100 $

[Setterman]

I don't mind some poking fun back an forth but in the future might refrain from trying to degrade someone.

I rarely use pot calls myself. Mouth call man. The only time I use a pot is when I encounter one of those tough birds an my go to is an aluminum call that David Hale made at his house he gave me 20 years ago when I was a kid. That's my confidence call lol.

Good evening sir

You must be new here, I'm pretty much looking for any chance to highlight another's flawed perspectives if they don't line up with mine :super: :stir:

If you truly have a hand made David Hale call you would understand how much better a custom turned pot sounds compared to plastic pot cheap calls

If you were a kid 20 years ago you might need a few more seasons under your belt before making such definitive statements. Several of us have a few years on you it sounds like and you might learn something if you listen.

 

[Setterman]

.........and besides, who needs a call to kill a stupid turkey!!! RIght???

Exactly...just a pile of corn and a good .22. op:

That's why I carry a corncob striker. If the hunting slows, I just throw the striker on the ground and hunt over it...

Bwahahaha. Wonder if I can ticketed for hunting with a cob striker still intact with corn on the cob?

 

[Os2 Outdoors]

Its all in good hearted fun, bro.... Good luck with your season. I'm ready to get with it...............

I know man. Everybody is a little ancy with this killing lull we call March lol

 

[Os2 Outdoors]

I don't mind some poking fun back an forth but in the future might refrain from trying to degrade someone.

I rarely use pot calls myself. Mouth call man. The only time I use a pot is when I encounter one of those tough birds an my go to is an aluminum call that David Hale made at his house he gave me 20 years ago when I was a kid. That's my confidence call lol.

Good evening sir

You must be new here, I'm pretty much looking for any chance to highlight another's flawed perspectives if they don't line up with mine :super: :stir:

If you truly have a hand made David Hale call you would understand how much better a custom turned pot sounds compared to plastic pot cheap calls

If you were a kid 20 years ago you might need a few more seasons under your belt before making such definitive statements. Several of us have a few years on you it sounds like and you might learn something if you listen.

Not to inexperienced 18 years calling an killing turkeys. Yea I'm sure you've hunted longer and you got a lot of valuable knowledge, but unless you want to come to middle TN tromp in the woods on my farms (yes open invite to you) than its just like a A$$ hole (opinion) everybody has one lol. You might not discount somebody cause of time spent doing something VS. judging them on their performance.
You can do something for 50 years the wrong slow way and never know any difference lol.

I never discounted the quality of the call, only the cost. :stir: [emoji12]

 

[Roost 1]

Back to the original topic which is the Dawkins call, although I think the world of David and Harold they have NEVER made a call of the same quality as this Dawkins that I have... I am sure if I took to them they would agree....in their defense I don't recall them ever trying to sell one for $100 either....

 

[Andy S.]

I never discounted the quality of the call, only the cost.

We get it, and that is your opinion that you are entitled to, rightfully so. With that said, I discount your viewpoint on simple economics. As many have stated previously about the cost of a call or the cost of shells one shoots in a season, that "roll up cost" is typically a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of gas, lease prices and money spent on lunch and snacks over the course of a season (6+ weeks for many hunters). It is economics 101 that we are having the disconnect on, not whether or not the call is worth it. You claim your original post was not distasteful or derogatory, but it came across that way to me (to some degree), and I am not a thin skinned drama queen looking for a pity party. Just remember that "typed words" without bodily expression and emotion accompanying them can be interpreted numerous different ways, which could potentially cause some backlash as you have seen here. Best of luck to you in the turkey woods this spring, I look forward to your season recap with stories and pics.

 

[Andy S.]

Back to the original topic which is the Dawkins call..........

I talked with Darrin last week for a bit and asked him if he'd seen a spike in sales from the state of TN and he said, "actually I have". He does not know much about our forum here, but I informed him that this thread had sparked a good bit of the interest, if not all of it. I told Darrin that unfortunately for he and I, I was not calling to place and order, as much as I'd like to. Darrin was appreciative of the praise here and told me to pass the word along that he hopes everyone enjoys their calls as much as he hopes you do.

 

[PalsPal]

You will love it, I have several of his aluminum and slate calls, in both wood and plastic. For those who do not want to spend $100, ask Darrin about his plastic pot calls, in both aluminum and slate, they were $50 last time I bought one. They are top notch as well and the plastic will not expand and contract with the elements of the weather. If you are hesitant to buy the cheaper (price wise) plastic version, just ask Darrin what he hunts with.

So, the master call maker personally prefers the $50 plastic one over the $100 wooden one. Interesting !

 

[Andy S.]

So, the master call maker personally prefers the $50 plastic one over the $100 wooden one. Interesting !

I will not speak for him, but I would think the preference for hunting situations would be attributed to these factors, in no particular order:

1. sounds as good, if not better than wood IMO (speaking of his slate call here, not his aluminum)
2. more durable, plastic trumps wood with equal exposure to outdoor elements (same for gun stocks)
3. plastic does not shrink/swell like wood, thus more consistency in tone across wider temperature/humidity range
4. you can replace it for 1/2 cost if you were to lose it

I do recall asking Darrin few years back what type of slate he hunted with AT THAT POINT, and he said plastic pot, thus the reason for my post above. I would also think the higher cost of the wood pot is directly related to the cost of the material (wood blanks) and the time he has to put in to "turn it on a lathe" to his liking. As I have stated before, if one wants to know Darrin's 100% unbiased opinion, I suggest he/she call him and get it straight from the horse's mouth. My .02

 

[Setterman]

Not to inexperienced 18 years calling an killing turkeys. Yea I'm sure you've hunted longer and you got a lot of valuable knowledge, but unless you want to come to middle TN tromp in the woods on my farms (yes open invite to you) than its just like a A$$ hole (opinion) everybody has one lol. You might not discount somebody cause of time spent doing something VS. judging them on their performance.
You can do something for 50 years the wrong slow way and never know any difference lol.

