Glass or slate

I prefer Aluminum, but between Glass and Slate, I like slate. It sounds more natural to me, and is ten times easier to condition and keep conditioned. Glass calls sound very hollow to my ears, where slate sounds very natural
 
Slate for soft calling and pulling in close. Glass for louder calling


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Slate. Furthermore, of all the pot calls I have bought, ran and used over the years (which I rely heavily on in the spring), a glass call (regardless of maker) has been and continues to be low on my preference list.

For pot calls, my preferred surfaces are listed below, in order of preference with call maker listed out beside them.

1. Slate - Dawkins
2. Aluminum - Dawkins
3. Copper - Slaton
4. Ceramic - Padgett
5. Glass/Crystal - Dawkins

This is purely my personal opinion that fits my style of hunting and calling.
 
I like glass for a do all call. But i always have a small slate pot if i need to talk soft those last few yards if needed.

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easy45":1tthr1yd said:
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Slate calls have undoubtedly killed many a gobbler, but I just haven't had a ton of luck with them. I lost one custom slate call to moisture and haven't really used one since. Also, I can get soft on a mouth call and be just as effective.

Crystal calls just seem to yank gobbles out of birds. I won't leave home without my Crystal Mistress.

I'd feel confident hunting anywhere with an aluminum pot, crystal pot, and a couple mouth calls.
 
Slate for soft calling....especially a small one like a lynchs jet, but the last few yrs I've favored a glass call for the high pitch and distance. So overall, glass
 
String Music":3m6q71h4 said:
easy45":3m6q71h4 said:
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Slate calls have undoubtedly killed many a gobbler, but I just haven't had a ton of luck with them. I lost one custom slate call to moisture and haven't really used one since. Also, I can get soft on a mouth call and be just as effective.

Crystal calls just seem to yank gobbles out of birds. I won't leave home without my Crystal Mistress.

I'd feel confident hunting anywhere with an aluminum pot, crystal pot, and a couple mouth calls.
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Have you tried putting a lighter to that slate call to help remove the moisture from the slate?
 
TnTurk":2nncq9sc said:
String Music":2nncq9sc said:
easy45":2nncq9sc said:
Do tell String Music
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Slate calls have undoubtedly killed many a gobbler, but I just haven't had a ton of luck with them. I lost one custom slate call to moisture and haven't really used one since. Also, I can get soft on a mouth call and be just as effective.

Crystal calls just seem to yank gobbles out of birds. I won't leave home without my Crystal Mistress.

I'd feel confident hunting anywhere with an aluminum pot, crystal pot, and a couple mouth calls.
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Have you tried putting a lighter to that slate call to help remove the moisture from the slate?
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I sure have, but couldn't get all the moisture out. Doesn't sound the same anymore.
 
If you are trying to choose between the two, you may like a good over-and-under call. There's several good ones out there that kinda give you the best of both worlds. The slate on the bottom doesn't give you a full rollover, but it's great for soft calling.

One of the best ones out there I have used is made by the Roberts Brothers:

http://www.midwestturkeycall.com/detail ... B100&link=
 
Slate is where its at for soft calling. I see where glass has its place but I've always been a mouth call guy. My goal this year is to kill one with my lonnie sneed slate and glass. :pray: 8-)
 

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