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Burl works great but it takes a long time to dry.
A few such a buckeye are two soft and need to be stabilized I have never found any that don't work fine and some of the nicest calls I have ever made were from oak that I found at a place that was selling firewood.
red oak should make for a good call if its a true burl it should have some pretty crazy spaghetti like grain to it ,,, my have some eyes also but never realy seen any with eyes ,,, burls on a tree are a crap shoot on their worth never know till u crack them open ,, then they my be full bark ,ants u name it ,,,, when cut trim out side to find the best grain then cut blocks accordingly ,,, i fully seal the blanks when cut with wax except maybe small spot in middle ,,, lets dry and sit back and watch it warp lol ,,, and while drying if i see any cracks forming will drop a little ca in them seems to help
That looks like oak burl. I made a few crows and a yelper out of some my uncle gave me that turned out really nice..I can’t give an idea on what it’s worth but it looks sizable so probably a pretty decent bit, and it looks like it’d be worth digging to check if it’s even bigger. Burls can extend underground, and it looks like the ground is swollen too so a decent chance it extends underground. Could just be the rootball, oaks do that, but it’d be worth checkingYou may be able to google, there are guys that drive around to harvest nothing but burl and they may offer the best price.I wouldn’t mind having that sitting under the overhang at my workshop drying, but I’m beyond broke right now...