Best Turkey Pot & Slate Calls

After many hours spent chasing elusive gobblers with crossbows, compound bows and shotguns, we’ve compiled this list of some of our best turkey slate calls that are (almost) guaranteed to fill your tag this season!

These friction-style calls are great because they are small and easy to carry without taking much room in the backpack or turkey hunting vest.

A best-rated slate or pot-style turkey call will feature a glass, slate or wooden pot plate that is covered for protection and a solid striker pen that will create different turkey sounds as pressure and the friction angle is changed.

Slate and glass pot calls require more finesse than box calls. They do require more practice in order to achieve good quality wild turkey vocalizations.

Calling turkeys with one of these slate-style pot calls isn’t difficult, it just requires a bit of a fine touch when rubbing the striker against the surface of the call.

Once mastered, the hunter can create a ton of different clucks, cuts and purrs at a wide variety of volume levels. This makes these slate and glass pot calls an extremely versatile option to throw in one’s turkey hunting vest before heading out on a hunt!

Editors Reviews: Best Slate, Wood & Glass Turkey Pot Calls

The Primos Hunting Ol’ Betsy Slate Call

The Primos Hunting Ol’ Betsy Slate Call is the perfect call to take with you on your next gobbler hunting trip. Whether you are a recreational user, professional, or even a beginner turkey hunter, Primos will fit the mold for all types of people.

Made from the finest Pennsylvania Slate, this slate call is easy to use and produces the purest turkey sounds. Perfect finishing call with its soft yelps, clucks, and purrs. Includes conditioning pad and Hardwood Striker.

Features:

• The Betsy Slate Call by Primos is the perfect call for your next hunting trip.
• Made from the finest Pennsylvania Slate
• It is easy to use and produces the purest turkey sounds
• Perfect finishing call with soft yelps, clucks, and purrs

Primos Hunting Rare Breed Slate Turkey Pot Call

The Primos Hunting Rare Breed Slate Turkey Pot Call is one of the best slate turkey calls you can buy. The Primos Rare Breed slate turkey call has a unique look and great sound.

The Primos Rare Breed is offered in both slate or glass surfaces.

The comfortable rounded cup easily of this slate turkey call fits your hand while working on the bird. Higher yelps, cuts, and clucks are produced by outer edges, while towards the middle, lower and deeper tones can be made.

Play soft or loud, whichever fits your needs. Includes a solid one-piece striker and abrasive pad.

Features:

• The Primos slate turkey call has a unique look and great sound.
• It is offered on both glass or slate surfaces.
• The comfortable rounded cup easily fits your hand while working on the bird.
• Play soft or loud, whichever fits your needs.
• Includes a solid one-piece striker and abrasive pad.

Zink Calls Power Hen Thunder Ridge Series

Zink Calls™ Thunder Ridge Series is a friction-based call made with a variety of subtle tones that are sure to please the most discerning gobbler.

These turkey hunting calls are made to last and have a sound that will drive gobblers wild! Whether you’re a novice to the sport or a seasoned veteran, Thunder Ridge Series is the perfect call for you.

Each call is crafted using state-of-the-art injection molding technology and designed with the turkey hunter in mind.

And with the same high quality and consistency found in every Zink Call™, it’s easy to see why Zink Thunder Ridge Series continues to be a top choice of turkey hunters everywhere.

The Thunder Ridge hardwood turkey call is made with a two-piece hardwood striker and a specific conditioning pad that produces hen turkey vocalizations. It has a two-piece hardwood striker fitted with an EZ-Gripper ring and a built-in striker conditioning pocket for improved grip.

Features:

• It has a durable, waterproof polycarbonate pot
• The Thunder Ridge hardwood turkey call is made with a two-piece hardwood striker
• A specific conditioning pad that produces hen turkey vocalizations.
• It has a two-piece hardwood striker fitted with an EZ-Gripper ring and a built-in striker conditioning pocket for improved grip.

Hunters Specialties Suzie Snood Glass Pan Turkey Call

The Suzie Snood pan call produces high-pitched hen sounds and comes ready to play in a compact form. This call fits easily into a hunter’s pocket or packs, making it easy to carry along on hunting trips.

