Everyone has made good points and not all of us make our calls similar. So there is no right or wrong way. Just a combination of different features that work really well, mediocre, or not at all.
To illustrate that and probably confuse you even more, I'm going to respectfully disagree with those that say that your holes are too big/too many, as though doing it that way will ruin the call. You're doing the exact same thing I do on every one of my calls right there. There are eight half inch holes in my calls and one in the middle and I assure you that my calls sound just fine.
What you should find out through experimentation is if your particular pot design has a need for less holes, smaller holes, etc. One of the hardest things about working on getting good sound from your calls is only changing one thing at a time. With turkey calls that is extra frustrating because you have to glue the surface and soundboard in before you know the result of that change. But that's what you've got to do.
What kind of sound are you getting, or what is lacking in your sound since you've made the suggested changes on previous pots? How much attention are you giving to strikers? Trying different shapes/lengths/weights/materials?
