I recently bought a mallardtone crow call. I have several other calls but no wood mouthpiece calls. I wanted to try one out so i ordered this one. Well there is no nice way to put this it SUCKS! I have a cheapo lohman gold series thats all plastic that sounds 10 times better. This call cuts out when i try to use any loud volume. I tried to get the mouthpiece out to adjust the reed but im afraid its gonna break i cant move it. Anyone with any advice on a good call because this one isnt that good. Or should i just stick with what i have.
Yes, get a wooden dowl.. roughly the same size as the channel in the body of the call.. you should be able to easily tap the mouth piece out.. and after you do.. experiment with moving the reed forward/backward until you find that sweet spot... that will allow you to blow as hard as you like.. and not have it cut out. Mallardtone calls do tend to produce higher pitched sounds regardless of how you adjust the reed... but no problem, high pitch carries better especially in the wind. Also, get some 0000 sand paper or very fine steel wool..and lightly sand the edges of the plastic reed..just smooth up the edges.. this willl help produce a more pure sound.
Secondly, get a Gibson as a back-up call... alternate use of both of them while "on station".
And if you have problems with the reed slipping around when you push the mouthpiece assembly, simply hold it where you want it with a rubber band and then push it back in.
I.S.
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I think as with most mass produced products sometimes you get one that ain't quite right. My hunting friend Crowdog has a wood haven that is an absolute crow killer so I bought one. Mine sounds like a sqeaky party horn. We've done everything to it and it just stinks.
My Mallardtone is an old one and have no problems with it. If you like the mouth piece on that call you should try a Jack Mincey call. Jack makes very good crow hunting crow calls. I own and use two of his for hunting crows and locating turkeys in the spring. Jack tunes his calls himself and it will sound like a crow when you recieve it. No muss,no fuss.
Thanks for all the suggestion guys i will definately buy another call this thing is crap! I adjusted it back and forth and compared to my other calls it sounds like pure garbage! I dont have many problems with my other calls they just get slobbered up and the reed sticks so i thought a wooden mouth piece would do the trick.
-- Edited by OneShot on Tuesday 14th of February 2012 01:39:51 PM
I have a Nordik Crow call, and an FT3 (Sam Neyt) too, these are the best of the European calls. The FT3 sounds like a Gibson, but is 3 times as loud at least. The Nordik Crow call is a very raspy and load call, and a problem with it is the redd sticks, so apply olive oil (WIPE the reed with a pice of kitchen roll that has been SMEARED not soaked in Olive oil), and this helps somewhat, although you'll need to do it every couple of outings. The FT3 like the Gibson doesn't suffer from this problem.
European calls are however VERY expensive comared to American calls
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