1.Whats the first call you bust out with opening day? 2.What is your back up call?

The first TYPE of call or the first KIND of call?

The type of call has a 85% chance of being a Woodhaven.

The kind of call might be a pot style call or a mouth call. Or maybe even a locator call. Just depends on the circumstances.

Welcome to the forums by the way! Great bunch of folks here with VAST knowledge and experiences! Again, welcome.

start with a slate softly and then move to my mouth call. I will use several glass calls, a couple of box calls, and numerous mouth calls throughout the season.

Mouth Call!

Mouth call primary
Slate call secondary
Tube call to locate
Box Call Seldom usually to locate when nothing else is working or it is windy

Slate and Mouth. which one I use first depends on how close I am to the birds.

I'll start out with a slate probably. No need to get my mouth call all soaked just yet. Once I've got a bird working I'll finish it (hopefully) with a mouthcall.

Mouth call. Every now and then I'll start out with a friction call, but my primary call is a mouth call.

My primary call for locating birds would be my mouth call. My primary call for making sweet talk when a bird is coming is my slate call.

My primary call is my mouth call. But I start out with soft calls from my slate. But once they hit the ground Im on it with my mouth call...