First let me say this site has opened my eyes to the world of pot call making. Just 3 years ago I think I had one pot call and one box call. After lurking for a couple years on this site, I admit I have the fever for collecting a variety of calls. My line-up for opening day consists of the following. This is in no particular order:
Lonnie Sneed Green Glass
Lonnie Sneed Mad Hen
Jimmy Schaeffer Sapelle/Aluminum
Jimmy Schaeffer Crystal Blue Mahoe
Paul Platz Walnut and Double Glass (I just got this after ordering 2 years ago)
I realize I won't use them all but given I sit in the blind for most of the day, it's kind of fun to mess around looking at them when things are "slow".
Schafer aluminum, Dustin jones aluminum, Dawkins stoned aluminum, crystal mistress.
Round it out w some mouth calls n a scratcher from SS n it'll start my morning. Going lighter this year I'm telling myself.
Still thinking about a slate, glass n trough so that's 3 more but I'm gonna try n forego em
That's a good line up. I also include one long box, one short box and a scratcher. I bring way too much and my friends laugh at me but when nothings talking they seem to like the fact that I have more stuff to try!!!
Quote from: Bowguy on April 21, 2017, 02:28:54 PM
Schafer aluminum, Dustin jones aluminum, Dawkins stoned aluminum, crystal mistress.
Round it out w some mouth calls n a scratcher from SS n it'll start my morning. Going lighter this year I'm telling myself.
Still thinking about a slate, glass n trough so that's 3 more but I'm gonna try n forego em
Think I'm going to go with these on opening day-
-Schaffer no name crystal (this one's been growing on me lately. Plays loud or soft really well)
-Lonzo acrylic aluminum
-Watkins Long Box
-Kruer Short Box
-Tanner Walnut Water Trough
I always end up carrying like 4 pots and pile of strikers just to basically run 1 call/striker combo the entire season.. I tend to find a call early that seems to be working and stick to that one but it does change from season to season
For me it was a Lon Trice Yellowheart slate/aluminum, Paul Platz Walnut double glass, Clint Corder Snakewood aluminum/glass, Jimmy Schaffer Mad Hen I, and a Roger Parks Tree Talker.
I've been using a Lonzo yellow heart aluminum/aluminum, Lonzo acrylic bronzed glass/aluminum, crystal mistress, Clint Corder Osage glass/slate, Lonzo red heart glass/aluminum and a Daybreak Paduak ceramic been running all them with Lyman strikers and a Halloran ipe striker. I take several calls because you never know what there going to gobble good too. One day they might gobble to one call good and the next day they might gobble to another call.
Can't even remember all of what I had in my vest the opening day but I always have an aluminum & some type of slate even if it's the back side of my Robert Brothers Wormy Chestnut. This morning it was the 1st list below. It may change later because I usually will rotate different calls throughout the season. Last week when I killed my oldest bird to date it was the 2nd list. The Goosebat was the last thing he heard God rest his soul.
Today:
Robert Brothers Wormy Chestnut
Southland Yellowheart Slate
Bill Keith Double Side Aluminum/Slate
Beard Hunter Cedar Scratch Box
Gooserbat Mouth Call
Last Saturday:
Robert Brothers Wormy Chestnut
Jack Lewis Double Side Titanium/Slate
Bill Cartwright Double Side Aluminum/Slate
Knight & Hale Moonshiner
Gooserbat Mouth Call