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Hand made Diaphram call
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<blockquote data-quote="Spurhunter" data-source="post: 5844471" data-attributes="member: 5695"><p>I know a guy that makes them and sells to the big call companies. He will make and sell 20k on this contract, 30k on this contract, etc. The things he has told me were quite shocking. Keep in mind he has won a lot of state and regional calling championships, but he says if he makes 10 calls for himself with exactly the same components, stretch, etc. 2 will be perfect, 1 will be almost perfect, 1 will be usable, and 6 will be unacceptable to him. I'm guessing the average hunter might use 8 or 9 of the 10 and not see a noticeable difference, but that's just my guess. He also told me that it's funny when someone tells him that they only use Brand A calls and Brand B sucks when he just made 20k calls for A and B and the only difference is the color of the tape, color of the latex, etc. I guess my takeaway was buying a call off the shelf is a crap shoot. Almost like buying a scratcher at the convenience store. It is fun to sit in his shop and have him make you a call, try it, and have him customize it for you. I would imagine making your own and customizing them would be even better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spurhunter, post: 5844471, member: 5695"] I know a guy that makes them and sells to the big call companies. He will make and sell 20k on this contract, 30k on this contract, etc. The things he has told me were quite shocking. Keep in mind he has won a lot of state and regional calling championships, but he says if he makes 10 calls for himself with exactly the same components, stretch, etc. 2 will be perfect, 1 will be almost perfect, 1 will be usable, and 6 will be unacceptable to him. I'm guessing the average hunter might use 8 or 9 of the 10 and not see a noticeable difference, but that's just my guess. He also told me that it's funny when someone tells him that they only use Brand A calls and Brand B sucks when he just made 20k calls for A and B and the only difference is the color of the tape, color of the latex, etc. I guess my takeaway was buying a call off the shelf is a crap shoot. Almost like buying a scratcher at the convenience store. It is fun to sit in his shop and have him make you a call, try it, and have him customize it for you. I would imagine making your own and customizing them would be even better. [/QUOTE]
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