Cherry and Poplar Medal Winner

[Spring Creek Calls]

I recently received the short box I sent to the Midwest Competition. A kind gentleman from OG did my bidding for me so that I was able to get it back. It's a cherry box and paddle with poplar sides. I was pretty excited to see my name in with these guys!

Hunting Division:
  Category 1:  Hunting Calls – Short Box
     1st place:      Jerry Zebro      
     2nd Place:      Jerry Zebro
     3rd Place      Jeff McKamey
     4th Place HM      Jeff McKamey
     5th Place HM        Tony Quarino
     6th Place HM      Michael Crooks      

[M,Yingling]

Way to go !! Congrats ,, 

[cannonball]

Great job Mike, congrats!

[Houndstooth Game Calls]

congrats!!

[Trophy_Taker]

Congrats...

Matt...

[bbcustomboxcalls]

Nice job!

Bill

[kenturkey89]

Wow thats awesome!! And that's a fine looking box too 

[WillowRidgeCalls]

That is a good sounding box, very nice. 

[WyoHunter]

Congrats Mike!

[The Cohutta Strutter]

 

[culpeper]

You were in very good company--congratulations

[turkey slayer]

Thats awesome

[Gold Spur]

Congrats, that's a beautiful call! 

[Cut*N*Run]

Congrats, but I'm not sure how I feel about winning a medal with only doing the finish work on a call. Actually, I do know. I think it stinks that there is someone who started making a call from scratch that was imo robbed of a medal. I just don't think it's in the spirit of a call competition where people are making custom calls, but maybe that's just me. I've only made a couple of box calls, but there's a lot that goes into it before the finish work. To take one of Joe's calls that's been already been CNC'd out to shape and finish from there just takes so much of the sound of the call out of your hands.

Obviously you do a great job tuning and finishing the calls and there is certainly a lot to be said for that. You also sell them at more than a reasonable price. Award winning though...really? Sorry. Hate stirring the pot but jmho.