The frosted glass-over-glass call is enclosed in a metal case that protects it from the brush and all weather conditions. Included H. S. Strut carbon striker makes the call sizing in all weather conditions. Made in the U. S. A.

Features:

• This call produces high-pitched hen sounds
• Fits easily into a hunter’s pocket or pack
• Comes ready to play in a compact form
• The frosted glass-over-glass call is enclosed in a metal case that protects it from the brush and all weather conditions

STRUT COMMANDER Ole Scratch Turkey Pot Slate Call

Add some lure to your turkey calling with the Ole Scratch Pot Call. Made in the USA by craftsmen who have a passion for turkeys, Ole Scratch and its narrow head and raspy tone will take your turkey calling to a whole new level.

Ole Scratch calls are designed with turkey hunting in mind. It features a unique, dual-tone red polycarbonate pot with a slate surface capable of producing a variety of sounds.

It’s topped off with a 2-piece purple heart striker, and the call is assembled using quality materials and craftsmanship.

Ole Scratch exclusive Pot/Slate Hybrid provides the player with a whole new experience in mouth call versatility.

The “pot” end of the call can be used to coax a gobbler into decoy range or to make subtle changes in vocalizations, and the slate side is capable of producing a more mellow, raspy variety of yelps, clucks, cutts, and purrs.

Features:

• It features a unique, dual-tone red polycarbonate pot with a slate surface capable of producing a variety of sounds
• The “pot” end of the call can be used to coax a gobbler into decoy range
• The slate side is capable of producing a more mellow, raspy variety of yelps, clucks, cutts, and purrs
• All produced in the USA

Hunters Specialties Gun Call

The H.S. Call/Diaphragm Combo is a great dual-purpose call that produces realistic hen and gobbler sounds that can be loud and demanding at times.

Whether you are hunting gobblers during the spring and fall seasons, or hens in the summer months, you won’t find a more affordable friction call to add to your turkey hunting gear than the H.S.

Call/Diaphragm Combo by Hunters Specialties. The H.S. Call/Diaphragm Combo is the most popular friction call in the world, and for a solid reason: it performs like no other.

This ‘Large and Loud’ friction call with precision-crafted Walnut Hardwood pan has been stress-relieved to prevent warpage and features a slate surface that produces rich, seductive hen sounds with excellent volume.

The included H.S. Strut® Striker lets the call sing like a real hen. The Hunters Specialties Gun Slate Pan Call is designed to allow you to create the sounds of a wild turkey from your very own backyard!

This easy-to-use call features the H.S. Strut® Striker and Infinity Latex®, both of which come together with a quick and easy setup.

Features:

• The H.S. Call/Diaphragm Combo is a great dual-purpose call that produces realistic hen and gobbler sounds that can be loud and demanding at times.
• Its ‘Large and Loud’ friction call with precision-crafted Walnut Hardwood pan has been stress-relieved to prevent warpage
• It features a slate surface that produces rich, seductive hen sounds with excellent volume.
• This easy-to-use call features the H.S. Strut® Striker and Infinity Latex®, both of which come together with a quick and easy setup.

Hunters Specialties Undertaker Glass Pan Turkey Call

Available in the open or closed reed, the UnderTaker Glass Pan Turkey Call is an innovative approach to turkey calls.

Cutting-edge, Aluma-tuned pan technology features hand-tuned cuts and is engineered for optimal volume and range with realistic hen tones.

Incredibly easy to play, the eerie frosted finish is ready to call right out of the package! It is engineered with a wood striker for increased stability.

This turkey call is ideal for field situations because it includes a striker that allows you to create exciting turkey sounds. It’s lightweight, portable, and easy to use.

Features:

• The UnderTaker Glass Pan Turkey Call is an innovative approach to turkey calls
• It features Aluma-tuned pan technology and hand-tuned cuts.
• It is incredibly easy to play, the eerie frosted finish is ready to call right out of the package!
• It is engineered with a wood striker for increased stability.
• It’s lightweight, portable, and easy to use.

Hunter’s Specialties Triple Glass Friction Call

The H.S. Strut Hunter’s Specialties Triple Glass Friction Call is one of the best slate turkey calls on the market. It generates great cuts, yelps, and purrs, all high-pitched sounds that travel a long distance.

