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Trough Calls

Started by GML6587, January 07, 2021, 10:02:23 PM

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GML6587

Hello everyone,

I'm a new member to the forum but have been enjoying reading posts for a while. I've been trying my hand at making box calls and scratch box calls for a couple years now with decent success and would now like to try trough calls. I'm pretty sure I have a good handle on the build but am unsure on how best to attach the slate. Is the slate only glued on each end of the trough or should there be a small lip around the edge of the trough to glue the slate to? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

callmakerman

Sounds dumb I guess but like anything in call making it's a guarded secret. Trial and error is the best way to learn.

M,Yingling

#2
 i  dont make them but  looks like the secrets out lol   maybe this will help u out

http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php?topic=43685.0
and another
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php?topic=59316.0
Not taking orders for calls at this time ,,,but my have some on hand  ,,,I Dont sell strikers
I do like copper pot calls,,,,Get them While u can
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https://www.youtube.com/user/CallerTurkey

GML6587

I thought the intricacies on how the slate is "attached" to the call may be a closely guarded secret but I thought I'd throw the question out there anyway to see if I would get a bite. Haha!

Thank you for the links M, Yingling. They are exactly what I was looking for. Now I gotta see if I can make this chunk of wood talk turkey!

Jmloch

The first ones I made I had a small thin piece of wood under my aluminum striking surface. Since I have made them with only a small 1/8" lip. the experimenting I've done this year with them has me thinking that you really don't need the frame or trough and just the surface. I made them with ceramic this year. Way different sound with and without the trough. I did settle on a very small one with a trough ceramic surface. I couldn't get the tone (rollover) I wanted so I glued only one side and settle for rasp. I'll post some pics.


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GML6587

I'm having similar struggles myself. I've tried aluminum but I think my stock is too thick. It is approx. 1/8 inch think and just doesn't quite have the right tone. I used some slate that I bought for trough calls but to me it sounds more like a duck than anything else. I'm determined to get one of these to talk turkey so I am going to keep trying!

Jmloch

I forgot to post the pics, my aluminum is 1/8" as well, it doesn't sound great but the turkeys responded well to it.


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outdoors

I've noticed that some are making that call bigger in size and sounding alot more realistic in sound
Sun Shine State { Osceola }
http://m.myfwc.com/media/4132227/turkeyhuntnoquota.jpg

noisy box call that seems to sound like a flock of juvenile hens pecking their way through a wheat field

Jmloch

#8
Mine is about 4" x 2"


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