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Turkey Calls => Pot Calls Forum => Topic started by: Meleagris gallopavo on May 04, 2021, 11:03:56 AM
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It's another one of "those" questions. If you decided you'd only own and carry 3 pot calls, what would they be? I'd be interested in the maker, the pot, the surface and the soundboard. Preferably 3 different playing surfaces. I don't own a lot of pots and I don't plan on buying new ones every year like I did this year. I just want 3 straight up, guaranteed players that you might carry in your vest every time you went turkey hunting. Honorable mentions are welcome.
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Yingling copper-slate double sider
Mullins ceramic -glass
Sneed- outlaw hen/ Saale glass
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Cody world class slate
Buster's glass/glass
Dawkins stoned aluminum in the plastic....
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Lonzo Green Slate
Lonzo Stoned Aluminum
Lonzo Ceramic
Any woods. Guaranteed players.
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Halloran twisted sister
Cody world champion grey slate
Townsend snakewood/osage glass over aluminum.
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Bill Lyman single gray slate in Bocote Run with the dymondwood that came with it
Daybreak Aluminum/Glass in Shedua Run with Gary's bloodwood
Buster Ceramic/Glass in Blue Mahoe Run with Gary or Bill's dymondwood
If any of the 3 of those go down Bill Lyman Aluminum/Glass in Osage run with the WWPH striker it came with
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I’d probably go with
Roberts cedar green slate
Cody world class
Roberts raw aluminum in canarywood
Honorable mention/not a pot
Watkins coaxer. Love it
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Halloran Crystal Mistress
Dawkins aluminum in a plastic pot
Wynne zebrawood slate
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Halloran Crystal Mistress
Dawkins aluminum in a plastic pot
Wynne zebrawood slate
Hot dog! I've got 2 of these.
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Honorable mention/not a pot
Watkins coaxer. Love it...
Great call....Works, when nothing else does...
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1) Buster Halford green slate over slate persimmon pot.
2) David Halloran Metal Mouth II crystal over aluminum in sycamore pot.
3) Garrett Fowler brass over glass in stabilized pot.
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Jack Mincey Slate
Dean Mundhenke slate
Paul B Durham slate
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Gary Anderson Canary Grey Slate
Paul Platz Cherry Grey Slate
Footballer Sassafras Grey Slate
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(1) Paul Platz crystal over aluminum 2 sider in walnut pot
(2) Halloran Twisted Sister in blue mahoe pot
(3) Chad Zutter slate over slate in chestnut pot
(Back up) Lonnie Mabry cedar slate over cherry sound board
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Honorable mention/not a pot
Watkins coaxer. Love it...
Great call....Works, when nothing else does...
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I carry it every time I go out. Sweet purrs and clucks
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Halloran twisted sister
Wayne persimmon slate
Schaeffer atomic 13 aluminum
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Halloran crystal mistress
Dawkins walnut slate
Ghostmaker (Ed Jenkins) osage glass over slate 2 sider
Convienently These are the three I currently carry at all times.
Honorable mention Sneed hot hen slate
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Daybreak padauk ceramic
Busters osage glass
Busters persimmon red slate
if i could go with a 4th it would be Busters spalted persimmon grey slate
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Daybreak padauk ceramic
Busters osage glass
Busters persimmon red slate
if i could go with a 4th it would be Busters spalted persimmon grey slate
I have heard good things about Daybreak ceramic pots.
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Great ceramic calls. They can run a much higher pitch than the "usual" ceramic calls.
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Great ceramic calls. They can run a much higher pitch than the "usual" ceramic calls.
Uh oh. I already have a ceramic that I retired early because it was too high pitched. It squealed.
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Halloran twisted sister
Dawkins stoned alum plastic pot
Footballer persimmon slate over glass
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Great ceramic calls. They can run a much higher pitch than the "usual" ceramic calls.
Uh oh. I already have a ceramic that I retired early because it was too high pitched. It squealed.
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TKE is right, it definitely has a higher pitch than anything ive ever heard but the birds around here absolutely love it. If i cant get a bird to gobble with that call there isnt any birds around. I wouldnt sell mine for any amount of money. I bought a backup just in case something happens to my first one.
