I have a barn full of juniper and cypress boards we pulled off our land and had milled. They are OLD. Just wondering if anybody makes pots or box calls out of either wood. Never seen any myself. I would love to have some calls made from it if.
Ben
YEP! Can do a box or a pot or both from those.
I've never tried Juniper, but I've done a lot of calls using Cypress (pots and tongue calls). One of my favorite woods for tongue calls.
When you say Juniper, what do you mean? Red Cedar is actually a juniper! Juniperus virginiana.
To be honest I don't really know. We've always called it juniper. I'm not an expert on woods. We dug up about 20 huge logs on our property and had them rough cut into 1" boards to put on a cabin. Thought it would be cool to have some calls made from it as well. How do you tell if it's red cedar?
The wood is not red. It has historically been used for boat building and waterfowl decoys here in NC
It sounds like Atlantic White Cedar...also called "Juniper" in some parts of the south...
You know, after I posted the question, I thought it must be red cedar. Red cedar has that great aromatic smell. People use it for all sorts of things ( hope chests, shavings for animals, planks etc.). It's the lumber that moths don't like and fleas etc.
I was a plant science major in school so that's why I asked? Common names of plants change from region to region. That's why I asked about the botanical name. It's like Smooth _Operator said...in the south, juniper is White Cedar. Here in New Jersey, White Cedar grows in low areas of swamps. The botanical name is Chamaecyparis thyoides. We don't refer to it as a juniper here. In the drier areas, Red Cedar grows (Juniperus virginiana) and is a pioneer plant. One of the first woody plants to establish in a field.
Anyway, I hope I haven't confused anyone. I just find it interesting what woods are preferred for call making and what woods are not.
Good info- I learned something :you_rock: