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I started messing around with making my own at the end of last year and that's how I learned the concept of using one. Then a month or two ago I got some HS Strut mouth calls and would put one in only once or twice a week and practice every now and then. So I didn't practice very much but I learned pretty quick. Did most of my practicing right before turkey season opened just to be sure I was consistent and wouldn't mess up in the field. I can yelp, cutt, cluck, purr, and haven't worked on kee kees because I don't need them.

Just wondering how long it took yall to learn one. I hear some people get it right away and others struggle for a long time. Everyone's different... I think I learned it pretty quick. If I had set my mind to it I could have had it down pat in a week but instead I took my time. Used a mouth call to call in some jakes on opening morning but didn't get to pull off a shot.
 
I have three but only have one I can make turkey noises with, the others sound like a kazoo. I own the "Funniest Moment in Turkey Mouth call history", practicing in the truck, started calling to the tune of Jimmy Buffets Margarettaville, started laughing and spit the call out and it stuck to the windshield. I had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
 
I havnen't ever mastered it. Granted I didn't give them much of a chance. I messed with one when I first started turkey hunting and got close to sounding like a turkey with emphysema a couple times, but that was as close as I got.

I didn't like the way they felt. The roof of my mouth is really narrow.

I have thought about trying it again because it is obviously a great advantage to be hands free, but I am not sure I have the discipline to master it.
 
10 or 15 minutes before i could make an acceptable yelp. don't worry so much about sounding perfect. this ain't a calling contest. listen to the real hens. they make some god-awful sounds sometimes.
 
"...havent worked on kee kees because I don't need them."

You'd be suprised how well they work even during the spring. In the right situation they can be deadly.
 
I had the yelp down in a few minutes.most of the guys i hunt with still can't use them.i try to help them but they give up
 
practiced for a year before I went live. Now all i use to finsih the job is the stinger series by Woodhaven.
 
I bought numerous mouth calls, I finally felt comfortable after about three years to use it in the field. Every year I will learn another trick or two with them.
 
bvoss said:
"...havent worked on kee kees because I don't need them."

You'd be suprised how well they work even during the spring. In the right situation they can be deadly.
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I ought to brush up on them, especially for the fall. Come fall season I will kill every bird I get in range within the bag limit, except the babies. With a slightly tightened single reed tube call I can make really good sounding kee kees. I guess I should just carry a specific tube call or straight-edged double reed mouth call just for kee kees. I like a slightly raspy yelp and raspy cutts but kee kees don't typically work as well on the raspier calls.
 
I have stuck with it for the last 4 mths or so. A buddy of mine said it sounded better than his calling and he has been doing it for a while.

Guess I am coming along!

Woodhavens work best for me.
 
Took me almost a week just to make a sound with it! After that it just kinda clicked and I was like ohhhh... So that's how you do it! Picked up on it real quick then!

Also ditto what stik said about real hens and making some awfull sounds!
 

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