
Learn the basics
- Start with a two-reed call with no cuts in the top reed
- Reeds should face forward, toward the front of your mouth
- The small bump or tab on one side indicates the bottom side, facing down in your mouth
- Moisten the reeds with saliva and make sure they are separated
- Place the call in your mouth
- Use the center of your tongue to press it against the roof of our mouth
- The call’s curved back end should fit tightly in the natural curve of your mouth
Learn the technique
- Don’t “blow,” forcefully “huff” air from your lungs through your throat using your diaphragm
- Keep constant tongue pressure on the call
- Don’t puff your cheeks
- Use your diaphragm to force a slow steady stream of air across the top of your tongue
- Air over the tip of your tongue creates an “s” sound, air over the back creates an “h” sound, try to be somewhere in between
- As you huff, the call’s reeds will vibrate and produce sound
- Try to achieve a clear, high-pitched whistle (don’t try to sound like turkey yet
- Move your tongue around to find the spot on the call that lets you whistle
- Make sure the call is sealed properly against the top of your mouth
- Be patient. Practice huffing until producing a whistle is second nature
Learn actual calls
Reading: Mouth Call Madness
1. yip ( a two-note call )
- Note one is the whistle, to achieve the second note, whistle and slowly drop your jaw and/or tongue pressure, this will produce a lower, sometimes raspier note
- At first the call will sound like a “kee” (whistle) “ock” (second note)
- Practice breaking the sound into two notes, speed up the process and the yelp will become recognizable
2. Kee-kee guide
- Whistle training will allow you to produce a series of three or four ascending whistles
- Add a yelp or two on the end of the kee-kees and you’ll sound like a young turkey
3. Cluck
- Use your diaphragm to huff a quick, forceful blast of air across the reeds
4. Cutting ( an excited, mismatched series of clucks
- Cackling is a more rhythmic series of clucks turkeys often utter when flying
5. Purring ( the most difficult to master )
- Produce a gargling sound in the back of your mouth as you huff air across the call
- Let you cheeks puff out when making this call
- If you can’t gargle, purr by fluttering you tongue or lips
never get frustrated, mouth calling takes a set of exercise and work. once you ’ ve mastered the two-reed call, advance to other types of diaphragm. Don ’ thyroxine forget the basics. commodity fortune !
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