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Turkey pot competition????

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I don't know if this is where this belongs are even if we can do this , but just wanted to throw some feelers out there. Would anyone be interested in having a pot call competition . We could have different divisions ( slate, glass, crystal, aluminum, copper etc.) We could have a designated member who is not in competition and who can play a pot call to judge the calls . After comp is over donate calls to woodbarter and have an auction to help with the site that we all enjoy. There is plenty of blanks to fill in here that's why if this can happen I am trying to get this ball rolling early so maybe we could do this around January . Any thoughts or suggestions.
 
I think it's a great idea! Even before I got to the part of donating proceeds to WB I loved it. In fact, I would rather donate 100% of the proceeds to the Appleseed Project or BSA or some other youth oriented program. These are just two of my personal favorites and I have and do donate to them. We do not allow fundraisers for other entities but something like this I have no problem with because we are in control of it.

I sure do not know how to make the judging where all the entrants would be comfortable so I will leave that to the pot call makers, but I think it should be a double-blind or at least a blind judging.

Thanks for the idea MD I think it has promise.
 
I think it's a great idea, but January might be a bad time. You have a lot of guys getting ready for a call competition the Midwest call competiton in Wisconsin, and NWTF Nationals both in February. Just my opinion. But, I think a different time would be better.

Patrick
 
Good idea and I agree with not the best time. This year there is a show in mid January in Unicoi GA which is where the NWTF show in Nashville started but the makers want their show back and started this one. A lot of the best call makers out there are gearing up for the show which will not be associated with the NWTF in any form.

A blind judging would be best although most here could pretty much tell who made most calls if they view this forum much. Not a problem just a thought.
 
I'd be game. And I like the idea of donating, perhaps the NWTF Jakes program? I know there's at least one person that has commented here that judges at NWTF. Maybe we could enter a call, and a blank... winner receives all the blanks, kids win regardless.

I also agree that it would be hard to do a blind judging. Most of us have a style of pot we make.


@myingling @Bigdrowdy1 @BrentWin @CWS @bluedot @Bob Palmer ... I know there are more, just drawing a blank for some reason.


How would November sound? That would likely give everyone time, without interfering with the contests at the beginning of the year. I sure as heck need to get back in the shop, hopefully it'll cool down soon.
 
Tommy is correct about the UNICOI show. That just adds another to the group. There are several other shows around that time as well. The Harrisburg show, the Dixie deer classic and some others. I would say October or the first of November would be the best time.

Just some thoughts on the judging.
Blind judging is perfectly fine. If you want 2 people to judge, you will actually need 3 people. 2 to judge, and 1 to play the calls.

They would have to live somewhat close to each other, so they can all meet up to do the judging.

How do you want the judging to break down, for example, overall sound, break over, ability to make all turkey sounds, etc. And how do you want to score each category.

Just some thoughts, I'm sure I could think of others as well.

Patrick
 
Sign me up either time frame works for me. My only concern is November is deer season and it might hurt my chances if it sounds like a deer grunt. I like the thought of blanks to the winners and proceeds to donate. Would we want a breakdown in call types? slate, glass ,crystal copper aluminum etc). No matter I am in!
 
I would want in whenever we do it. I think it would be fun however we do it.
 
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I like all the ideas and participation I see so far. We already have @KYTURKEY offering to be a judge and that is a good start , I just hope we can get enough people to participate. I know there is a lot of comps going on at that time so moving it back is fine with me . I have never entered any calls in any comp. before so I figured I would start here . Everyone keep on with the suggestions and maybe in a couple weeks we could get some dates set. I hope we can all have fun with this and not get to serious about it . Thanks
 
I don't make calls (yet) but I'd be willing to judge em or do the scratchin...I use em when I turkey hunt and have aquired a few different pots...
I'm not hunting this fall so it will work out for me...
I have a youtube account so I could post em when scratchin em. And let the judges judge the sound then send em out to whomever is the other judges.....
 
I don't think the judges should be a member of this forum. JMO but I think they should be as disconnected from the participants as possible.

I have no doubt you could be unbiased Marc but the appearance of it being as blind as possible is important.
 
Kevin said:
I don't think the judges should be a member of this forum. JMO but I think they should be as disconnected from the participants as possible.

I have no doubt you could be unbiased Marc but the appearance of it being as blind as possible is important.
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It's ok...I hate everyone equally. :blush-33:
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I would be game for a little friendly competition. I haven't done any comp calls in a couple of years and likely wont this year so timing isn't a big issue for me. Having done comp calls in the past I can tell you that it is dificult to do blind judging. Most of your call making competitions have a signature requirement. This requirement alone makes it impossible to remain anonymous especially for more well known call makers. This doesn't really matter to me either way because I make calls because I enjoy it not to make a name for myself but I just wanted to point it out.

The element of auctioning the calls off and donating to a youth organization is a wonderful idea and that aspect alone is my drive to want to enter a call or two.
 
Two thoughts, the second one some folks might not like to hear but....

As to judging, I see it as at least two people doing it. One runs the call and can see who did it but the second/third that only listens never sees the call being run. The calls could be assigned a number and the judges can grade the calls as they hear them being run marking it on a sheet of paper beside the calls number, simple. This is done all the time in model building shows where no names are allowed that a judge might see.

Second, I would be more than happy to see the money go to any group that supports kids except the NWTF which has plenty compared to other smaller organizations IMHO.
 
:popcorn: Looking forward to seeing how this shakes out ! I'd be willing to donate a nice pot call blank.


A thought on how to choose where the donation goes, is the group of call makers come up with a list of youth groups, and :

1. Random generator the list and and the 1. spot gets it .
2. Narrow the compiled list down to three choices and allow the winner to choose .
3. Allow the winner to choose


Just some some thoughts, I don't make calls but sure enjoy seeing all your guys work !
 
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This is just a thought I had. You could also look at donating the money to St. Jude's. They do a lot of good work, and can always use the money to help those kids and their families out. JMO

Patrick
 
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