With that said, i was running Busters persimmon slate on thursday and the birds were hammering it. My buddy spooked the first one i called in and i missed the second one with my crossbow. lol
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If you only wanted 3 pot calls and had no desire to collect I feel that those 3 should be Dawkins plastic pots in Slate, Crystal and Aluminum. Reasonably priced, elements aren’t going to damage them and they sound as good as any custom you can put against them.
I have probably somewhere around 60 pot calls and love them all but I’ve come to the realization that the plastic Dawkins were the right decision to hunt with.
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Halloran Twisted Sister
Daybreak Paduak Ceramic
Platz Cherry Grey Slate
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Well my season ended last weekend so I decided to give my list of 3 pots I used most often this year. If I had to pick 3 they would be these in no particular order:
Travis Wyatt’s glass over slate in a sappy walnut pot.
Buster Halford’s red slate over glass in a persimmon pot.
Chad Hutcheson’s (Stumpy) ceramic in a laminated pot.
I had good service and turkey reactions from several other fine pots but kept going back to these 3 due to consistency and I just felt more comfortable with them.
I will say I had some good long range cutting action with Chad Remenaric’s anodized aluminum on 2 separate occasions. Had one boss hen make a beeline to me from over 300 yards across an open field. Had other hens fussing with me while using that call.
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Im kind of bias but I made 3 in the last week that went straight to my vest. But if I had to pick from other call makers I do have a 3in copper pot form Wendell rye that's killer. I'd also recommend a Carolina assassin by Tony Reynolds.
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So far my three favorites are:
Paul Hicks Red Slate
Paul Hicks Glass
Darrin Dawkins Aluminum
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Mike Yingling copper
Mark Cunningham aluminum/slate double sider
Primos freak frictionite.....for a factory call the thing screams with a carbon striker
Willy :happy0064:
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If you only wanted 3 pot calls and had no desire to collect I feel that those 3 should be Dawkins plastic pots in Slate, Crystal and Aluminum. Reasonably priced, elements aren’t going to damage them and they sound as good as any custom you can put against them.
I have probably somewhere around 60 pot calls and love them all but I’ve come to the realization that the plastic Dawkins were the right decision to hunt with.
TL, I feel the same about plastic pots. I have plenty of different wooden pots but it seems the plastics end up in my vest first. And the REAL test is they kill birds consistently. I can't put my finger on the acoustics of the call but most of the plastics have a sound (a hollow sound) that a wooden pot just can't replicate. The birds will respond to them when they won't respond to other pots. I've found that laminated strikers like Dymondwood and Frogwood bring out the best in the plastics as well. I prefer the heavier strikers also.
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Basically anything Buster Halford makes. I like a glass call, like to have a gray slate for the Mellow sound, aluminum is also a good choice I also love the crystal mistress it is a killer.
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1) Paul Platz Maple Slate over glass
2) Cody Spec 1 Grey Slate
3) Brad Roberts Blue Mahoe Bronzed Glass over Aluminum
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Based on the results (which I haven’t tallied) I think I’ve obtained many of the 3 pots you folks indicated. I had a few already and have purchased a few since I made the post. I do collect pot calls, but I really don’t plan on having a ton. Just a good collection. I hunt with all of them at some point during the season, but the ones that work the best for me I use more often. By in large I stick to pot call makers that currently produce calls, so for some of the calls listed I count them as unattainable. There’s a few makers I have several pots from.
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I had a great season this year got 3weeks off just to mess with the birds had bird hamming and took a yote to the promise land.
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1 Mark Cornelius black limba glass/glass two sider
2 Travis Wyatt walnut ceramic/glass
3 Paul Platz walnut glass/glass
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I hunt with 3 in my satchel.. I change them out during season.. ceramic, glass and purple slate these are what i start season off with..
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Halloran Crystal Mistress
Buster Halford’s glass
Brad Robert’s green slate
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Buster's red slate
Bill Lyman glass over aluminum
Tony Reynolds Carolina assassin
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,WOW,,,I can't believe only one person named A Brad Roberts bronzed glass
Considering how much they end up selling for whenever one comes up on the trade board.
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1) Yingling copper/ slate double
2) my own green slate in bubinga over glass
3) every call Dave Nebraska puts out
These are in no particular order. I hunt mine but the other ones are absolutely works of art snd precision.