I didn't realize there were so many different types of pot calls!

 

My primos power crystal and Purple Heart striker are my go to.

 

I'm with DEDGOOSE as far as preferring crystal over anything.

I like glass and slate both though. With glass, I feel I can really turn the volume down and still make a quality hen sound much easier than with slate. I'm not about the box store brands when it comes to turkey calls, but I will admit one of if not THE best sounding call I've ever owned was the Lohman Thunder Dome crystal. They sold for less than $20 at wal mart but they go for some times over $100 on eBay and for a reason.

Stupid me left mine in the truck over the cold winter and cracked the darn thing.

Other than that I use a Strut Buster made by Steve Reeves at Supreme Turkey Calls which is a crystal call with slate on the back. Absolutely amazing sound, quality, craftsmanship.

 

Dang I did not know that calling in a turkey was so complicated.

 

Aluminum with a carbon striker (attached with a lanyard) it will work when soaking wet and carries well on the windy days. Also a couple of pieces of different grit sand paper and some Scotch Brite and a piece of chalk. I also carry a hickory and a plastic striker in my pack. A single diaphragm mouth call for when they get real close. I can speak all Turkey talk needed. I can gobble without a call and can also make most others without a call. I can range from a kee kee to a mature gobbler yep. With all of that said most of my birds fell to the single mouth call. It's really that simple!

 

I just got my hooks assassins glass pot call and really like it! I picked up and ran it with ease. My buddy came over while I was setting on my deck messing with it and said it sounded "stupid good". He had a little trouble running it but after a little bit he was sounding pretty turkeyie. I like the purpleheart striker better than the persimmon on the glass but both sound nice. I'm anxious to see how all these long beards like it.
On a side note I saw my first lone long beard yesterday, he was gobbling his head off about a quarter mile from my house. It's getting to be that time, I finally feel a little better after my duck season withdrawals!

 

at the firehouse? I'll check my schedule

 

thanks Jason. Do you have a copy of buckfax with your article in it? I have 2 copys if you want one

 

I'll take one.

I'm available Sunday if'n you are...

 

I have had trouble with pot calls and my buddy said I should try different strikers. Most of the time I see them, they are with another call. Who sells a variety of strikers to try? Most of the time I just use mouth calls or my old box , and have given up on the pot style

 

Mike, swing by one day. I'll get you set up. We'll figure out if you're doing anything wrong, what striker suits you best, and get a few in your hands, since strikers disappear like socks in a dryer.

 

I carry both on me but given the choice is prefer glass with a fiberglass striker it gives off a good crisp sound for long calling a d the fiberglass striker on glass works better when wet. All that being said I only like to use my pot calls for long calling I prefer mouth calls but I do use both and a lot of times I use them in tandem to give the illusion of different 2 birds ( a killer tactic btw)

 

No matter what the call is, every thing affects everything. It really gets crazy with duck calls

 

Thanks everyone for the info.

 

I like glass over slate, but I don't like glass under glass or any metal. I also like glass over wood but it doesn't compare to a slate soundboard IMHO.
The material of the Sound boards make a huge difference under the calling surface.

 

Exactly.

Soundboard makes the call, as well as distance from calling surface, call thickness and dimensions, and pot type.

For the record, a good deal of the pot calls sold at big box stores don't even have a soundboard, hence their hollow sound.

I prefer wood soundboards all day long.

 

 

I like them all, & all have a bit of a different frequency. I really like the aluminum with many different strikers, but non-wooden strikers, especially a hollow carbon striker, with aluminum "slate" still works well even when it's raining...

 

My favorite is my Knight&Hale Ol' Yeller ceramic. I do have a double glass with a carbon striker. It's awesome for them windy or rainy days when it's loud in the turkey woods.

 

I had one of those. The original ceramic was formulated by Mike Battey, the call doctor.

He had a legal battle with them over the specifics of the ceramic and I believe it has changed

I believe the primos ol Betsy had the same ceramic surface

 

Agree slate is more forgiving when clicking or purring it just grabs the striker better. It will give good yelps but not the light nuances a harder surface gives. Most purr pots are slate I believe because of the softness. I too use a copper to get the soft clear yelps I hear in the morn and can rev it up when I
Have to. If you want get into locating -aluminum and crystal can get you the loudness you might want. What one guy hears in a call may differ from another -go with what gives you the realistic sound your looking for and will give confidence in producing realistic turkey sounds.

 

I have glass and slate and prefer the sound of the glass over the slate, but the glass is a little harder to use, I don't have a crystal but the ones I've heard sound really good

 

I have an old quaker pot that's half slate and half aluminum and I love it.i use 3 different strikers with it.i believe hickory,and purple heart,and my favorite is a carbon striker.

 

I personally like slate. The others DEDGOOSE mentioned are a little more difficult but, it all depends on what striker you use too.

 

I have about every wood there is in varying designs. I have come to the conclusion, it's hard to beat dymndwood. I carry two strikers, both different designs, but dymndwood. Either know dymndwood is dymndwood the die color can change the sound.

If ya want a dymndwood striker ya better move, plant burnt down and has not rebuilt. Thankfully Neal whom turns our strikers is sitting on one of the biggest staches.

 

Interesting, I have not seen a crystal call.

 

A good crystal call is the most versatile IMO. There's also aluminum, copper, anodized aluminum, blasted glass.

 

I'm not a huge fan of regular glass, I love bronzed glass however. I've played 100s of glass calls and albeit some sound turkey, it's not the sound I prefer.

Crystal is my favorite surface

 

Thank you Gobblerman.

 

If your new to the sport I would recommend using a slate. I've called in more gobblers with my Natures Echo Slate call then any other call in my vest. Slate is easier to use. With that said when the gobblers are not responding to it, I'll switch to a glass or copper call. Late season I have more success with a copper call. I believe this is do to some gobblers being wary of calls. A glass or copper call is higher pitch, copper ads more rasp to the sound. I carry all 3 in the field, but if I could only carry one it would be a slate.