what is the most important aspect of a call you try to achieve when making them?
for me it goes
qaulity
sound
looks
of course we all shoot for all 3 but which one do you learn toward the most?
I dont care to much for the looks part but it cant be this ugly thing you would even use for fire wood. BUt I have to say sound and quality are the biggest factors I go after,and strength of call since I mostly make scratch box calls. I even try to build my long box calls strong to, I tend and I know lots of do too, drop them or plop our big butts down on them. :toothy12:
SOUND
Good tone with a lot of break to the yelp.
Quote from: West Augusta on June 23, 2011, 07:48:24 AM
SOUND
Good tone with a lot of break to the yelp.
:agreed:
SOUND, if it sounds good doesent matter to me what it looks like but I am rough on a call anyway.--Lyle
Sound
Looks/Quality
Price
:smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an
i have never had a turkey come in because i was using a pretty call, never. he came in because of the sound it produced. that should be the top priority to any call maker, period. shouldn't even be a question.
Quote from: Gitzit69 on June 23, 2011, 03:49:28 PM
Quote from: gobbler336 on June 23, 2011, 03:34:07 PM
i have never had a turkey come in because i was using a pretty call, never. he came in because of the sound it produced. that should be the top priority to any call maker, period. shouldn't even be a question.
:you_rock: :you_rock:
Quote from: Gobblez on June 23, 2011, 12:29:37 PM
Sound
Looks/Quality
Price
:smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an
X2 for my 2 cents
I agree totally on the sound, sound and quality are right in line with each other. because if you have a call that sounds good, but the quality of the call isnt that great, that just wont do. I have had calls that sound good for a month, then die out. So quality and sound are right on top of each other.
That old longbeard doesn't give a hoot what your call looks like or what it's made out of. He just likes (or not) what it sounds like.
Quote from: CASH on June 25, 2011, 07:21:15 AM
That old longbeard doesn't give a hoot what your call looks like or what it's made out of. He just likes (or not) what it sounds like.
:z-winnersmiley: A buddy of ours has an old lynch box he calls "white trash" that his grandaddy gave him that looks like garbage and has been repaired many times it has produced many gobblers and its still his go to call.
When I play it, ol' tom can't resist coming in!
That's what I want.
Pretty calls that don't sound good will not kill turkeys and only add extra weight to your vest as they will not be a go to caller. Sound first. Bill
If it don't SOUND like a turkey, it don't get to ride in my vest.
I agree with sound. trust, me if it doesnt sound good, its off to the wood burner. When I say quality, i am talking about how well its built, the type of glue used, how well the soundboard is put in. I have had calls that sound great then got wet and the surfaces popped right out of them. also soundboards have come loose on me. if a call sounds great but isnt also built just as great as it sounds, i wont buy it, nor will I sell it.