I can make a half-decent yelp on most mouth calls, and I have the song “Disco Duck” to thank for that.
Younger readers might not recall this nauseatingly overplayed ditty, which graced the pop airwaves in the late 1970s and early ’80s, but I’m sure a few Turkey & Turkey Hunting fans suffered such familiarity. Though I’m embarrassed to credit a piece of pop trash for teaching me the basics of latex-produced hen talk, confessing this truth might constitute a public service, so please bear with me.
Like many beginners, I made some gosh-awful sounds in my first attempts on a diaphragm call. Each yelp was a hideous screech, my clucks sounded like an exhaling walrus, and any attempt at purring produced more saliva than sound. I tried calls made by various companies, models with thin latex and others with thick prophylactic, and calls with one, two and three reeds — and several combinations thereof. Nothing worked, and I was getting disgusted enough to quit.
Then a buddy offered some advice that changed me. Continue reading more…. Article source turkeyandturkeyhunting.com