Let's See Your Favorite Short Boxes

[Spring Creek Calls]

Here's my 3 favorites, all purchased in the last 6 months. First is Lonnie Mabry purpleheart and ambrosia maple, next is an Albert Paul pocket persimmon and maple and last is David Halloran walnut and eastern red cedar.

[Spring Creek Calls]

Halloran

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

That's a tough one Mike and probably changes frequently.  I will show a couple of my favorites from this year.  Lonnie Mabry walnut over wormy chestnut.

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Billy Buice Locust over Magnolia.

[TauntoHawk]

Paduak over mineral poplar SS short box in a 40 checker design which is 1 of 3 like it I believe and a matching scratch box. Thing flat out performs

[davisd9]

Wendell Lancaster Jatoba/Holly, Purple Heart/poplar, and Bloodwood/sassafras.



Really excited about my SS checkered Maple/Spanish Cedar. Feel like she will be the last thing a few birds hear this coming spring.



Hope today pick up an SS Jatoba/poplar before the season to see how she does as well.


Sent from the Strut Zone

[mgm1955]

Those are some great looking boxes Mike!!

[REBELYELL]

SS Custom Calls maple over mineral stained poplar



Frank Kruer persimmon over black limba



Albert Paul all walnut

[callmakerman]

Some great calls in this post. Here's four boxes that I have used quite a bit in the last few years. The first three are made by me and the single sider is a call made by Ed Terefencko. Combo's from left to right are macassar ebony/ poplar hen box, chestnut/ macassar ebony midi turpin, cherry/ wormy butternut cost box and chestnut/ purple heart single sider. I'm never sure which one will go with me till I grab my vest in the morning and load one in it.

[hunter22]

Great looking calls Bill. I have one just like that cherry/wormy butternut you made me. I killed four gobblers with it one spring and put it up. I got it out after I saw your pic and I had forgotten how good that call sounds. She is coming out of retirement next spring.

[callmakerman]

So many toys and so little time to use them all. I still try to carry and hunt calls that I've put up every year and will switch out often.

[hunter22]

Bill,

I have reached an age where I don't have a lot of time to try out new stuff. LOL I am picking out 5 long boxes and 5 short boxes and hunt the daylights out of them next spring. The rest may be up for sale. You would probably be surprised at which ones I plan to use. I had a couple gobblers lock up last spring at 75 yds when I was trying some new calls that I think I would have killed if I had been running some proven calls. One was the big Merriam mountain gobbler in Colorado that still haunts me. He was the most beautiful gobbler I have ever seen.
 

[callmakerman]

You better start selling now cause I know you have a few box calls at the old homestead. I know what your saying though. I'm not into the collecting thing like I used to be though I still have a sweet spot for scratch boxes. Just can't get enough of the darn things.