Smith

FRICTION

1st Jason Isabelle

2nd Ken Jones

3rd Don Isabelle

TEAM

1st Jason Isabelle/Don Isabelle

2nd Brent Lafreniere/Eric Morton

Great Northeast sports show

trkycaller — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:14:27 GMT

Is anyone going to the calling contest this saturday?

GA

OO7(aka Roy S) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:42:18 GMT

Heard some of U guys are going to be in Georgia this weekend. Good Luck!

2010 Calling Season

EmilyOliver♥ — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:44:38 GMT

Hey Guys, Just Wanted To Say How Excited I Am For The 2010 Callin Season! I Hope Everyone Does Well And Travels Safe!

Question for the pros

jyoung — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:09:09 GMT

Hey guys,

I have a buddy of mine who is a great caller, but he is very raspy on most mouth calls he uses. What you guys recommend to achieve a higher front end and not quite so much low end rasp? He likes a "bat wing cut." He also likes proph calls, just as I do. Does Woodhaven make an all proph call in a bat wing cut? The problem, is that he and I have a tough time finding calls that we can blow accurately time after time. Then when we find one, we will buy more of that same call and the call is not stretched exactly the same as the call before.

Thanks,

Prophylactic Mouth Calls

jyoung — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:26:24 GMT

Hey guys,

How many Prophylactic calls does Woodhaven make and what are they? I already have a few of the Crabtree calls. I am going to pick some up at convention and I just to know what I am looking for. I work a pro call much better (more realistic) than the other heavier latex calls.

Thanks,

Woodhaven Facebook Page

Scott Ellis — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:12:42 GMT

Hey everyone here is the link to the Woodhaven Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Heflin-AL/WoodHaven-Custom-Calls/168468419844?ref=ts

S.E.

Happy New Year!!

Mitchell Johnston — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:25:17 GMT

I hope everyone has a Happy New Year! I hope a lot of turkeys fall victim to Woodhaven Calls this year for everyone!

Merry Christmas!

Scott Ellis — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:37:41 GMT

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from the Ellis' Family!

s.e.

Instructional Material on Website

Sadler — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:26:47 GMT

I will be posting up links over the next few months of several new calling clips that I am putting together to help guys become better callers with there friction calls.

Here is the first of several that will be linked here on the site:

Kee Kee Run Instructional

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XA6KbcNDM

Sadler

South Carolina State Contest

Mike Pentecost — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:45:43 GMT

COngrats to Benjamin Pentecost and Kyle Yancy on their wins this past weekend in SC! Results for WoodHaven:

Poults: 1st place Benjamin Pentecost

Jakes/Intermediate: 1st place Kyle Yancy

**** special note here: this was Kyle's first contest ever. He has been working in the wood shop for me since he was about 15 (he is now 18)after school and summers etc... and he decided he wanted to try calling after going to some contests with me and the kids. He got him up some calls at the shop and Jimbo gave him some pointers and coaching, I threw in my .02 to really make him nervous(lol) and look at him GO! winning his first ever contest! Way to Go KYLE!!!!

Friction: 1st place Mike Pentecost

World Championships Results

Mitchell Johnston — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:50:42 GMT

Friction
1st-Mitchell Johnston -WOODHAVEN
2nd-Saddler McGraw-WOODHAVEN
3rd-Jason Conrad
4th-Mike Pentecost-WOODHAVEN
5th-Bobby Woods-WOODHAVEN

Other top representatives in the friction finals from WOODHAVEN:

Matt Van Cise, Robbyn Day, Terrence Williamson

Open
1st-Chris Parish
2nd-James Harrison
3rd-Shane Hendershot
4th-Josh Grossenbacher
5th-Billy Yargus-WOODHAVEN

Check out the domination in the friction division by WOODHAVEN! What an awesome showing!

Congrats to Billy also on a top five finish in the open!

Other top 12 representatives from WOODHAVEN in the open finals:

Sadler McGraw, Matt Van Cise, Mitchell Johnston

Also note Mike was next in line to make the cut. Running all Friciton in an Open Contest!!!!

