This is only my second year hunting and I had good success last year with a diaphragm call, This year I am using "The Freak" slate call with a hardwood striker and its working great so far called in 5 jakes and a hen and had one turkey get hung up on a fence in the first two days! The jakes were really small so there aren't any dead one's yet, but they all came withing shooting range except the one that got hung up on the fenceline.