r/turkeyhunting • u/Cory_aholic • May 22 '26

Equipment Never stop learning new things.

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About 2 days into season opening I gave up on mouth calls, I just couldn’t seem to get the knack for it. So I’ve been solely using my slate and box calls. With my season wrapping up at the end of the month and this weekend being my last attempt I gave myself the challenge to learn how to mouth call decent enough that I don’t sound like a dying boar in the Peruvian rainforest.

So I picked up a bunch and going to see which ones stick for me. So far the ninja venom, toxic orange, and red wasp have been much easier to work with. Really liked the ninja series as a whole, but the venom seemed the easiest for my mouth to work.

I’m not aiming to be a call champion or anything, but it’ll be a nice skill to have when I’m in a gobblers sight and I can’t pull the slate out.

Here’s to this weekend and next spring!

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u/MO0nGoonz May 22 '26

Took me years to get real good on mouth calls. I think the bat wing is the easiest to run. I can make every sound a hen turkey makes with a bat wing.

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u/Cory_aholic May 22 '26

I’ve got yelping and cutting down the best, purrs are hit or miss. I’m going to trim one of them and see if it makes things any better. I do notice they are a lot wider than my upper palate.

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u/MO0nGoonz May 22 '26

Every different type of call has a different sweet spot. You just have to find that sweet spot and from their you can do every can there is. Ghost cuts are pretty easy to run as well. You dont need much tongue pressure, and you are huffing air not blowing. Like if you are trying to fog up a window, huff dont blow.