I'm ready for my first custom pot call sadly can only afford one. This will be a working call with a license to kill!! Not sit in a case for show, but used, toted in the vest,,slept on when I doze off against the tree and slump over.
I've got it narrowed to these four,,please vote!!!! and add comments if you like but I'm set on choosing between these four,,"please help me decide"
Brad Roberts,,Zebrawood bronze Glass over Aluminum.
David Halloran,,,Crystal Misstress/Twisted Sister, basically a Halloran choice
Kimmy Hanks,,Glass over Aluminium,,WOW this guy has more trophys then the Yankees
Loftis,,,Crystal Screamer
Please vote between the four your participation is MUCH appreciated!!!!
FYI- I do have a Paul Platz cherry pot on order but right now that looks like 17 months away..
Loftis
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Crystal Mistress
Honestly, the Brad Roberts sounds the best of the one you listed in my opinion, but if I could only have one, I'd go loftis. You can use it in rain, shine, ANY time and it talks turkey. So, my vote is loftis
And get both strikers. Ipe and carbon. Trust me.
Guys one more point don't factor in weather in your choice,,I can go to a mouth call in rain.
I like the hanks and the Halloran,but why only these four..
JJ
Scouring the board they seem to get the most talk and especially the most rave.
If I could only get one out of those mentioned , it would be brads bronzed glass over aluminum in zebrawood or popalar with his ebony or Granadillo striker. I will say on my honest opinion , I have not heard another pot that has the yelps these do.
Quote from: Happy hooker on June 03, 2016, 05:21:26 PM
JJ
Scouring the board they seem to get the most talk and especially the most rave.
gotcha..
Quote from: Spitten and drummen on June 03, 2016, 05:47:38 PM
If I could only get one out of those mentioned , it would be brads bronzed glass over aluminum in zebrawood or popalar with his ebony or Granadillo striker. I will say on my honest opinion , I have not heard another pot that has the yelps these do.
:agreed:
A vote could be made for each of those you listed... no losers there.
Roberts rocks!!
I have all but the loftis. Any would be good
Hanks
If I had to pick one of these, crystal mistress hands down.. After your winner is chosen by popular vote do another poll and put this winner against a Lon Trice pot and see how that goes!!!!!
All great choices and can't go wrong with any of them, but the Mistress set the bar for many that followed.
Brad Roberts bronzed glass over aluminum. You will not be disappointed.
The crystal mistress would get my vote. I just love the sounds I can get out of that call. I don't have a Brad Roberts call yet but with all the hype it won't be long before the poplar bronzed glass over aluminum is in my collection too.
you may want to put all four names in a hat and draw the winner. I think they will all call turkeys on a given day. Good luck!!
Loftis
Another vote for the Roberts zebrawood. I have the ebony striker and this thing is unreal!!
Since the weather doesn't matter, I'd go with the Roberts. Amazing Yelp.
Crystal screamer
Loftis. You can call from both sides so it's like getting 2 calls for one.
Well, I don't have experience with a couple calls on your list but if I were picking from the ones I'm familiar with there, it'd probably be the Halloran Crystal mistress. It's a solid call and I really like mine. Someone mentioned the Crystal Screamer so you could play both sides. If I were going down that path, I'd probably lean towards David's Sugartown Sweetness. Just my opinion. Apologies it wasn't on the original list.
You are going to do it anyways, so why not breakdown and get all 4........LOL
Once you've started you can't stop.....trust me I've tried.
Feed the kids 2 meals, not 3
Skip lunch a few times
Don't take the wife out to dinner a few times (if applicable).
Drink water in place of what you would normally drink.
Etc...................................
Seriously, I only own the Crystal Mistress which is a great call by the way. However, these boards are really lit up about the Brad Roberts. That is on my want list, (here I go again).
Choose wisely!
:drool:
Had a Roberts Poplar, was less than impressed.
Halloran TS of those four.
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Quote from: Roost 1 on June 03, 2016, 09:22:07 PM
If I had to pick one of these, crystal mistress hands down.. After your winner is chosen by popular vote do another poll and put this winner against a Lon Trice pot and see how that goes!!!!!
[/quote I agree..
Hanks zebrawood glass/aluminum.
Of those four, Halloran or Hanks
Out of the ones listed Crystal mistress is the easy winner
I can't comment on anything but Halloran, as I haven't run any of the others. Anything made by Halloran is a great sounding call, IMO.
Word of advice: Don't become a call snob.
There are literally TONS of lesser known callmakers that produce just as good of calls if all you want to do is impress turkeys.
I have all four and they all will call a Turkey.
I would pick the Hanks if I had to pick just one.
crystal mistress is great but his customer service is way behind the other three call makers
The crystal mistress has a long, proven history of killing turkeys. I've killed a number of birds with mine. If I wasn't an addict, the mistress would be the only call I would own.
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I know it isn't one of your options but hard to beat a Trice aluminum...OR, if you wanted to save some bucks, or get two great calls for about the same price as one from other makers, look into Lonnie Sneed. You could get his "outlaw hen" and a "lonesome hen" for close to the same price as one of the afore mentioned...It's a thought...
Another vote for Halloran. I own several of his calls and there's not a bad one in the bunch.
I just ordered a Mistress last week so that's my vote. Next on the list will be a Hanks.
Quote from: Footballer on June 05, 2016, 09:23:21 AM
The crystal mistress has a long, proven history of killing turkeys. I've killed a number of birds with mine. If I wasn't an addict, the mistress would be the only call I would own.
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Agree. I have a dozen or so pot calls (not quite addict territory but I plan on getting there) and usually carry three with me in the field. The Crystal Mistress is ALWAYS one of the three. Every single turkey I have called to the gun in the last 6 years has fallen to the CM. I admit that I don't own any of the other three on your list but I sure am intrigued by that Roberts call after reading the positive reviews here.
Halloran all the way!