I have a David Halloran Crystal Mistress, a Spring Fever Copper, an Enticer Aluminum, a Loftis Chatterbox, and a David Halloran Box Call (Macassar Ebony over Walnut). What other calls would you recommend to help get more unique sounds? :turkey:
You have copper, aluminum and crystal in pots, how about slate?
Quote from: Zobo on December 01, 2025, 09:59:59 PMYou have copper, aluminum and crystal in pots, how about slate?
I don't have a slate yet, what would you recommend?
There are a lot of great pot call makers. You will get a list of great calls and makers from the members. Two of my favorites makers are Buster Halford (Old Hen and Red Slate over Persimmon) and Lon Trice. I also like John Sinclair and Wendell Rye. It would be hard to go wrong with one of those calls.
Halford's Old Hen is dynamite, an old K & Hale ol Yeller are full of turkey. Great pots. There is several out there
Slate over glass
Redbeard
Lon Trice
Both calls are outstanding ...yet totally different in sound.
Regardless of the maker of the call...of which there are many good ones...one of the keys to getting the "best" sounds out of any call is matching the right striker with the call. For me personally, having one serviceable pot call (for me that is a slate-surface call) and a dozen different strikers available to match one of them to the call to get the best sound is more important than having several pots and only one or two strikers.
My advice is to focus not only on the call maker and surface type of the call, but also on getting a number of different striker types to run those calls with, including strikers made out of an assortment of different materials and tip types. :icon_thumright:
Two really nice Lonzo's slate caller on Ebay now
If I could only have two pot calls I would want a slate over slate and a ceramic pot. And if I could only have one turkey call of any kind for the rest of my days it would be my walnut ceramic pot from Travis Wyatt.
Quote from: greentrout on December 08, 2025, 05:35:39 PMIf I could only have two pot calls I would want a slate over slate and a ceramic pot. And if I could only have one turkey call of any kind for the rest of my days it would be my walnut ceramic pot from Travis Wyatt.
Too bad ole Travis isn't making them anymore. I have many killer pot calls, but Travis's
ceramic is always with me.
Quote from: EZ on December 08, 2025, 06:27:29 PMQuote from: greentrout on December 08, 2025, 05:35:39 PMIf I could only have two pot calls I would want a slate over slate and a ceramic pot. And if I could only have one turkey call of any kind for the rest of my days it would be my walnut ceramic pot from Travis Wyatt.
Too bad ole Travis isn't making them anymore. I have many killer pot calls, but Travis's
ceramic is always with me.
I like mine so much I made him make me a backup before he quit!