Come spend some time in the shop, sharpen your calling skills, and head into turkey season with the confidence to fool more longbeards.One of the most common questions we get is: “Can I come to the shop and get some one-on-one help with my calling?” The answer is yes. Watching videos on social media is a great place to start, but nothing compares to sitting down face-to-face and working through your calling with someone who can hear exactly what you’re doing and help you make corrections on the spot. At HGC University, you’ll spend time in the Houndstooth Game Calls shop working one-on-one with Lyle Gilbert. Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been calling for years, your session will focus on the fundamentals that help you become a more confident, realistic, and effective turkey caller. Mouth Call Instruction If mouth calls are giving you trouble, we’ll work through the details that matter most, including proper placement, air control, tongue pressure, and calling technique. We’ll also use our call press to help determine which cut and style of mouth call fits you best, so you’re not fighting a call that doesn’t work for you. Friction and Box Call Instruction Need help with pot calls or other friction calls? We’ll go through the friction calls we build and cover proper conditioning, maintenance, striker control, and how to get the most realistic sounds from each call. Some hunters may only need a few small adjustments. Others may be starting from scratch. Either way, every lesson is tailored to your skill level, your calling style, and the areas where you need the most help. We can honestly say that everyone who has walked out of the shop after a lesson has left a better caller than when they walked in. That’s the advantage of personal, hands-on instruction. Lesson Details Available: June 1 through November 1, during our offseason Location: Houndstooth Game Calls shop Session length: Approximately 1 to 1½ hours Instruction includes: Mouth calls, friction calls, call fit, technique, maintenance, and personalized troubleshooting We’ll provide Houndstooth mouth calls for use during your lesson, but please bring any mouth calls and friction calls you already own. This allows us to help you get the most out of the calls you’re already carrying in your vest. Pricing One Person Session: $150 Father & Son / Father & Daughter Session: $200 Book Your Lesson After you place your order Lyle will reach out to schedule your session. If you have questions please email: [email protected] What Y'all Are Saying About My One-On-Ones Dillon Williams says: “I have always struggled with finding a mouth call that worked for me, as many of you are aware it can get pricy going to a store and randomly trying different mouth calls, after sitting down with Lyle 1 on 1, within 30 minutes he had found the problem, the air flow coming out of my mouth was coming from the opposite side than most traditional cuts require, after making a few custom cuts by the time I left I finally sounded like a turkey and not a barking dog.” Todd Jackson says: I’ve turkey hunted for a long time and can call good enough to kill a bird or two each year. But when I started traveling to hunt turkeys I realized I needed to “up my game” to be able to capitalize on the opportunity in front of me when necessary, especially when I’ve traveled a long way to hunt pressured birds! I’ve watched a million YouTube videos on calling, but never could put all the pieces together to actually get better. That’s what was so great about having Lyle spend some time with me on my calling…he gave me feedback on my actual calling, custom to exactly what I was doing or not doing. You can’t get that from YouTube! His tips on air flow and the exact type of call I needed have proved to be a game changer for my calling abilities. I’m excited to hopefully go from an average turkey hunter to a “killa” with more practice!
