Turtle shell slate call

[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

I thought I would try and make a call out of a turtle shell I found while turkey huntin. Of course I wanted to hunt with it but also look decent. It is hand painted O D green with black outline. It has a cedar sound board with slate on top. It took me some time to get a sound I thought was worth taking in the woods. I was worried when I glued it the sound would be off. To some ears it may be off. To me, I think it will call a turkey in.

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Nice job!

Bill

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

I saw the title and wondered what a turkey shell was.  Haha.  But seriously, I really like that you made the effort to turn something you found while turkey hunting into a turkey call.  That is the folk art that lies within.  I think it looks great.  I've always? wanted to make one too.  The fact that you used a soundboard makes a big difference and sets it apart.  The old school ones were bare bones unless they had that " vibrating tongue" design.  Great job bud!

[idratherb]

Thats sweet, i had roger parks make me one a few years back and I love it. An old guy at my church to this day hunts with his and over the years hes killed more then his fair share with it...well done on yours

[Greg Massey]

My first homemade calls were snuff cans and turtle shell fix just like this one. The only thing i added was string after drilling a small hole in the shell to carry it around my neck with a cut piece of cedar with a corn cob on the end...

[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

[mgm1955]

Very nice!

[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

I saw the title and wondered what a turkey shell was.  Haha.  But seriously, I really like that you made the effort to turn something you found while turkey hunting into a turkey call.  That is the folk art that lies within.  I think it looks great.  I've always? wanted to make one too.  The fact that you used a soundboard makes a big difference and sets it apart.  The old school ones were bare bones unless they had that " vibrating tongue" design.  Great job bud!

LOL, I fixed the title.

[Forked lighting]

One i won acouple of years ago at a NWTF banquet years ago made by Ralph Chandler from Danville Va.

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[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

One i won acouple of years ago at a NWTF banquet years ago made by Ralph Chandler from Danville Va.

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Is the call painted black?

[Forked lighting]

No it made from painted turtle like see in farm ponds not from a tarapin

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