Slate Call in High Moisture

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Ive been doing a lot of reading and found out that the easiest calls for beginners such as myself to get use to is the slate and box calls.
Im going to get me some basic standard mouth calls and practice with those for a good backup as well.
We will be getting up and going to hunt early before daylight like many other hunters do. Part of our problem is we have a pretty high amount of moisture in the air down here in the river bottoms especially early in the morning where we hunt. Last year both box calls we had started to fail on us after time because of moisture. Chalk helped some but it just didnt sound right. We later bought a wet box and the one we bought sounded like a dying buzzard. We had our best luck calling in high moisture with a slate call but the ones that we have are fairly inexpensive(possibly less quality)calls. They got the job done but I was wanting to invest in a better or maybe I should say a higher quality slate call that can stand up to some moisture issues.
I was thinking about a good quality striker that is made of fiberglass or something other than wood. Dont get me wrong because I love wood but I have to deal with moist conditions.
I know there is a lot of brands out there but can someone suggest a quality slate call for under 75.00 that can withstand that early morning moisture ?
Thanks
 
I bought an aluminum friction call last year from Darrin Dawkins in a resin pot, included with the call was a plastic striker. It worked fine in heavy dew, fog, and even a drizzle. It also sounded really good as well, not as good as his wood pots but better than 99% of the friction calls on the market
 
any slate will work really, the striker is what makes a difference in moisture....get a fiberglass or carbon striker and you can run them in the wet.

Final Steps on here makes a good slate as does Lonzo's calls (out of GA and won some awards) but again there are more then a few guys making them that do a fantastic job
 
Thanks Roost 1. Any kind of loc-tite ? I think I only have the removable blue. I might have some permanent red I will have to look.
I called Darrin Dawkins twice but no answer. I did leave a message the second time. I figure he is a pretty busy guy right now.
 
I use slate friction call a lot and make my own calls. The one item in my fanny pack is a Bic lighter; the routine every morning when I sit down and get my calls laid out is to run the Bic over the slate. You can see the slate change colors as the moisture evaporates out of the call. It changes the sound completely. It is hard to beat a slate friction call.
 
Stoner said:
I use slate friction call a lot and make my own calls. The one item in my fanny pack is a Bic lighter; the routine every morning when I sit down and get my calls laid out is to run the Bic over the slate. You can see the slate change colors as the moisture evaporates out of the call. It changes the sound completely. It is hard to beat a slate friction call.
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Well kiss my grits.
That sounds like a good idea right there.
Do you use carbon or wood strikers ?
 
striker is the key. and make sure you have both roughed up a little. we hunt where there is a lot go moisture to. and a good striker and call will do wonders in moisture.
 
deerhunter10 said:
striker is the key. and make sure you have both roughed up a little. we hunt where there is a lot go moisture to. and a good striker and call will do wonders in moisture.
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Not trying to put you on the spot but can you tell me what you use ?
Or you can tell me in a PM if you want.
Thanks for the tips on roughing up a little.
 
Personally I use oak ridge woodhaven and David holloran. I like Davies strikers and also a dude names Fred cox strikers. I have found most of the time at least where we hunt. We have a lot of moisture but as long as you don't get the actual call wet then it should work as it should. If it starts to slip a little rough it up a little more. I haven't found a carbon striker I like yet. But I haven't used many is why I didn't recommend that. Now if it raining you can run into problems with friction calls. That's why I also carry mouth calls. But 99.99 percent of the time pot calls are all I use.
 
PRB said:
Stoner said:
I use slate friction call a lot and make my own calls. The one item in my fanny pack is a Bic lighter; the routine every morning when I sit down and get my calls laid out is to run the Bic over the slate. You can see the slate change colors as the moisture evaporates out of the call. It changes the sound completely. It is hard to beat a slate friction call.
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Well kiss my grits.
That sounds like a good idea right there.
Do you use carbon or wood strikers ?
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I have always used wood strikers.
 
deerhunter10 said:
Personally I use oak ridge woodhaven and David holloran. I like Davies strikers and also a dude names Fred cox strikers. I have found most of the time at least where we hunt. We have a lot of moisture but as long as you don't get the actual call wet then it should work as it should. If it starts to slip a little rough it up a little more. I haven't found a carbon striker I like yet. But I haven't used many is why I didn't recommend that. Now if it raining you can run into problems with friction calls. That's why I also carry mouth calls. But 99.99 percent of the time pot calls are all I use.
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Wow those look like some really nice calls. My head is spinning around on if I should get this one or that one ????
I mean slate pot or glass pot ? How about smoking pot ? :D
I think I would like to try Grand Slam Corion Slate Pot w/Tulipwood Striker just because it sounds cool.
Seriously I would hope it sounds good.

Yes Stoner I would like to stay with wood from what Ive read they sound better. If I have moisture issues then I can use the trick I was told about the drying out with a lighter.
 
PRB said:
deerhunter10 said:
Personally I use oak ridge woodhaven and David holloran. I like Davies strikers and also a dude names Fred cox strikers. I have found most of the time at least where we hunt. We have a lot of moisture but as long as you don't get the actual call wet then it should work as it should. If it starts to slip a little rough it up a little more. I haven't found a carbon striker I like yet. But I haven't used many is why I didn't recommend that. Now if it raining you can run into problems with friction calls. That's why I also carry mouth calls. But 99.99 percent of the time pot calls are all I use.
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Wow those look like some really nice calls. My head is spinning around on if I should get this one or that one ????
I mean slate pot or glass pot ?
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lol welcome to the world of custom calls. to many decisions.
 

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