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New guy/Trumpet collection

Started by BullTom, March 18, 2025, 10:57:51 AM

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BullTom

March 18, 2025, 10:57:51 AM
I have been a long time lurker here, and I finally made an account. Just want to introduce myself and share a photo of my trumpet collection.

Started hunting turkeys in the mid 90s, in upstate NY with my old man when I was around 5 years old. I followed him around the woods chasing gobblers until 2003, when I was old enough to tote a gun on my own. I killed my first gobbler that year, and made 2 calls from his wingbones. I still have, and hunt with one of those wingbone calls, 22 years later.

I fell victim to the trumpet craze a few years back and started my collection with a Greg Gwaltney snakewood. Pictured here is my current collection (March 2025). Looking forward to growing my collection and sharing it here with you all!

My goal for the 2025 season is to yelp up a bird with each of my 7 trumpet yelpers. Planning to hunt KY, VA, PA, NY, CT, Mass, RI, VT, NH and Maine.

Pictured from L-R: Coco Gwaltney, Snakewood Gwaltney, B&W Ivory Gwaltney, ABW & camel Ellis, DIB & camel Chadwicks, Koa Townsend, Camarillo/Ebony Mero

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Zobo

#1
March 18, 2025, 11:00:31 AM
Nice!

 :wagon:
Stand still, and consider the wonderous works of God  Job:37:14

Notsoyoungturk

#2
March 18, 2025, 11:41:20 AM
Very nice.  Welcome aboard and best of luck this year.
A hunt based on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be - Fred Bear

Will

#3
March 18, 2025, 12:04:30 PM
Welcome aboard. Good luck this spring. I'd say you have quite a nice arsenal of trumpet calls there.

EZ

#4
March 18, 2025, 01:36:50 PM
Welcome.....show those wingbones  :icon_thumright:

aclawrence

#5
March 18, 2025, 02:22:15 PM
I really like the aesthetics of Greg's trumpets and also Lee's have a great look to!


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Spring Creek Calls

#6
March 18, 2025, 02:55:03 PM
Welcome, you have set the bar high for this season. Good luck and be safe!
2014  SE Call Makers Short Box 2nd Place
2017  Buckeye Challenge Long Box 5th Place
2018  Mountain State Short Box 2nd Place
2019  Mountain State Short Box 1st Place
2019  NWTF Great Lakes Scratch Box 4th Place
2020 NWTF GNCC Amateur 5th Place Box
2021 Mountain State 3rd Place Short Box
2021 SE Callmakers 1st & 2nd Short Box
E-mail: gobblez@aol.com
Website: springcreekturkeycalls.weebly.com

davisd9

#7
March 18, 2025, 07:18:15 PM
Very nice! Welcome to the sickness that comes from the disease.
"A turkey hen speaks when she needs to speak, and says what she needs to say, when she needs to say it. So every word a turkey speaks is for a reason." - Rev Zach Farmer

turkey stew

#8
March 18, 2025, 10:59:28 PM
Congrats on some mighty fine hunting horns.

Ranman

#9
March 18, 2025, 11:20:18 PM
Welcome. Nice collection, good luck this year.

Yoder409

#10
March 19, 2025, 07:54:54 AM
 :wagon:

Very nice line-up !!
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

BullTom

#11
March 19, 2025, 09:56:55 AM
Quote from: EZ on March 18, 2025, 01:36:50 PMWelcome.....show those wingbones  :icon_thumright:
Tanks everyone! Ive become pretty obsessed with trumpets. Especially now that i can play them a little bit, and aplreciate the differences in call styles, woods, lengths, etc. It's a lot of fun. My wife is starting to show a little interest in running them aswell!

Here is that wingbone I made with my old man in the spring of 03. It's not much to look at, but it's pretty special to me!

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turkey stew

#12
March 19, 2025, 10:36:00 AM
Good looking hunting bone with a ton of memories!
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