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A couple of years ago I reached out to Ernie asking for a matched set of trumpets and a matched long box and scratch box. He ended up matching them all out of Osage and I got a beautiful Osage over black walnut long box as my first. He told me then he wanted to build another that he considered a better hunting call when I was ready. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and fall season started to really weigh on my mind. I decided I needed to make an effort to learn how to play my long box. Pulled it out and found a post from boat paddle here and a video of Marlin Watkins explaining how to run a boat paddle that made a world of difference in my ability. I fell in love fast with a long box. It's funny because I am not a fan of a short box at all really. Reached back out to Ernie and went with his favorite combo - a bloodwood over butternut call. Came in today and just like all my calls from Ernie, it's full of feathers!
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My collection (for now) of long boxes.
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That's a great looking call, nice
Very nice ones!
The longbox addition has started.
Congrats on a couple of awesome calls!
Two fine looking calls from a fine gentleman...
Congratulations..
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Nice butternut there, congratulations on a great call.
Quote from: paboxcall on August 31, 2024, 09:36:09 PMThe longbox addition has started.
Congrats on a couple of awesome calls!
The addiction has taken over!
Congrats on a fine longbow from Ernie.
Congrats, I have some of his calls myself ...
Congrats on those killer calls by one heck of a guy!!!
It is an addiction