Wood call durability vs plastic
10-05-2009, 06:22 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waldorf Maryland USA
Posts: 668
Wood call durability vs plastic
Looking at picking up a new call from RNT that they have in both wood and plastic, what is the down side of getting wood? In my experence wood has had a better sound at least to my tone def ears. But my experence is limited.
10-06-2009, 12:24 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
Wood does have a better sound in my opinion as well, but because it isn't nearly as dense and it much more pourous (sp) than acryllic, it is prone to climate changes.
Short version; it isn't always EXACTLY the same. Acrylic is going to pretty much always sound the same... a lot of people tend to think (I'm one of them) that a good wood such as cocobola sounds better as it gets more and more wet from use, and naturally as it ages.
Acryllic calls are also much louder than wood calls (generally), and that can be good or bad depending on your hunting situation. I find 95% of hunters call WAY WAY WAY too loudly.
Short version; it isn't always EXACTLY the same. Acrylic is going to pretty much always sound the same... a lot of people tend to think (I'm one of them) that a good wood such as cocobola sounds better as it gets more and more wet from use, and naturally as it ages.
Acryllic calls are also much louder than wood calls (generally), and that can be good or bad depending on your hunting situation. I find 95% of hunters call WAY WAY WAY too loudly.
10-20-2009, 08:29 PM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Humboldt County, California
Posts: 511
wood does have a richer tone but has more a chance of swelling and sounding like an elk call rather than a duck so i would go for the acrylic i use the knight and hale double reed i think its called the bachelorette sounds good and is easy to work
10-26-2009, 04:37 PM
#6
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 9
Acrylic Stabilized Wood
Guys, dont forget one of the new things. ACRYLIC STABILIZED WOOD!!
Whether it be one of mine or someone elses. Stabilized wood is liiquid acrylic forced into wood with hydraulic pressure. This fills all the pores of the wood and maintaines the look of the wood, but with some of the protection characteristics of acrylic. It does not let the moisture in to swell the wood.
The best of both worlds.
Keep that in mind when you are looking for a new call.
Alot of the smaller call makers, like myself and others will make stabilized calls. You may have a hard time finding it from the big manufacturers.
Whether it be one of mine or someone elses. Stabilized wood is liiquid acrylic forced into wood with hydraulic pressure. This fills all the pores of the wood and maintaines the look of the wood, but with some of the protection characteristics of acrylic. It does not let the moisture in to swell the wood.
The best of both worlds.
Keep that in mind when you are looking for a new call.
Alot of the smaller call makers, like myself and others will make stabilized calls. You may have a hard time finding it from the big manufacturers.
