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Author Topic: Custom or commercial call for long distance  (Read 1611 times)

Offline slave601

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Custom or commercial call for long distance
« on: May 14, 2021, 09:04:15 AM »
Looking for a friction call that’s more for cutting and loud yelping for locating/striking birds. My set up close calling will all be done with diaphragm. What call do y’all recommend? Thanks
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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2021, 04:19:40 PM »
First, I'd recommend a box call.

Second, I'd recommend aluminum/glass/crystal/green slate for a pot call surface. Any of those surfaces can blow your eardrums out if you want them to do so.

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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2021, 05:39:03 PM »
First, I'd recommend a box call.

Second, I'd recommend aluminum/glass/crystal/green slate for a pot call surface. Any of those surfaces can blow your eardrums out if you want them to do so.
x2 on all said. Aluminum and other metallic surface calls cut the wind the best in my opinion.

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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2021, 06:35:26 PM »
First, I'd recommend a box call.

Second, I'd recommend aluminum/glass/crystal/green slate for a pot call surface. Any of those surfaces can blow your eardrums out if you want them to do so.
Yep. This is the correct answer. Nothing to add. Box. And then metal and/or glass in a pot with a super dense striker.


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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2021, 06:42:59 PM »
I may go with a box. If I do I’ll most likely try Matt Van Cise or David Halloran
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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2021, 06:56:34 PM »
I may go with a box. If I do I’ll most likely try Matt Van Cise or David Halloran
I’ve got some really good boxes but the one I tote when I do carry one in the woods is a Halloran walnut/ebony. Sounds incredible but I think because it’s a more commercial call I don’t mind carrying it around and banging it up. Can’t go wrong with either.


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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2021, 12:34:18 AM »
You might consider ceramic as well. I called in birds this season from a long way off on multiple hunts with a ceramic.

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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2021, 06:02:38 AM »
For this purpose I break out my halloran cedar purpleheart box, high front end. For pots that it would be my Dawkins aluminum in a plastic pot. Play that loud all day and your ears hurt!

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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2021, 10:17:31 AM »
Me personally a trumpet
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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2021, 10:33:58 AM »
I agree with others custom ceramic pot call, Crystal pot call and i will pick a high pitch box call. I will always have a high pitch box call in my satchel.

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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2021, 02:30:54 PM »
A tube or trumpet. I prefer trumpet but I think the right tube is a hair louder. The primos tube is ungodly loud


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Re: Custom or commercial call for long distance
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2021, 10:04:28 AM »
A tube or trumpet. I prefer trumpet but I think the right tube is a hair louder. The primos tube is ungodly loud


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The Primos tube is exactly what I used this year as it is LOUD!


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