Hello
My name is Mike, Mostly I just read all the post on the forum and hardly ever chime in. but I have some questions.
Recently while surfing the net I found some interesting turkey calls. Recently having moved to SW Indian from The SF Bay Area I have now experience with turkey hunting but want to learn. While surfing the net looking for Info. I discovered some turkey calls I had never seen before. There are some calls called friction pot calls.
My question is this. . The call consist of what appears to be a sort of shallow turned bowl about 4 inch in diameter and one inch high.
with a piece of slate, glass, copper, or aluminum mounted inside, I even found a place to get cheep precut insert pieces.
After doing a quick search of the net, I found lots of them for sale on the net.. Some with covers, some with more than one scratching serface. some with holes on the back to expedite the sound?
Now these things look easy to make. my idea is to make some up and take to the local gun show. perhaps with some other types of calls, and lanyards Etc.. and pens (made of Deer antler)
But there has to be something I am not seeing. they cannot be a simple as they look and bring the prices people are getting. has anyone made any of these calls or others? Is there some special tricks or Tecs that might help.
there must me a catch. something I am not seeing. even the plain ones I found are 30-50 bucks Any input? If not... A guy could make a killing at 12 to 15 bucks each... Think I will stoke up the wood stove in the shop and get to work...