Favorite woods for box calls

[Lone Star Eastern]

Thinking about a summer tinkering project of box calls, just for giggles. What's some common woods that are some favorites.


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[Yoder409]

Neil Cost's favorite was yellow poplar. 

Hard to argue with him.

[Greg Massey]

Some of my favorites :  walnut/poplar, walnut/cedar. bloodwood/cedar and yeloowheart/black limba... these are just a few of my favorites, it all depends on the sounds and rolling over tones of the box in what i look for in a good box...

[Spring Creek Calls]

If I could have just one wood to make calls from it would be black limba. Lots of second place finishers including cherry, poplar, walnut and sassafras to name a few.

[turkey stew]

Neil Cost's favorite was yellow poplar. 

Hard to argue with him.

Poplar makes a mighty fine sounding box!

[Prohunter3509]

I am looking  for some  2"x2"x12" maybe 1 poplar  and 1 other walnut  and a cherry whatever I could buy to play with this summer
Thanks

[Tarheel]

Neil Cost's favorite was yellow poplar. 

Hard to argue with him.

Neil always said if you like the sound of a yellow poplar box when you purchase it from him you will really like it over the years when its tone mellows with age. He said it takes 2-3 years for a poplar box to really break-in and find its true voice.  I, too, think yellow poplar ages well.