

Calls can be made of plastic, or turned by hand on a lathe, a machine used to shape wood. Machines or artisans cut reeds in different shapes to lend the call different sound properties, and they can be made of bamboo, wood or even metal - although metal reeds tend to freeze in cold temperatures. The reed, tone board and wedge are collectively called the insert, and hunters often refer to this as the call's guts.

You hold the barrel to your mouth and put your hand at the other end of the device to regulate the sound coming out. Those pieces work together to produce sound when you blow into the mouthpiece of the call.

Stopper - the end piece of the call, usually held in the hand.Barrel - the hollow tube through which you blow air.
