I always tell people to stay away from massed produced mouth calls but hundreds of turkeys everywhere are called in by them. So to each his own as far as that goes. You'll get much better sound out of a hand-stretched, premium mouth call made by a smaller company. For me, the tape can affect my sound as well. I perosnally love the smooth white tape. But everyone has their preference.

A lot of people say to start out with a single or a double reed. This is because it takes less air to blow. I never really started out on a beginner call and really think its unnecessary as long as you understand how to drop from the high note of a a yelp to the low note. Kee-uck or chee-uck. The yelp is a 2 note call.

Probably the most popular call in turkey hunting would be a 3 reed, v-cut call or some close variation. This is a call that can make very realisticyelps, cutts, clucks and purrs, basically everything a hen says.

I honestly believe that William Terry in South Carolina makes the best mouth calls that you can buy. He is the owner of Legacy Game Calls. www.gameacc.net. "Wild Hunter" is a 3 reed v-cut call and its my favorite call out there. Its what I yelp on in competitions, and its what will be in my mouth at flydown time on opening morning as well.All of his calls are first rate. Buy 3 or 4 with different cuts so so can see what you like. If your not sure where to start get"wild hunter""ladies night""prized posession" and "lone hen."Four different calls with different sound. You will be impressed.

No caller can really say to another caller,"this will work for you." Allwe can do is recommend. Mouth callswill be a true blessing to you in the woods once you get down how to use them. Good luck!

By the way, I do not work, nor am associated with LegacyGame Callsin any way, I have just been using them for about 5-6 years now.