Duck, you missed my question.

PABeard....like I said, when I bought my Envy slate several years ago, it was around $40 from the Harrisburg stand. It's a quality wood pot and I don't think it's the cheap model I see posted about. I have'nt seen the Walmart one. Did they cheapen the product or is it just the single glass your talking about. I did pick one up and use it at Gander and it seemed cheap.

Is this their marketing ploy to get their name out in a less expensive call? I really think they make a quality call and it'd be a shame to see a cheapened product....not a good move as far as reputation goes...I usually associate Cody with quality.

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I was at the show today and was talking to Bill. He told me that all his world class calls are hand made and that they are made 1 at a time. He says he only make a limited amount every year. I bought mine about 2 or 3 years ago and payed 75.00 for it now they are going for 125.00. While i was there i had bill match another striker to mine becuase I lost mine last year. I know one thing for sure the world class call that i have is top notch. One the best sounding slates i have!!!!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I have 3 Cody calls myself. I have the World Class glass, CodyII slate and the envy glass which I bought on clearance from walmart for $10.. The difference between the World Class and the envy is unbelievable! Night and day! I would agree I would not go in the woods without my Cody but I would not limit myself to just that call. I also had times the gobbler would not respond to the slate or world class but hammered back at a box or mouth call. What ever the turkey wants is what he is going to get!

Well I've heard it all now. I never in my life thought I would hear someone refer to Cody Calls as cheaply made. They are far from that. A high quality call all around, throughout all their models. Maybe some of you don't know but Cody Calls are not part of some hunting super company like MAD or Lohman or even Hunters Specialties. They are a small Mom and Pop organization. As for the marketing ploy comment. When you are a company this size you can't afford to have much of a marketing strategy. Like I posted earlier I grew up only about 5 Miles from the home Bill Zearing is based out of and makes his calls. And I know they type of people that come from this area. People from the Halifax area are hard working, honest and down to earth, and not out to make a quick buck by making an inferior product like some larger &quot;City&quot; based companies. I was at the Harrisbug show and spoke with many of the representatives at the Cody Booth (Booth was packed as usual) and decided to buy a CodyII slate with one of thier Bocote wood strikers and the usual Heavy Hickory striker that comes with it (wow the Bocote is a great striker, It sounds great on everything I use it on). The gentleman who helped me out offered to match up, my call with my strikers rather that just grab a call off the rack and hand it to me. And boy did he do a great job matching everything up what a sound. But how many call makers do that for you, maybe some of the little ones do but you deffinitly do not get that kind of service from the large makers like Primos or Hunter's Specialties. All most manufacturers do is grab a call off the shelf and hand it to you, and take your money and run. I have come to respect just a few call companies, and those are the ones that have provided excellent customer service, and by far Cody Calls are at the top of my list. Sorry about this bieng so long just had to get up on my soapbox and defend one of the Hometown Boys.
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I do have to disagree. What you say I have no doubt is true for the upper line. But take a look at the new glass call that sales for $20.00 at wally world and $25.00 at Midwest, Wing Supply & the Cody homepage. It is a cheap call. The sound is not that good, there are tool marks all over the call. Yes I know you get what you pay for. But for $15.00 a H.S. Strut or Knight & Hale or a Primos will out call that call anyday. I do think that Cody is trying to do a nice thing by making a cheaper call for the little people like me who can't afford $50.00-$125.00 on one of their other calls. It just needs to be a little better, that's all. You can read about the call on Cody's home page.

http://www.codyturkeycalls.com/



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TScott I will agree with you that yes Cody has made an attempt to make a call line that is affordable. But I still think that these affordable calls like the Envy Glass call that wal-mart sells (By the way I own this one and love it, I called in two monster gobblers at once with this one last season) are still a notch or two above most others priced relatively the same with maybe the exception being the Knight and Hale Old Yeller Sla-tek a great call all around which I think ranks right up with the affordable cody calls. I just don't think they are a bad as some people are making them out to be. Also a big factor is what everyone thinks a turkey sounds like. We all have our own ideas on that and while I may use a call by cody and say it sounds great and then pickup a primos call and think it sounds like junk, but on the other hand TScott you may hear something completely different with your ears and think the Primos call is great and the Cody is not that great. And then you throw in the fact that different turkeys like different sounds. (Sometimes we all know how frustrating that can be)I appreciate your opinion, it's good to have a nice friendly disagreement once in a while I hope you din't take what I said here as being mean or nasty, I just feel strongly about certain things and sometimes can be pretty opinionated, just ask my wife.

I really enjoy my Cody I converted 2 of my friends to Cody