TURKEY POT CALLS
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A handcrafted turkey call is, very simply, a musical instrument. Therefore, I use only the finest musical instrument select grade woods available to individually handcraft each one of my calls to exact specifications based on years of call making experience. My calls are available with several surface options making my Homochitto Hollow turkey pots a useful and beautiful addition to any hunter’s arsenal. My calls are made for the discriminating hunter and are individually and meticulously handcrafted to be handed down from generation to generation. I offer both single sided pots and a couple of versatile double sided pots. I use a variety of playing surfaces from the finest quality deep mined, laser cut Pennsylvania slate, leaded crystal, glass, copper, aluminum and the newest trend in pots, ceramic. And as always, I individually handcraft and tune each turkey call. If I wouldn't use it, I won't sell it.
The following is a brief description of each of my playing surfaces.
CERAMIC is another surface that can sound awesome and combines attributes from slate and an anodized aluminum. It can be conditioned with a light sanding stone and maintained with a Scotch Brite pad. It produces the realistic cluck and purr of slate while being able to reach a little higher on the front end of a yelp like aluminum.
GLASS/CRYSTAL are slightly different in composition, but close enough to be included here together. Crystal has a higher lead content which makes it a bit softer than traditional glass. Glass and crystal have a higher pitched front end that can be extremely loud for that far off bird. Glass and crystal produce an extremely edgy rasp. Glass can be tougher to perform maintenance and conditioning on for someone new to friction calls, but is not too difficult. I condition all calls using a stone going only in one direction to get a good base. You will want to frequently condition glass and crystal. From time to time you will want to wipe the surface with an alcohol pad to keep skin oils and other contaminants off of the surface. Glass and crystal are excellent calls for inclement weather.
SLATE is a great surface and is one my more popular surfaces. It is very easy to use and maintain. Simply clean it off with a green Scotch Brite pad and keep the striker clean and you will be running yelps and clucks in no time. Slate has a softer tone and is great for lighter, non-aggressive calling with good role over. Clean yelps and clucks are a breeze with slate. Slate doesn’t take to moisture very well and is virtually useless on a rainy day.
ALUMINUM is used by a lot of custom call makers simply because anodized aluminum requires very little maintenance. Personally I find aluminum to be the most versatile surface at being able to go from loud to soft and clear to raspy as well as all-weather performance with the right striker. Anodized aluminum requires no sanding just wipe it with an alcohol pad from time to time which makes it a very field friendly surface.
COPPER is a little more rare for a surface option, but is popular because it offers a unique sound quality that the other surfaces don’t have. It has a metallic edge to the rasp it produces that can work when everything else doesn’t. It takes a bit more care being a softer metal and needs a good sanding. It also seems to like less striker pressure than other surfaces and squeaks out if you try and put too much into it.
To see my complete line of turkey calls, click here.
A handcrafted turkey call is, very simply, a musical instrument. Therefore, I use only the finest musical instrument select grade woods available to individually handcraft each one of my calls to exact specifications based on years of call making experience. My calls are available with several surface options making my Homochitto Hollow turkey pots a useful and beautiful addition to any hunter’s arsenal. My calls are made for the discriminating hunter and are individually and meticulously handcrafted to be handed down from generation to generation. I offer both single sided pots and a couple of versatile double sided pots. I use a variety of playing surfaces from the finest quality deep mined, laser cut Pennsylvania slate, leaded crystal, glass, copper, aluminum and the newest trend in pots, ceramic. And as always, I individually handcraft and tune each turkey call. If I wouldn't use it, I won't sell it.
The following is a brief description of each of my playing surfaces.
CERAMIC is another surface that can sound awesome and combines attributes from slate and an anodized aluminum. It can be conditioned with a light sanding stone and maintained with a Scotch Brite pad. It produces the realistic cluck and purr of slate while being able to reach a little higher on the front end of a yelp like aluminum.
GLASS/CRYSTAL are slightly different in composition, but close enough to be included here together. Crystal has a higher lead content which makes it a bit softer than traditional glass. Glass and crystal have a higher pitched front end that can be extremely loud for that far off bird. Glass and crystal produce an extremely edgy rasp. Glass can be tougher to perform maintenance and conditioning on for someone new to friction calls, but is not too difficult. I condition all calls using a stone going only in one direction to get a good base. You will want to frequently condition glass and crystal. From time to time you will want to wipe the surface with an alcohol pad to keep skin oils and other contaminants off of the surface. Glass and crystal are excellent calls for inclement weather.
SLATE is a great surface and is one my more popular surfaces. It is very easy to use and maintain. Simply clean it off with a green Scotch Brite pad and keep the striker clean and you will be running yelps and clucks in no time. Slate has a softer tone and is great for lighter, non-aggressive calling with good role over. Clean yelps and clucks are a breeze with slate. Slate doesn’t take to moisture very well and is virtually useless on a rainy day.
ALUMINUM is used by a lot of custom call makers simply because anodized aluminum requires very little maintenance. Personally I find aluminum to be the most versatile surface at being able to go from loud to soft and clear to raspy as well as all-weather performance with the right striker. Anodized aluminum requires no sanding just wipe it with an alcohol pad from time to time which makes it a very field friendly surface.
COPPER is a little more rare for a surface option, but is popular because it offers a unique sound quality that the other surfaces don’t have. It has a metallic edge to the rasp it produces that can work when everything else doesn’t. It takes a bit more care being a softer metal and needs a good sanding. It also seems to like less striker pressure than other surfaces and squeaks out if you try and put too much into it.
To see my complete line of turkey calls, click here.
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