A Bunch of Strikers, But Only a Few Favorites?

[Turkeytider]

Is it just me, or does everyone end up with a bunch of strikers in a drawer and end up using four, maybe five ( or fewer? ) main ones?

[ChesterCopperpot]

Yep, and I can't figure out what it is that makes certain strikers play better. I have a striker I absolutely love and so I bought a second one thinking that I might one day lose the original and would hate if I couldn't get another. Same wood (this one's a laminate) and maker, but that second call doesn't run nearly as well as that first one. I keep five on me in the woods and none of the others in the drawer ever seem to break one of those out of rotation. The starting five holds firm.

[Sir-diealot]

Oh yes, I bet I have at least 70 strikers and there are only small percentage that I use. Of course many of those came with calls I have purchased.

[Spitten and drummen]

I just counted my strikers . 263 and I only use probably a dozen of them. I have 4 or 5 that I would not trade for a high end  call or a fist full of cash. I bought some duplicates and like previously said , they dont sound the same. Odd how that works.

[Josh_Alloy_Calls]

I am the exact same way.
I can build a dozen strikers the exact same way, and get a dozen different sounds.
That is why I think it is so important to MATCH a call with a striker (or match the striker to the call).