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Turkey Calls => Turkey Calls => Topic started by: culpeper on June 18, 2011, 10:07:46 AM

Title: A Call takes flight!
Post by: culpeper on June 18, 2011, 10:07:46 AM
I am about to deliver this caller in an hour for another Father's Day Gift.  Mahogany lid with a Curly Maple tail feather and Ipe inlays over a Red Cedar box chamber with "Bubble Maple" end blocks, set on an Ipe base.  This call was odd during tuning and 3 other Ipe lids I built, which in my eyes all appeared to be ideal didn't sound right, so I went to a little softer wood in the Mahogany and voila!!  With the tail feather on top and the breast feather on the side, this call looks like it's about to take flight.  Hope it rolls a mess of love-crazed gaga-eyed longbeards for the new owner.  Thanks for lookin everyone.
(http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz26/culpeper/flight10.jpg)
(http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz26/culpeper/flight8.jpg)
(http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz26/culpeper/flight11.jpg)
(http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz26/culpeper/flight6.jpg)
Title: Re: A Call takes flight!
Post by: hunter22 on June 18, 2011, 10:09:39 AM
Scott,

Your woodburning is awesome. Beautiful call.
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Post by: a-j calls on June 18, 2011, 10:13:04 AM
Well done Scott..
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Post by: letinmfly on June 18, 2011, 10:18:11 AM
Quote from: a-j calls on June 18, 2011, 10:13:04 AM
Well done Scott..
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Post by: trb136 on June 18, 2011, 10:26:14 AM
Awesome work as usual Scott You are very talented!!!
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Post by: MarkJM on June 18, 2011, 11:23:02 AM
very nice box call
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Post by: doepee on June 18, 2011, 03:26:10 PM
That call looks awsome and so does the wood burining. :you_rock:
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Post by: M,Yingling on June 18, 2011, 06:56:20 PM
Another great lookin one  :icon_thumright:
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Post by: Cut*N*Run on June 19, 2011, 10:29:31 AM
Fantastic!
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Post by: pappy on June 19, 2011, 11:59:36 AM
Scott, you are truly an artist.....wow...is all I can say...wow
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Post by: WyoHunter on June 19, 2011, 08:37:45 PM
Love the art work!
Title: Re: A Call takes flight!
Post by: culpeper on June 20, 2011, 10:37:12 AM
Pappy, an artist...well perhaps, but only in the sense of drawing (wood burning).  The heart and soul of my calls are first and foremost in sound quality.  I don't start any wood burning until such time the call is ready to hunt.  That's why in this case where no matter what walnut lid I tried the call didn't sound right (man was that frustrating >:() , so I switched to a mahogany lid and a slightly different grain orientation and I got the turkey I was looking for ;D.
Title: Re: A Call takes flight!
Post by: Basser69 on June 20, 2011, 11:45:15 AM
That is a sweet looking box caller right there!