I've been a box call and scratch box guy all my life. I also like to use a mouth call from time to time, but primarily I use a box of some sort. I have been turning some pots just for the fun of it I guess and have been happy with my results, but in search of what other pot calls were sounding like I have seen a lot of video with guys calling on pots and I am a little confused. My question is do folks really call like they are doing in those videos and soundfiles? I know twenty years ago when I started the instructions for running a slate were to make small ovals to yelp. These guys are making what seems to be really large strokes and not to mention very loudly. What do these calls sound like if you try to tone them down? Where I hunt, the birds wouldn't have much to do with any of that calling. I will qualify my questions and statements by saying that I do most of my hunting on Mississippi public land. I am in no way trying to start an argument and I do not want to be offensive, I simply am trying to learn.
You are right in that not all pots can be toned down. Many pots these days seem to be tuned for agressive loud calling. There are good ones out there that can be run softly though. In general slates tend to be better soft calls than crystal or aluminum for instance. Yes I use ovals mostly for yelping but will go to large side ways "J" hooks for agressive raspy yelps.
A lot of pot calls can be toned down by cupping them in your hand and will get a deeper sound. I make about quater inch to half inch fish hooks at about a 30 degree angle. I find it easier to cutt or cluck by moving my hand up on striker towards the bell or handle. Scoot
A good pot call can call loud enough to hurt your ears and still sound good when run so softly you can hardly hear it. You can lighten up the pressure on your striker and make them very soft.
If you want a toned down call try the purr pot that sadler mcgraw makes got mine this week and love it.
The discussion point here is a, GOOD CALL. A lot of these calls sound great when you really get on them, but tend to flatten out if your trying to play softly, you loose the raspy sound in the call. If the call is a well made call it will sound the same whether you get on it or if your playing very softly, the sound of the call shouldn't change just because your playing it softly!! These vids or sound files are just for a selling purpose to show what the call sounds like, if they called like that in the woods, you'd maybe get a bird to gobble back at you, but most times it would only be a cautious gobble and not one where he's coming in.
Good question I'd thought that to..
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Thats why i said the purr pot from sadler mcgraw cause you cant get loud on it. Its strickedly a soft call. Its a flower pot call. No sounding board.