Pot Calls -- make your own

My experience has been that every day and every turkey seems to demand a different call. I've got probably half a dozen friction pot calls that are store-bought. It's always a guessing game. I take a couple with me each day. Some days they like one, the next day they won't honor it for anything. It's the same with boxes, mouth calls, or anything else. One thing is for sure: what goes into my pack at the start of season, isn't what comes out at the end.

This past year, I started making my own, partly to see what went into it, and partly to cut costs. http://www.customsawing.com has all the parts. All you have to do is sand, stain, and glue.



The Shamanic Series Turkey Calls








The slate over glass called a nice gobbler in, but sadly the hard run of cutting and cackling I did to seal the deal separated the glass from its mounting. Oh well. I'll gladly sacrifice a $6 pot call for a 10" beard any day. Next time I'll use Liquid Nails like the instructions said instead of epoxy.

http://www.customsawing.com , where I got the parts, sells a little patch of carbide that does wonders on slate, glass and aluminum for putting on a good scratchable surface. They also have all the fixings to make your own pegs. I just bought a whole bunch of different ones-- hickory, purple heart, etc. and then sharpened the ends a little with a pencil sharpener.

The best thing I've found is to take a good selection of calls out and put them outside while you're getting ready to leave. While you're sipping the last cup of coffee, try a few calls in the humidity, temperature, etc. and make your final pick from the the pegs and calls that sound the best.