RE: Hand calls considered the best.
There are plenty of good calls on the market. If you can make it sound like death it is a good call. I like the Screey AP-6. It is a bite style call. You bite down on the mouth piece to change the pitch.I also like to use close reed calls like the Dan Thompson PC-2. Ibought a callfrom KettleCreek Callscalled a backstabber. I haven't used it in the field yet but it sounds real good. In my opionion, open reed calls are harder to use. They sound good but it is hard to learn.