2010 NWTF Convention

jyoung — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:37:09 GMT

FYI... For those of us who plan on attending this years convention who do not get our rooms paid for, as of now rooms are $155.00 a night and there are still some Atrium views available. I just booked mine last week. Looking forward to finally meeting some of you guys!

Florida State Calling Championship

Scott Ellis — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:32:41 GMT

Florida State:

1st-Scott Ellis

2nd-Chris Graham

3rd-Tim Sanford

Southern Open:

1st Sadler McGraw

2nd Chris Graham

3rd Mike Pentecost

Friction:

1st-Sadler McGraw

2nd-Colby Martin

3rd-Scott Ellis

Gobbling:

1st-Scott Ellis

2nd-Troy Floyd

3rd-Mike Pentecost

Owl:

1st-Sadler McGraw

2nd-Chris Graham

3rd-Colby Martin

Jr.

1st-Benjamin Pentecost

2nd and 3rd-Not sure

VA calling contest

nyturkeyhunter — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:26:48 GMT

I was wondering if anyone was at the the Virginia state calling contest this weekend. If so, what did you think of the venue and how did you do?

World?

jyoung — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:15:03 GMT

I'm new to the forum. Is anybody going to world this weekend?

Bobby Woods

scott826 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:03:55 GMT

Bobby this is Scott Holcomb can you please give me a call 606-634-1899 i need some help

US Open results

Mitchell Johnston — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:34:23 GMT

I thought I would congratulate all of the Woodhaven Team on a job well done at the 2009 US Open Championships. I feel that we were well represented by all the callers in the prelims and the finals!

Results of Woodhaven Callers

2nd Mitchell Johnston

4th Sadler McGraw

5th Billy Yargus

6th Matt Van Cise

8th Mike Pentecost (running all friction in an Open division!!!!)

Congratulations again!!!

a grand season....more pics

Scott Ellis — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:43:47 GMT

more pics...

A grand season..........

Scott Ellis — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:38:43 GMT

Here are some pics from this spring....

Purring

WTB — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:00:41 GMT

I know this topic has been visited many times. I cannot seem to achieve a purr on a diaphragm. I have read the posts before and cannot seem to achieve a good gargling sound.

I have been working on fluttering my tongue and can do this with no problem, however when I do, it sounds nothing like a purr, very aggressive and not really realistic in my opinion. Is it unrealistic to achieve and realistic sound using this method? Does anyone have any suggestions, call positioning, tongue positioning etc... I have been using the Sadler, Crabtree, Singlewing and wasp.

Crafty Easterns

ThunderChicken16 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:40:07 GMT

In which southern state is it most difficult to call in and harvest an Eastern longbeard?

(This question deals with the craftiness and intelligence of the birds and not state population numbers)

Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
South Carolina

Aggressive Cutting

nyturkeyhunter — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:09:21 GMT

I’m having a hard time finding a call to make aggressive cuts on. Most calls break up or squeak when I apply a burst of air. The only call I found that works for my style is the red wasp. The only down fall is it is hard to keep enough air pressure to do multiple cuts in a sequence. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Famous (Or Infamous) Longbeards

ThunderChicken16 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:40:04 GMT

Have any of you guys ever "named" a tricky gobbler that you have consistently hunted?

Im currently hunting a bird on private land in Louisiana that i've dubbed Senor Thunderchicken. He's very large, with an absolutlely beautiful fan, and he has an 11 inch. or greater beard. I see him all the time. I've worked him alot, but he always seems to outsmart me in some way. I'm determined to harvest him.

Also, another weird thing is that although he is definitely the dominant bird in the area (he's run off all the other longbeards in the vicinity), a jake is always with him. They are never apart from each other and he even allows the jake to strut with him when he is courting hens (i have thousands of pictures and videos to prove it). I've even heard them both gobbling together; they both roost in the same tree every night, no matter where they are. This puzzles me because he is definitely an old bird, but allows this "youngster" to stay with him all the time, even after he runs all the other longbeards off. Any ideas, guys? Could it be his son lol?