There are so many to choose from nowadays it can be confusing. Ilike single reed wood or acrylic. As far as make pretty much gotta blow different ones til you find one ya like. I blow JJ lares and a mike mclemore mallard magnet. you get what you pay for the lower the price more trouble with reed stick tuning board problems. But there are some really good sounding inexpensive calls out there. Try to get a fairly raspy one for the type of hunting you are doing.