Clunkers?

[Matt / PA]

If you didn't like em so much you could always give em to a kid to practice on if you didn't want to sell

That's an excellent point.....and one I actually have exercised several times now. Of course I didnt gift any of the few "Clunkers" LOL but nice calls that went to new young homes where they will be better appreciated. I'm down 3 from my herd anyway and always looking for an opportunity to help a kid.
I think they actually accounted for a bird or 2 last season.

And don't get me wrong I don't have a stable of calls that don't sound like a turkey......I think the point was well stated that maybe a number of them just arent my idea of a good sounding turkey. Not bad but not ear catching either and when it's a highly mentioned call that can be a let down. Even though turkeys might fall from the sky like kamakazees for it.
Some of the "worst" calling I've heard was from live hens so we probably all overthink it a bit.....the calls are too much fun not to. 

I bet we are all searching for that elusive hard to explain live hollow nasal raspy sound of a real hen. We know what it sounds like,we know its never going to happen, but we keep hoping the next pot
call is gonna have feathers on it!

And then we all watch a hunting show on the outdoor channel where a gobbler comes running to calling that makes your teeth fillings hurt and your dog go upstairs and all we can do is laugh and throw our hands up.

Turkey hunting is borderline stupid......like hot sauce. 

[M,Yingling]

was like said above we all got our own tastes weather its turkey calls ,trucks whiskey, beer or women ,,, if a call sounds realy dead something may have happened in shipping sound board got jarred lose something ,, me I got a sound that I like and plenty of times sat in woods heard some thing said what heck is that   and here comes some turkeys lol ,, me I make few calls and one thing I like do besides make them turkey is easy to run you ever see some these guys run calls and their moving half their hand and making wide  strokes on surface  to get yelp from call that may be good on a stage but  well that's not for me how I run calls  ,, I like them where striker barley moves and can make sound ,,,my be good if u sit in a blind but I like pull up a tree and guaranteed running a call like that bird 50 yrd out going to see movement   ,,, and your band wagon calls we all got few fans but sometimes u just got sit back and look who is pushing them calls ,,, at end of the day no matter who it is have them run a call over phone  do a video up close at distance see how they run their calls they may have style that don't fit you ,, if they don't want to run a call for u move on  I would ,,  some guys run them side ways some flat ,,

[yelpy]

Great point Yelp,  here in Wisconsin it can get down in the 20s in the morning and a finnicky call is the last thing I want in my cold hands.  Scoot

I'm with you on that Scoot. It is sometimes cold here too and damp. I usually stick to a box call when my fingers are cold. They are easier to run for me when it's like sitting in a freezer in the early am.

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[SteelerFan]

"Turkey hunting is borderline stupid......like hot sauce.  "

...and that folks, is the truth! Hahahaha!

[HFultzjr]

I have a problem even with my "clunkers".
I don't want to sell them!
I'm a turkey call hoarder.....good, bad, or ugly.
I have given a few away though.

[mastevt]

If your not satisfied with a call, for whatever reason, you should contact the call maker who made and sold it to you, if that were the case.  I, myself, would want you to do that if you had bought a call from me.  I would want a chance to make it right with you, and if I couldn't, I would refund your money.  My line of thinking is, If your not happy with my call, your not gonna recommend it to anyone, and referrals are my only real advertising.  And if I couldn't make you satisfied with making it right, you could honestly  say to someone, that at least he gave me my money back.  Service is just as important as the product.  I know I'm not perfect, and I also know you can't make 100% of the people, happy, 100% of the time.  It's just reality!

[letinmfly]

If you buy enough calls eventually you'll get a clunker.  Unfortunately I believe most of the time it's due to quality control.  Sometimes in the haste to fill orders and getting them in the mail subpar calls make it out the door.  Personally I'd prefer that a callmaker call me and tell me he's not 100% happy with my call and wait another month or however long I'll need to wait to get a good one. 
I have no problem contacting a callmaker if I'm not happy with their call!!  I work hard for my money and I expect a good, if not great call when I get it!!

[1iagobblergetter]

I have a problem even with my "clunkers".
I don't want to sell them!
I'm a turkey call hoarder.....good, bad, or ugly.
I have given a few away though.

Good we don't want to end up with em..Lol...I only have a couple high end calls that are junkers ,bought them second hand. I wouldn't ever pass them on that's B.S. in my opinion...

[Team Bucky]

A. everyone plays a pot call differently some are limp wristed some have long fingers and play with a death grip. Depending how tight you grip the pot and the striker allows you to play a wide range of sounds from each call. Looser equals more rasp and deeper tone. Tighter equals clearer sound and higher pitch.
B. call makers make their calls differently some have bigger soundboards under the surface some have smaller soundboards under the surface changing the location where you should play their call optimally  to get the two-note break in a yelp. some play out near the edge, some play down near the middle.
C. some call makers use every wood imaginable in every combination and they think they have to have the one thing every oddball customer wants. Others settle on one or two combinations for each surface (slate, glass or aluminum) and stick with it they only make those combinations. They know what sounds best and may in my opinion have better consistency.
D. The striker can make or break a call's quality. probably has 20 to 50 percent of sound quality. light weight woods play higher. Holly is the lightest and plays the highest giving great kee kees. Oily dense woods like wenge or heavy dense woods like ebony play deeper and raspier.
Having said A, B, C and D... I have four or five out of a couple hundred pots that just sound awful-- either flat or no break in the yelp.

[John Sinclair CustomCalls]

Definately ask to have it replaced or exchanged. This happens sometimes during shipping. You don't need to feel bad about it!!