Its frosted glass surface allows you to play right out of the package without conditioning, but if you’re looking for better sound, conditioning with pine tar or rosin will improve both volume and tonal quality.

The Strut Triple has a custom rosewood striker for good cuts and a glass rougher pad for cutts and yelps. Designed with triple glass layers and a frosted underside, it generates unbelievably crisp sound waves that carry long distances.

Features include a custom rosewood striker, glass rougher pad, and complete instructions.

Features:

• The H.S. Strut Hunter’s Specialties Triple Glass Friction Call is one of the most versatile calls on the market.
• It generates great cuts, yelps, and purrs, all high-pitched sounds that travel a long distance.
• Its frosted glass surface allows you to play right out of the package without conditioning
• For better sound, conditioning with pine tar or rosin will improve both volume and tonal quality.
• Features include a custom rosewood striker, glass rougher pad, and complete instructions.

Flextone Show Stopper Slate Friction Call

The Show Stopper is the next level in Flextone’s line-up. The Show Stopper utilizes Flextone’s proprietary new friction call design with a “Slate Surface Over Glass Soundboard” that produces plenty of volume for most any situation.

The Show Stopper features a positive grip pot design that gives the caller more control over the friction pad and sound.

This trusty friction call excels in creating finishing, spooky, yelping, and loud volume making this call a great lite weight, easy to carry, everyday call for any hunter. A conditioning pad is included, along with a magnum wood striker and sandpaper to customize your call.

Features:

• The Show Stopper utilizes a friction call with a Slate Surface Over Glass Soundboard design
• The Show Stopper features a positive grip pot design that gives the caller more control over the friction pad and sound.
• This trusty friction call excels in creating finishing, spooky, yelping, and loud volume making this call a great lite weight, easy to carry, everyday call for any hunter.
• A conditioning pad is included along with a magnum wood striker and sandpaper to customize your call.

Primos Rare Breed Glass Turkey Pot Call

The Primos Rare Breed Glass Turkey Pot Call is a revolutionary new turkey call that catches and creates beautiful turkey sounds.

This glass turkey call features a wood cup and soundboard with a one-piece striker and CNC milled pot. The wood cup and soundboard with a one-piece striker react perfectly to human fingers, allowing the user to control pitch on the outer edges of the cup and create higher yelps, cuts, and clucks.

The lower, deeper tones are made toward the middle. The Primos Rare Breed is not your average turkey call! So step out of the ordinary with the Primos Rare Breed and produce sounds, unlike anything you’ve heard.

Features:

•  The Primos Rare Breed Glass Turkey Pot Call is a revolutionary new turkey call that catches and creates beautiful turkey sounds.
• This glass turkey call features a wood cup and soundboard with a one-piece striker and CNC milled pot.
• The wood cup and soundboard with a one-piece striker react perfectly to human fingers, allowing the user to control pitch on the outer edges of the cup and create higher yelps, cuts, and clucks.
• The lower, deeper tones are made toward the middle.

Truth be told, even the absolute best slate turkey calls and pot calls can sound like total garbage in the hands of an in-experienced caller.

You’re not going to pop one of these calls out of the bubble wrap and use it like a pro right away.

These slate, glass, and wooden friction pot calls require practice and finesse to really master. No, you don’t need to enroll in a turkey calling class, but you will need to spend some time with call-in hand in order to really get it right.

Even the best slate turkey call can fail miserably in the hands of a total newb!

Don’t just hammer away on it like a Neanderthal. Sure, you’re going to need to call loudly when it’s windy or the birds are far away.

But crunch time is when that big gobbler is hanging up 80 yards out and refuses to come in further to seal the deal.

This is when you need to use quiet calls and finesse to convince that long-beard you’re a cute hen ready for action!

Practice making little sounds with your slate call and you’ll get the best results! Even the best slate turkey calls can sound bad if used incorrectly.

And always keep the slate-covered to keep clean and dry. Clean it with rubbing alcohol on occasion. Clean the striker as well. You want them squeaky clean!

Frequently Asked Questions About Slate, Glass & Wooden Pot Turkey Calls