Box Call Market

[Meleagris gallopavo]

I rotate interests myself.  I started out with pot calls and strikers, then trumpets, now box calls and push pins.  I've always used diaphragm calls as a cheap, easy-to-carry tool.  I just like turkey calls in general, especially those made with nice wood.  I guess my interest in box calls came at the right time...


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[Yoder409]

  I guess my interest in box calls came at the right time...

Yea.  It IS somewhat a buyer's market on boxes right now for some of the collectible stuff.....if a guy has the money to toss after them.   Some of the higher-end stuff won't be AS affected buy market swings.  Neil Cost and Gibson will always be Neil Cost and Gibson (even though they are down in price a bit, too).  But more common......yet still collectible stuff is on sale right now.25% - 30% off and more.   Lynches, for example.

[Tarheel]

For years, I would never have gone into the turkey woods without one of my box calls; then I started hunting with a trumpet...then I decided to go back to my hunting roots to hunt with a scratchbox. My maternal grandfather only turkey hunted with a scratchbox and a wingbone, especially the scratchbox. On more than one occasion, my grandfather told me I only needed a good scratchbox. For the last 10 years, I have spent a considerable amount of time researching, designing and experimenting with scratchboxes. The more I work and play with scratchboxes, the less I have a desire to carry a box call in the turkey woods.  I have a boatpaddle long box and a short box that have proven themselves worthy of my confidence in them time and again; but I also have a couple of scratchboxes that a number of old mature longbeards could not resist these last 5-6 years. The last gobbler I killed was my heaviest and had the longest spurs in my 50+ years of turkey hunting. I really would like to kill at least a few more old gobblers like that again before the Lord takes me home. So I may be hunting a scratchbox....or scratchboxes...while my box calls are waiting in the truck.

[Yoder409]

I'll GLADLY re-home your orphaned box calls and paddle callers !!!   

[Notsoyoungturk]

I'll GLADLY re-home your orphaned box calls and paddle callers !!!   

Amen!!!

[Tarheel]

The humble selflessness, thoughtfulness and kindness of several members of this group is overwhelming. My heart floods with emotion from the obvious self-sacrifice exhibited in their willingness to step-up to fill in for the fallen among the ranks of former box call toters..........
 

[Yoder409]

The humble selflessness, thoughtfulness and kindness of several members of this group is overwhelming. My heart floods with emotion from the obvious self-sacrifice exhibited in their willingness to step-up to fill in for the fallen among the ranks of former box call toters..........
 

You know ME, buddy...........  Always, ALWAYS there to help a brother out.   

"Selflessness" is my middle name.   

[EZ]

If Dave Owens sat down with Ralph Snodgrass to get a YouTube lesson on running a long box, lists from the box call craftsmen would be 2+ years.

We sure would get a good show from two turkey killers!!!

[paboxcall]

We sure would get a good show from two turkey killers!!!

[Tom007]

It just depends on the Box call.

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I'll take it Jim 

[Yoder409]

Yep.

A Lamar Widowmaker is a good'n !!!   

[Greg Massey]

The market on calls fluctuates pretty much like everything else... For the most part the box call market is down a little as of now or just holding stable... Even Neil Cost calls are holding in price along with Gibson .... They could even be down a little in price couple hundred dollars  ... IMO

[Bedge7767]

It just depends on the Box call.

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I'll take it Jim 

I better keep it.

[Tribute Custom Calls]

I am not nearly in the know as most of you guys as I don't do the social media thing and haven't been to National since 2008 (going this year though). But from what I have seen from competing in the Great Lakes show, donating to banquets and selling a few here and there......I think the box call market is slowed up becuase there isn't an Earl Mickel around. IMO that guy took custom calls to a whole new level. Granted there a lot of other guys that help elevate collecting, but ol'Earl sure was a charismatic son of gun! Just my humble 2 cents worth.
FYI....I stumbled across this site by pure accident and am really enjoying it https://oldgobbler.com/Forum/Smileys/classic/icon_thumright.gif

[runngun]

Welcome aboard!!! Glad to have you here!
Have a good one and May God bless, Bo

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