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This is a long story but I'll try to make it short. My oldest son is graduating from Upenn with two PHD { brad father} Yet in his travels around the world Europe, Eastern US, and Of course California; my son has had many experiences (BAD ones) with turkeys. AS a gag gift I want to...

Hi All, Here are my first picture posts. First is flame boxelder with a FB hollow striker, then spalted maple, then osage with reds and greens in it. The last three are another flame boxelder and two maples. They are all 3" slate over slate soundboards and purr like a pretty old hens. LR

Here's gamecall number one, and lifetime bowl number 8 or 9? I've lost track of the number of bowls I've made... They're presents for the couple who made the red wine for my wedding...

Where do order your game call guts from? I was just wondering who your favorite supplier is or do you make your own?

What is it about a duck call that makes it sound right? Does the length of the blank matter to the sound? Does the stopper design make any difference? Essentially, I'm about to make my first duck call ever, and I wanted to know if there are any things to look out for in terms of design...

I am looking to expand my turning abilities a little. I've made a few stoppers, but I have been thinking about game calls. They seem to be easy enough to make and not too expensive to experiment with. For those of you who make these, do you use the mandrel-based bushings like the ones CSUSA...

A week or so ago there was a thread about duck calls. It just happened that a day or so before the thread I had placed my first order for a game call kit from Hut. This turned out to be a nice break from pens. The darker one is an English walnut kit from Hut, and the lighter one is some...

First is a Grunt call made of Flamed Box Elder and the second is a duck call made from Cocobolo.Both are finished with Laquer.What do you guys think?

Received this wood from a friend with orders to make him a duck call. My friend is a taxidermist and a pretty good caller. I'm going to use him to test my own reeds and to get my name out there. He also is a co organizer for a sports show which i normally volunteer for and might get a table at...

This is the second call I've made. I patterned this one after a call in Greg Keat's and Ed Glenn's book. I'm not pleased with the way the one orbit lined up and the purpleheart 'electrons' are too big. Also a dark sap line showed up when I was turning it to shape. Polished with EEE and finished...

Here are a few recent game calls. First is an Amboyna turkey pot. It is still not quite finished as I am waiting on some glass soundboards to come in. Second is a predator call with a stabilized Buckeye Burl body and an African Blackwood mouthpiece. Third is a multipurpose call that uses one...

Here is how I spent part of my morning. I have been wanting to turn a duck call from a piece of clear acrylic for a while and finally got around to it. It has a modified Echo poly insert.

I turned this one this morning. I sent the other call that I posted to my brother and one of his co-workers then wanted a call. He wanted a bourbon acrylic body with a clear stopper. I had copper acrylic, so he said he would take it.

Here are my 3rd and 4th turkey calls. 1st one is purpleheart with birdseye maple and the 2nd one is walnut. Both are slate over glass. I have yet to make the strikers. This is also my first duck call made from cocobolo and it was a kit from Hut. For those of you who sign their...

I received a call from my brother the other day wanting a couple of duck calls. What else can you do when your little brother asks you to make some calls but make them. This is the first. Since I lack the experience of making duck call toneboards, I cheated a little and used an Echo Calls...

Two more duck calls for a friend of my daughter and SIL who live in Greenville, Texas. I will be mailing them Monday. (Double click the picture to get and enlarged view.) On the Rosewood call, there are some funny lines across the top. I took the picture outside with the calls inside a photo...

Here is one more grunt call. I decided to cast a red, white, and blue blank. I know that it is probably only good for one fall from a tree stand or drop on a rock, but it will look nice until then:D

I don't claim to be much of a call maker and may never sell one, but here are a recent few. They were all made with HUT call reeds. The grunt call reeds sound as good as any commercial grunt call that I have used, I am unsure how to compare the duck call since I have never duck hunted (my...