Got two wonderful calls in this week, first is a Fiddle Box from Mr. Marlin "Don" Watkins in Butternut/Persimmon, this one was a very hard choice, I listened to the files he sent me several time and kept coming back to this one, a Butternut/Mora and a all Walnut, they all did something well but to my ear this one did everything well even though it was the worst recording of the 3 because it was so windy. I truly wish I could have got another, I think I would have also gotten the Butternut Mora, though I really liked that all Walnut as well.
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Next is a Tulipwood Trumpet from gergg I have to say I like his new design quite a bit, to me it is much more comfortable in the hand and easier to work the back pressure on the bell and easier to draw with as well.
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Congrats on 2 very nice calls
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Congrats on the calls Steve. Nice ones!
Quote from: crow on February 15, 2021, 07:51:33 PM
Congrats on 2 very nice calls
Thank you. I have to get started on the ones I am making, been putting them off but turkey season starts in a few months.
Quote from: paboxcall on February 15, 2021, 08:11:32 PM
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Congrats on the calls Steve. Nice ones!
Thank you much.
Awesome calls Sir! congrats on your haul.
Quote from: 3bailey3 on February 15, 2021, 09:13:10 PM
Awesome calls Sir! congrats on your haul.
Thank you.
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Congrats
I have that same combo from Marlin and it's one of my favorites
Congrats Steve, best of luck with them
Two fine choices there.
Quote from: bear hunter on February 15, 2021, 11:42:48 PM
Congrats
Thank you.
Quote from: MDTOM84 on February 16, 2021, 08:59:40 AM
I have that same combo from Marlin and it's one of my favorites
It sure does have a nice sound and like my fiddle paddle plays like a dream.
Quote from: Tom007 on February 16, 2021, 09:30:39 AM
Congrats Steve, best of luck with them
Thanks Tom
Quote from: PharmHunter on February 16, 2021, 02:11:40 PM
Two fine choices there.
From two very nice guys too.
Congrats on two awesome calls. Enjoy workin 'em.
Quote from: Harty on February 19, 2021, 04:22:05 PM
Congrats on two awesome calls. Enjoy workin 'em.
Thank you much, sure will.
Well Steve, New York turkey population going to take a hit by you this year with those calls. Best of luck my friend.....
Very nice calls
Gregg makes a great trumpet, that tulip wood is sharp
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Well done sir!
Quote from: Tom007 on February 19, 2021, 07:14:48 PM
Well Steve, New York turkey population going to take a hit by you this year with those calls. Best of luck my friend.....
Sure do hope so, won't be for lack of quality calls if I don't. Thanks and best of luck to you as well my friend.
Quote from: UNICOI GOLD on February 21, 2021, 10:30:56 AM
Very nice calls
Thank you, builders sure do make them nice.
Quote from: Chuck1443 on February 21, 2021, 11:04:30 AM
Gregg makes a great trumpet, that tulip wood is sharp
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Pretty for sure. I am not blowing smoke at all about this trumpet, this one really is much easier to draw on than the earlier version I have from him.
Quote from: Wvturkeyhunter on February 21, 2021, 05:09:00 PM
Well done sir!
Thank you kindly. Had hoped to get a cow horn call and a Jolly Scratch Tube before this season, but also have been buying lots of photography stuff lately, can't wait to get something on film..... I mean on chip. Yea I am getting old I guess.
Lookin forward to seeing what you get on film!
Quote from: Wvturkeyhunter on February 21, 2021, 06:53:09 PM
Lookin forward to seeing what you get on film!
I really had hoped to get some already this winter but it has been so raw cold when I did try to go out I had frozen hands before I even had the tripod set up. Does not help that I can't find my gloves with the index finger and thumb that fold back and get held by a magnet, nobody around seems to carry them any more around here either, I have looked in several places.
Every box of Marlin's I have touched has a turkey in it. Congrats