What is your favorite wood combo for box calls based on sound quality? Include which wood is for the box and which wood is for the paddle.
I'm not a callmaker but really like yellowheart lid with black limba box or bloodwood lid with either black limba or butternut for the box.
I like maple over walnut, and also pecan over cherry
Bloodwood over e.r. cedar or Brazilian cherry over black walnut.
Walnut over cedar does it for me.
In a short box---Sassafras over Cedar
Long box--- Canary over Butternut--Maple over Limba
Short box....walnut over mahogany, Lynch didn't make millions of them just because....(old hen sound)
Long box....cedar over butternut. Wait a minute, bloodwood over butternut.....or cedar or maple over poplar, wait cedar over walnut....just make 'em and they'll sell!!!
Walnut over cedar
S/B....Persimmon over Mineral stained poplar
L/B.....Osage over butternut or osage over stika spruce or cedar over walnut or walnut over mineral stained poplar or.....ah, never mind... ::)
I am a big Yellowheart over Black limba fan also Yellowheart and or maple over min stain popular
Whichever one the gobbler is liking on any given day. :icon_thumright: And it sure ain't the same every time.
Quote from: SS Calls on November 05, 2014, 11:31:01 AM
Whichever one the gobbler is liking on any given day. :icon_thumright: And it sure ain't the same every time.
You are exactly right Al.
True enuff that nothing works ALL the time. There are so many proven combo's out there. But I guess I am just "old school"...ya just can't beat a good walnut or cherry lid on a good piece of poplar or butternut. Mix em how ya want, they are usually solid. ;)
Quote from: SS Calls on November 05, 2014, 11:31:01 AM
Whichever one the gobbler is liking on any given day. :icon_thumright: And it sure ain't the same every time.
Agreed!!!!
If you are making me choose then Jatoba over holly.
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Hen box Teak with a Snake Wood paddle but Macassar over Holly or Bloodwood over Walnut both make a good combo. I have a short box Al built with Bloodwood over Mineral Poplar that is simply badass.
Glad you like that call Richard. Bloodwood is another one that's getting hard to find with good red color. At least that's been my experience.
Quote from: SS Calls on November 20, 2014, 08:43:58 AM
Bloodwood is another one that's getting hard to find with good red color. At least that's been my experience.
Mine too!
Quote from: strutnrut on November 19, 2014, 10:32:56 PM
Hen box Teak with a Snake Wood paddle.
I'll have to agree with you on that Richard!!! I just kinda went with the boxes that most people seem to use, but I think you've changed a lot of folks playing habits the last couple of years!
I like building box calls and love to turkey hunt and I like the Hen Box style. I have had a lot of luck with them. Thanks for you kind words Mark
Butternut over walnut..and mahogany over walnut.
Butternut + Walnut = Game over
Purpleheart + Mahogany also = game over