Cheaper great calls

[chad fenton]

Well this got in my head from this........I traded a box call for a can creek aluminum pot.  It is a very good sou ding call to my ear anyway.  I have heard alot of good things about them as well.  I waas looki in my midwest turkey magazi e and noticed how well priced they are.  I think for the money they are a VERY good call.
My question is what call do you know of that is low cost but very high on performance?  I hope I worded this without sounding like I am calling these great priced calls cheap.

[perrytrails]

For a long time, the Primos Power Crystal was hard to beat for $20 bucks. I actually think I paid less than that when it first came out.

Don't quite think they are made as well now as they were. Hear say...

[Marc]

Good diaphragm call are only about $8-12 apiece...  I guess they are inexpensive as compared to other game calls...

I have a Lynch box call that I got last year for $12 out of Wingsupply, and it has a really nice high-pitched yet raspy yelp, that pulled a bird into me that would not answer any of my other calls...

My experience with cheap calls is that sometimes it is a matter of luck...  You can get a cheap call that sounds great, and buy the same model call that sounds nowhere as good...  The better (and generally more expensive) calls are more likely to have a consistent quality to them.

[ferocious calls]

Pehaps inexpensive is the word you seek. I have a stock of inexpensive great calls waiting for homes and hunts.

[M,Yingling]

Pehaps inexpensive is the word you seek. I have a stock of inexpensive great calls waiting for homes and hunts.

Kip makes some sweet sounding looking calls I got a few myself and he did one for my daughter with her name and nice laser art on it ,,,,,,,,,,

Mike from spring creek has some killer sounding box calls also his all walnut boxes is right at the top

[M,Yingling]

and noticed how well priced they are.  I think for the money they are a VERY good call.

if it cost double the money  would it still be a very good call ??

[TauntoHawk]

Cane creek makes some fine calls at a great price point, it depends on what you consider cheap/inexpensive. With some top pot calls going for $85 and many good boxes over $100 id say inexpensive "hunting" calls are pots under $40 and boxes under $60 but thats just me.

[WillowRidgeCalls]

FACTS.........Todays society won't let you sell a CHEAP or INEXPENSIVE call. If you build a call and ask $20. for it, it'll set in your shop for years, BUT if you asked $70. for it, it's gone in a matter of minutes. The $20. and the $70. call are exactly the same call, but in todays society someone will come up with a reason that a $20. call has to be junk!!!

[Sixes]

Lonnie Mabry

[packmule]

Mike from spring creek has some killer sounding box calls also his all walnut boxes is right at the top

X2, Mike does make a great box that is very fairly priced.

[scoot12]

FACTS.........Todays society won't let you sell a CHEAP or INEXPENSIVE call. If you build a call and ask $20. for it, it'll set in your shop for years, BUT if you asked $70. for it, it's gone in a matter of minutes. The $20. and the $70. call are exactly the same call, but in todays society someone will come up with a reason that a $20. call has to be junk!!!
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So true Scott,  guys think well its expensive so it must be good,  I have bought some $60-$70 pot calls that just sit there. 






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[scoot12]

Lonnie Mabry if you can get one.  Scoot

[Jbird22]

Either of the Lonnie's, Sneed or Mabry. Considering a pot call from either can be had for $30 or less, I'd say they are about as good as you can get for the price.

[Smooth_Operator]

Many great call makers here offer great products at great value.  My two Spring Creek scratch boxes for instance, probably make the most realistic hen turkey sounds out of all the calls I own.  As far as production calls go, I still carry around an H.S. Strut Lil Deuce that I bought years ago on the cheap.  Paired with a carbon striker and light pressure, it makes some nasty cuts and yelps that drive gobblers crazy...

[mgm1955]

 

Mike from spring creek has some killer sounding box calls also his all walnut boxes is right at the top

X2, Mike does make a great box that is very fairly priced.