What are some of the best tutorial videos for learning to use the pot call? For free or purchase.
I found the video for this call to be enormously helpful.
http://www.enticerturkeycalls.com/shop/turkey-calls/silver-thunder-extreme-aluminum/
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I like the Primos videos myself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELL6l_t9zUQ&list=PLbF6qMoJbTLzkdmzIrqSSxeTkJKKmXVg8&index=15&t=0s
Lot's of good video's on youtube, some lot better than others , main thing practice and angle your striker .. also strikers will make a big difference in how pot call will play , you have straight tip strikers and flare tip .. weight of the striker and wood type.
I have always had consistency problems with most things I do. I can take a certain pot and striker combo and play it great one day and the next time I use it I struggle even making a noise. I carry 3 pots and 6 strikers with me. I have to mess around with combinations (softly) in the field to figure out which combo will work for me that day. I just need to practice more intensely so the striker angle and the pot surface are second nature. I have watched several videos before and it seems some folks have different pot scratching patterns for yelps. My yelps tend to be high pitched with little rasp. Sometimes I can get the rasp going but I can't seem to duplicate it the next time.
Bill Zering of Cody makes a great DVD on calling with pot calls.
Quote from: AppalachianHollers on May 05, 2020, 08:44:21 PM
I found the video for this call to be enormously helpful.
http://www.enticerturkeycalls.com/shop/turkey-calls/silver-thunder-extreme-aluminum/
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An excellent call IMO. The corian backside is really nice for soft calling in the afternoons.
yes I had the Cody video its great but a buddy I let borrow it and I never saw it again.
Sadler McGraw has some good videos on YouTube from when he was with wood haven I think. Just look up turkeyhunter1972. He has some instructional videos on his style of calling. He makes some great sounding calls and easy to run. I have his crystal call and one of his green slates and they are full of turkey.
Quote from: Meleagris gallopavo on May 06, 2020, 07:35:15 AM
I have always had consistency problems with most things I do. I can take a certain pot and striker combo and play it great one day and the next time I use it I struggle even making a noise. I carry 3 pots and 6 strikers with me. I have to mess around with combinations (softly) in the field to figure out which combo will work for me that day. I just need to practice more intensely so the striker angle and the pot surface are second nature. I have watched several videos before and it seems some folks have different pot scratching patterns for yelps. My yelps tend to be high pitched with little rasp. Sometimes I can get the rasp going but I can't seem to duplicate it the next time.
A lot of that pot call not playing is not your fault , moisture and humidity play a big part in how it will sound on a given day. So it's not all you at all...We all have this problem with our pots ...
Quote from: Greg Massey on May 08, 2020, 10:27:01 AM
Quote from: Meleagris gallopavo on May 06, 2020, 07:35:15 AM
I have always had consistency problems with most things I do. I can take a certain pot and striker combo and play it great one day and the next time I use it I struggle even making a noise. I carry 3 pots and 6 strikers with me. I have to mess around with combinations (softly) in the field to figure out which combo will work for me that day. I just need to practice more intensely so the striker angle and the pot surface are second nature. I have watched several videos before and it seems some folks have different pot scratching patterns for yelps. My yelps tend to be high pitched with little rasp. Sometimes I can get the rasp going but I can't seem to duplicate it the next time.
A lot of that pot call not playing is not your fault , moisture and humidity play a big part in how it will sound on a given day. So it's not all you at all...We all have this problem with our pots ...
I had some great calls out there other day and they would not play well for just the reason Gregg is saying. Lucky for me I keep some foul weather pots in my blind inside of a dry box just in case I run into that problem as well as various weather/waterproof strikers.