Two calls that I make I specify NOT to seperate the reeds....If you do you will lose sound and longevity of the caller...Ask anyone who has talked to me over the phone...I get the call out , pop a few hard clucks on it or just have it in my mouth for a few mins while we talk and then proceed to run a series of yelps , clucks , cutts , etc....I have been known to use toothpicks to seperate a heavier reeded call....They seem to really really stick.....But even then I rarely use them now....Nothing worse than fooling with toothpicks during or after a hunt....ANY thin reeded call will quickly seperate within mins. of using......
Interesting. I've never noticed a loss of sound in a call due to a flat toothpick.
You are free to ask 300mag on here what a call sounds like right from the fridge...and I believe tbgator....I ran them straight outta the box so to speak.....toothpicks are a waste of time on thin reeded calls for hunting purposes....Heres another question....Do you know the history of that cut or anything?
I keep the top reed on any call (ghost cuts) seperated from the bottom ones. Know on alot (most)of calls I leave the bottom reeds stuck.
On some ghost cuts (my Kee-Kee calls) sometimes I only break the corners free. This seems to let them whistle alittle better but to get a really great yelp I like to have the top reed seperated.
This weekend notice how many of the callers are in the corners picking at calls with toothpicks. Great for a contest but I'm not going to do it in the woods............One of the BEST yelpers I know with a ghost cut is Sadler McGraw. Sadlers calls are always seperated.
A call sounds the best before it is saturated so to get the most premium sound out of a call it basically needs to be dry and the reeds the way you want them, when your ready to call....seperated or not......sorry to get long winded
Cane Creek ,you and turkkllr play nice!
I too, only worry about the top reed most of the time. I call so bad though it doesn't really matter much?