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Turkey Calls => Turkey Calls => Topic started by: Gawhitaker on January 20, 2013, 05:21:35 PM

Title: Couple poor mans calls
Post by: Gawhitaker on January 20, 2013, 05:21:35 PM
These are made of river cane, allowed to dry, then pieced together, the 2011 one already has a couple beards to it's credit. Mighty good for a beginner to get the materials cheap and start tinkering. Works better leaving the mouth piece long, drilling it out with a small diameter drill bit, a dremel will work for the other two joints. I put these together with epoxy, 1/4 " faucet washer makes a good indicator on the mouth piece
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Post by: merocustomcalls on January 20, 2013, 05:27:39 PM
Nothing like killing a long-beard with something you made.
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Post by: callmakerman on January 20, 2013, 07:38:04 PM
Two very fine callers and as Brian said nothing better than taking birds with a call you made.
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Post by: Spring Creek Calls on January 21, 2013, 04:17:52 PM
Poor man's calls are right down my alley. Hope to see some of them in the classifieds. Good job on them!
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Post by: The Cohutta Strutter on January 21, 2013, 05:47:09 PM
Nice.... the darker material at the joints, is that some kind of wrap material or is it the epoxy you mentioned ? Strutter..
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Post by: gatrkyhntr70 on January 21, 2013, 08:29:03 PM
nice!!
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Post by: Old Gobbler on January 21, 2013, 09:53:40 PM
I like em'  --Shannon
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Post by: silverspur on January 22, 2013, 07:26:39 AM
I love a good cane yelper and they look real good!
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Post by: Gawhitaker on January 22, 2013, 02:58:35 PM
Strutter:: i wrap over the epoxied joints wiith nylon thread, coat the thread with stabilizer from the rod building shop, then apply a light coat of epoxy over most of the call, leaving a section dry to handle , turn slowly for 20 minutes, then hang to dry for 24 hrs, repeat process on other end. I really like the epoxy, it is self leveling and gives a glass like finish
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Post by: The Cohutta Strutter on January 23, 2013, 05:53:23 PM
Thanks, keep up the nice work!