Slate or glass???????

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Which do yall prefer? I have always used slate before. I am thinking of getting a new pot call this year and dont know which brand or style I should get? Help me out in my decision.


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Depends on what sound you want. Slate you can get very quite with and slate is easy to grip by a wide variety of striker wood types. Slate is awesome for up close and personal as well as tree yelps

Glass and get Loud and have a higher pitch. Glass however can be a challenge for some with calling on with shrieks and striker slip. I like glass for additional rasp or to get loud using cuts or excited yelps.
 
It depends on what you are looking for. Up close I would go with slate, if you want one to reach out go with glass or aluminum. There is also crystal, which is one of my favorites. As for kind , there are so many to choose from. Final Steps on here makes a good pot call. If you want to know anything specific PM me.
 
I carry both a glass and a slate. Really like the slate for working birds but use the glass for windy days and to reach out if needed
 
Glass for me. Like REN states, rasp and volume on glass sound great especially if you take the time to choose the right striker. I've got an old Cody and with a carbon striker it's so raspy it sounds like some old'gal that's been smoking unfiltered Camels for 40 years. Cutting on that thing is pure turkey and though they may exist, I've never come across a slate that could rival it for those qualities.
 
Have both in my vest for wet damp days I've had luck with the glass with a Purple Heart striker or the plastic striker that came with the call.
 
Of the 2 I like glass. But I bought a copper pot call the other day and it's now my favorite. Had a good rasp to it but can also get loud. Has a carbon tipped striker. The guy that made it says it will play soaking wet. Didn't think it was too bad for a custom call. $40 shipped to my door.
 
I've got a few of each and they both have their uses. For me though, a slate just has a slightly more authentic sound especially when soft calling. I have a Lonnie Sneed Hot Hen slate that sounds as hen turkey as a call can sound! On the flip side, like chrmayo, I have a particular copper call that is my overall favorite right now.
 
chrmayo":12mkezvi said:
Of the 2 I like glass. But I bought a copper pot call the other day and it's now my favorite. Had a good rasp to it but can also get loud. Has a carbon tipped striker. The guy that made it says it will play soaking wet. Didn't think it was too bad for a custom call. $40 shipped to my door.
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Copper for me also. Try one and you'll see what we mean.
 
meh, copper is ok but it is definitely a unique sound. I have a few and have tried a bunch of them and they have a time and place but it is hard to beat a slate call on a nice crisp morning.

the bottom line is slate is without question the easiest to learn on due to its natural sound and ease of gripping a striker. copper, glass and Crystal can all screech and slip to someone just getting into trying one.


ALL of them have a time and place, just find the one you have confidence in, using one in your living room is A LOT different then being able to run one at an awkward angle/in the woods/off your knees/with gloves/ cold finger/ and heart racing. it amazes me how different a pot call can sound in the wild rather then in your car. Find 1 or 2 you like the sound of and you are confident in and practice practice practice using a wide variety of set ups so you know you can run it no matter the situation.
 
Ren, Would you be talking the box type call? Reason I asked is this will be my first year to Turkey hunt, but I don't want to invest the price of a truck for call decoys and the likes. Also the place where I will be hunting is LOADED!
 
Twinshooter just get a couple of basic calls that sounds good nothing fancy and learn how to use them before season, you should be fine. You can worry about all the technical differences in calls later, just for now practice the different sounds (yelp, cluck, cutting to start) and make sure you can do it confidently in the woods to a live bird.


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