This evening a father and so were over at my house learning to run a pot call. The 14 year old has wanted to turkey hunt for a year or so, and I told he we would go and I would do my best to teach him to call. I had 5-6 pot calls out and told him whatever one he could run the best would be his. I then told them to start following the forum due to there being a ton of good information here.
He could not decide which her ran best, and ask if I could ask "the experts" on the forum. So if you have 4 minutes to kill let us know which you like best. In fairness, his first attempt was about 12 minutes and I was hurrying him along. I think he does a fantastic job after just a few weeks of practice!
I forgot to call out call number one, but I do give call numbers before all other calls. All are pot calls.
Thanks!
https://youtu.be/G-zt4A8PITE
Quote from: WTNUT on February 02, 2021, 10:38:44 PM
This evening a father and so were over at my house learning to run a pot call. The 14 year old has wanted to turkey hunt for a year or so, and I told he we would go and I would do my best to teach him to call. I had 5-6 pot calls out and told him whatever one he could run the best would be his. I then told them to start following the forum due to there being a ton of good information here.
He could not decide which her ran best, and ask if I could ask "the experts" on the forum. So if you have 4 minutes to kill let us know which you like best. In fairness, his first attempt was about 12 minutes and I was hurrying him along. I think he does a fantastic job after just a few weeks of practice!
I forgot to call out call number one, but I do give call numbers before all other calls. All are pot calls.
Thanks!
https://youtu.be/G-zt4A8PITE
Tried to pull it up but it won't let me, it says the video is private.
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Okay I will go change setting
Should be good to go!
I would vote 4. But that is just my :z-twocents:
Thanks when a few people vote i will let you know what they are. No losers and no winners he is a good kid.
I vote call 4 also, could just be my ears but it sounds like he was running ones with a little higher pitched better also. Good luck guys safe hunting and put that young man on a bird.
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I'd also say 4 but I think a part of the issue is cadence and rollover. Cadence is the rushing thing you spoke of and it's a minor occurrence. Easy fix.The rollover could be affected by simply how he just grabbed the call. Look at the holes on back, you commonly run from one to the next sometimes across one. Not doing so affects break. Another easy fix. That makes a difference. He's doing good though. Maybe he'll be calling birds for you this year
I agree with number four. The others he tends to lose that high front end of the yelp. Seems like he's more consistent with four.
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4 it is.......
Yes, he's got it on #4
Pretty amazing he is that good already!
Number 4
Quote from: Bowguy on February 03, 2021, 07:01:00 AM
I'd also say 4 but I think a part of the issue is cadence and rollover. Cadence is the rushing thing you spoke of and it's a minor occurrence. Easy fix.The rollover could be affected by simply how he just grabbed the call. Look at the holes on back, you commonly run from one to the next sometimes across one. Not doing so affects break. Another easy fix. That makes a difference. He's doing good though. Maybe he'll be calling birds for you this year
I told him he had to call in a bird for me! And, yes I had him rushed for sure. Thanks to all for listening.
I really had not listened to the video until just now. I agree 4 is the best. I think with more practice and me not telling him he can't ask people to listen to a 20 minute video he will be able to run them all really well! Funny thing, I probably had 25 calls and he wanted to put them all in the video :) :) :) :)
But, you know what at this point, I thrive on seeing that youthful excitement when it comes to a young person wanted to learn, explore and hunt.
I would pick 4 or 6. He's doing a good job might slow down a tad on Yelps but sounds like he's got it going on
Quote from: WTNUT on February 03, 2021, 12:16:41 PM
I really had not listened to the video until just now. I agree 4 is the best. I think with more practice and me not telling him he can't ask people to listen to a 20 minute video he will be able to run them all really well! Funny thing, I probably had 25 calls and he wanted to put them all in the video :) :) :) :)
But, you know what at this point, I thrive on seeing that youthful excitement when it comes to a young person wanted to learn, explore and hunt.
Thank God for that. He's doing very well
Thanks to all who listened. J.D. just stopped by after school and he is now the proud owner of a 1995 or 1996 Cody grey slate pot call. I liked that one a lot, and it is easy to run. Thanks again to each of you!!!!!
Without reading anyone else's reply I will say probably call #3.
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And thas just listening to the tone of the call alone. I think that's the one I would suggest to start practicing on. He still sounds better than some of the folks I have heard.
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Congrats to him
I liked 4 as well, I think he just started getting in tune with his cadence. You can tell that all of them would work. That's great of you to do that to get someone started on the right path. Kudos to you!!!
Quote from: Chris O on February 03, 2021, 10:04:25 PM
I liked 4 as well, I think he just started getting in tune with his cadence. You can tell that all of them would work. That's great of you to do that to get someone started on the right path. Kudos to you!!!
It is the least I can do to give back. Hunting kept me out of trouble while young and dumb. You can't get in too much trouble before 10PM - last minute bedtime for a turkey hunter! I just wish I was a better friction caller to help JD and others out. I was always a better than average ( some say damn good ) caller with diaphragm call so I never had an interest in anything that required hand movement until a couple years ago.
Quote from: WTNUT on February 03, 2021, 10:45:15 PM
Quote from: Chris O on February 03, 2021, 10:04:25 PM
I liked 4 as well, I think he just started getting in tune with his cadence. You can tell that all of them would work. That's great of you to do that to get someone started on the right path. Kudos to you!!!
It is the least I can do to give back. Hunting kept me out of trouble while young and dumb. You can't get in too much trouble before 10PM - last minute bedtime for a turkey hunter! I just wish I was a better friction caller to help JD and others out. I was always a better than average ( some say damn good ) caller with diaphragm call so I never had an interest in anything that required hand movement until a couple years ago.
Hunting and fishing has kept me out of trouble also. It has even worked with my 2 boys so far ( fingers crossed) hope it continues which I think it will. My buddy used to have a bumper sticker that said kids that hunt, fish and trap don't go around and mug little old ladies. The outdoors is a wonderful lifestyle to share!!!! You did good
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4 sounds good. Keep mixing in those cuts! I think this is awesome!
Number 4 sounds good.
Quite honestly, there was not enough difference in any of them for me to say one would call a gobbler over another one. They are all good-sounding calls and he did a good job of calling with every one of them. Of course, he was running them to demonstrate differences in sound and tonal quality. Under real "turkey calling" conditions, he would obviously want to vary the volume, length of calling, and types of "turkey sounds" used, but I would bet you have gone over all of that with him, as well.
It would seem to me that you have obviously taught him to vary the tempo in his calling and that is good. Same with adding clucks/cuts in the calling sequences. All in all, a great job with all the calls. If he is just starting and can run the calls that well already, it will never be the calling that determines his future successes or failures. It will be some other factor among the myriad elements that come into play.
You have taught him well!