spitfire;851059
One piece of advice. A lot of call makers will be helpful with the typical questions but not many will go into their complete process. It is a learning experience. With turkey calls it took me a few attempts before I actually found a combo that worked for me. Use cheap wood to start until to figure out your process.
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One of the main reasons the experienced callmakers do not give you all of the information is to teach you how the call works. If the customer calls and says he wants a certain sound, your standard call has to be tuned to that requested sound. There is no one magic sound that comes from a call, if you want to make calls you have to be able to build the call with the sound that the customer wants. Turkey pots, to give you all of the answers would require a book, maybe even 2 books. Duck calls, that would require volumes of information. Varmints, take the duck and turkey book and you have all of the answers.
Another reason is the some of the new guys look at callmaking as a quick easy dollar. They do not hunt and have no idea of how the call is supposed to sound. They turn out pretty "garbage" that sounds awful. If you want to make duck calls you need to at least be able to play it, the same goes for varmint calls and turkey calls. I had one guy that wanted to make varmint calls, local man, he thought he saw the money that could be made, I said come over and I will help you. First thing I did was hand him a call and ask him to play it. The next thing was tell him to come back after he knew how to hunt and play the call. The guy was a bowl turner, he did not hunt and probably never will.
Callmaking is more than turning a round piece of wood and sticking a reed in it. You have to be able to play it like a fine tuned musical instrument and know the tunes.
Ed Glenn's book on callmaking is like the kindergartener's first book, it is just an overlay. It touches a lot of information. You will need volumes of information to be able to make a great call. But if you take the time to read the info on the old threads on CCO you will have enough to begin making calls.