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Point blank elk calls.
« on: September 18, 2012, 09:26:22 PM »
Last week I was helping with a elk hunt and could not find my reed calls. I stopped at the store and saw these calls designed by Joel Turner. I am not sure if I got a bad one or not but I did not like the call at all. It was flimsy and to high pitched and I could not get a consistant sound. Did I get a bad one ? anyone with experience with this call
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 09:37:01 PM »
Same for me... I have a habit of buying every different reed I see, Bought a couple different styes... they were pretty close to the worst I have tried.

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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2012, 09:37:58 PM »
They are junk :twocents: I bought 3 of them and all of them were crap. I have talked to more then a few people about it. Bad latex and the calls sound like crap when put next to my others. Had a hard time keeping the same notes.
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2012, 09:53:30 PM »
he is a member here might want to give him a heads up. i think he goes by sniper1 or something
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2012, 10:13:06 PM »
He is an amazing caller so I really expected the calls to atleast be decent, But I could not get any sounds out of them that sounded like an Elk.

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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2012, 10:18:22 PM »
Kinda my thoughts as well. No need to let him know about it. Thousands of people voice ideas and thoughts about gear online. No matter if it a member or not. It's o.k for people to say they did not like something.
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2012, 10:21:25 PM »
I thought it was just me, glad to hear I wasn't the only one who didn't like them. I bought a few of them and never could do well with them. I will stick with my Bugling Bull reeds.
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2012, 10:23:07 PM »
Pretty sad when 4/4 people that have posted so far have had bad things to say. Hope they do see this and start taking notes and asking questions.
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2012, 10:25:38 PM »
Maybe it's the people blowing on the calls that suck!  :chuckle:    :dunno:



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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2012, 10:27:46 PM »
That very well could be!!

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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2012, 10:28:44 PM »
 :chuckle: Could be the case but I bet atleast one of the 4 of us has called in a few elk before :chuckle: So I won't buy into that one to much. I am no great caller like I have said many many times. I can call elk and know when something sounds off. When I can grab one of my other 10+ mouth calls and make them sound good. I know it has to be the call :chuckle:
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2012, 10:30:05 PM »
 :chuckle: :chuckle: But I suck worse with his calls  :dunno: :dunno:

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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2012, 10:32:42 PM »
I used to at least be able to make good cow elk sounds. But that was 15 to 20 years ago. I kind of quit practicing and quit using elk calls because I wasn't hunting them during the rut anymore. Now I need to get practiced up again, and really need to purchase some new calls. I'm thinking I should pick up one of these Point Blank calls to start out with. That way if it doesn't sound right, I can just blame it on the call!   :tup:


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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2012, 10:32:42 PM »
I know he sounds good "most of the time" when using them. Maybe we are not good enough for the calls. I had to lisen to them for 5 days strait last year 2 booths down from mine, same row :yike: There was a few funny notes that made me laugh :chuckle:
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Re: Point blank elk calls.
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2012, 10:50:43 PM »
Maybe you guys should ask the elk what they think. ;)
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