I never discounted the quality of the call, only the cost. :stir: [emoji12]

Hunting the turkey rich woods of middle TN would certainly be fun, but as I've aged in my turkey hunting career I've grown quite fond of chasing public land birds around here. There's a million challenges to it, and it made me personally refine my skills. That said, I'm sitting in S. Al right now and will be gone until next week chasing birds on primo private land where it's pretty easy to kill birds at will. Sadly it's raining so I'm suck inside this morning.

If I've been turkey hunting the wrong the way for my career then I'm the luckiest sob in the woods.

What you don't seem to understand is that the cost is minuscule for the product you're getting. This isn't some plastic garbage made in China. Darrin turns every pot by hand, every striker, and tunes them to where every single call sounds identical and is pretty much the most tone perfect turkey friction call I've ever picked up, and I've run a few in my day.

Again the cost is nominal compared to all other associated costs with turkey hunting, and will last seemingly forever.

There is no comparison to the killing power, workmanship, and benefits of. Dawkins call when compared to junk production calls, period.

 

[Andy S.]

Interesting !

I wholeheartedly agree, not exactly what I expected him to say that day on the phone, but he did. At the time he told me this, I owned several of his wood pots, and now I own a few of his plastic pots as well.

 

[woodsman87]

I would like to get one of these calls, I love a good custom call.
I think I'll get one next year.


What is yall's recommendation? Slate has always been my preference, but im open to glass and aluminum.

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[Setterman]

So, the master call maker personally prefers the $50 plastic one over the $100 wooden one. Interesting !

I will not speak for him, but I would think the preference for hunting situations would be attributed to these factors, in no particular order:

1. sounds as good, if not better than wood IMO (speaking of his slate call here, not his aluminum)
2. more durable, plastic trumps wood with equal exposure to outdoor elements (same for gun stocks)
3. plastic does not shrink/swell like wood, thus more consistency in tone across wider temperature/humidity range
4. you can replace it for 1/2 cost if you were to lose it

I do recall asking Darrin few years back what type of slate he hunted with AT THAT POINT, and he said plastic pot, thus the reason for my post above. I would also think the higher cost of the wood pot is directly related to the cost of the material (wood blanks) and the time he has to put in to "turn it on a lathe" to his liking. As I have stated before, if one wants to know Darrin's 100% unbiased opinion, I suggest he/she call him and get it straight from the horse's mouth. My .02

IMO, my walnut aluminum sounds much better to me then the plastic pot aluminum I have. I prefer the wood unless it's raining or nasty then I roll with the plastic.

The plastic is the best sounding plastic I've ever used though, it's just I prefer the wood pots. Darrin has told me the same on the plastic

 

[Setterman]

I would like to get one of these calls, I love a good custom call.
I think I'll get one next year.


What is yall's recommendation? Slate has always been my preference, but im open to glass and aluminum.

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I love aluminum, it's pitch is higher and crisper to me and I feel it makes birds gobble when often times they might not to another surface.

 

[Andy S.]

I love aluminum, it's pitch is higher and crisper to me and I feel it makes birds gobble when often times they might not to another surface.

I agree with this statement about aluminum, and a copper surface for that matter, but I LOVE my slate for the "close game" that I oftentimes find myself in with stubborn old birds. I honestly do not think you can wrong with either surface from Darrin. With that said, no call made by any call maker is going to make every turkey that gobbles to it (if they do respond) come running down your gun barrel, so do not take my praise of Darrin and his calls the wrong way. If one wanted to save money, I'd recommend plastic pots in your surface of choice, $50 TYD for either one.

 

[PalsPal]

I would like to get one of these calls, I love a good custom call.
I think I'll get one next year.


What is yall's recommendation? Slate has always been my preference, but im open to glass and aluminum.

Let me add that the purpose and type of calling you plan to use it might factor.

Personally, I use a pot specifically for soft talk, ie clucks and purrs. I run a slate better for this purpose than a higher pitched aluminum, which to me, is better for yelps, cutts, etc.

 

[Setterman]

I would like to get one of these calls, I love a good custom call.
I think I'll get one next year.


What is yall's recommendation? Slate has always been my preference, but im open to glass and aluminum.

Let me add that the purpose and type of calling you plan to use it might factor.

Personally, I use a pot specifically for soft talk, ie clucks and purrs. I run a slate better for this purpose than a higher pitched aluminum, which to me, is better for yelps, cutts, etc.

My Aluminum is pretty darn good at the soft stuf, but slate is the king of the low purrs and clucks.

What I do find funny is that on most birds I kill I literally might only make 3 calls to him the entire hunt.

 

[PalsPal]

What I do find funny is that on most birds I kill I literally might only make 3 calls to him the entire hunt.

You might have more exciting hunts if you would call more !

 

[Andy S.]

IMO, my walnut aluminum sounds much better to me then the plastic pot aluminum I have.

I believe you and I know you know what a wild turkey likes to hear. With that said, you're going to make me go home, throw them all out of the ground and do yet ANOTHER test to see which one I prefer TODAY.

Which striker and which style tip do you run with your aluminum? Do you use same striker with wood and plastic aluminum pot? I have more strikers than I care to admit, but was wondering if you have one that I do not own, which is highly likely with the number of strikers out there these days.

 

[Tennessee Lead]

Setterman or Andy S
If one or both of you ever have a chance would yall mind to post up a sound file of the wood vs the plastic pots?


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