:camohat: I was wondering everyone's favorite wood combos for 1, box calls and 2, paddle calls. None of us have heard all the combos out there. What better source for information than here. My favorite for paddle call is bloodwood over mahogany, for box call purpleheart over cedar. :popcorn:
I have a mini paddle call that I hunt all the time that is Purple Heart over Black walnut that really gets them to sound off...it's one of my favorites i hunt...
as long has I have a black limba in the box, i'm a happy camper..
I have several but my favorites are walnut over butternut short box and eastern red cedar over chestnut long box. Ceder box call is good also...
I've only built a few, but my favorite is cherry over cedar.
Purple heart over butternut
Snakewood over holly
Limba over butternut
Short box- walnut over mahogany or all walnut
Long box- bloodwood over walnut
Hen box- snakewood over teak
short box - walnut or Snakewood over butternut
long box - Bloodwood over Mahaghony
hen box - snakewood over english walnut
Short box - Jatoba over holly
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Longbox-bloodwood over mineral poplar or butternut, short boxes-purpleheart over cedar
Short box- Purple Heart over butternut
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Short box - padauk over black walnut
Pee Wee paddle - amara over black limba
Long box - zebrawood over butternut
Short Box---Bloodwood over Walnut for a Raspy Hen
Jatoba over Hard Maple for a Young Hen
Short- bloodwood/butternut
Bloodwood/chestnut
Long. Bloodwood/butternut
I don't have enough boxes to say I have a valuable opinion my favorite box I own is bloodwood over butternut
Short box: bloodwood over cherry, purpleheart over just about any cedar, walnut over poplar, purpleheart over walnut. I'm not super picky apparently because these all sound very turkey but the bloodwood over cherry will probably see the most use this year. Not enough experience with long boxes because I've only got one so I won't weigh in there just yet.
SHORT BOX
All walnut
Persimmon over mineral stained poplar
All cherry
PADDLE CALL
Cedar over walnut
Cedar over butternut
Osage over butternut
MINI BOAT
Persimmon over chestnut
All cedar
Its been a long time since I made a box call, but my favorite combination is old growth Alaskan yellow cedar for the box with a zebrawood paddle. A close second is all walnut