Well I am fortunate to live close to Ralph, but had never met him,--- until last week when I was there twice. It was a real pleasure to meet and visit with him, He is one of those genuinely nice people you rarely run across.
He had a number of calls made up, ran several in the house, narrowed it down to 3 paddle calls and a mini boat paddle which we took outside and Ralph ran them in the woods, I picked out 2 and the mini. One of the long boxes is for my hunting buddy.
all of his calls were pure turkey and you wouldn't have gone wrong with any of them, but there were subtle differences in sound just based on personal preference. These are some nice sounding calls
walnut over butternut,---- osage over sassafras with a nice strip of red mahogany on the bottom.
The mini is mulberry over elm, and it is a Kee keeing machine
I don't do pictures, so I hope tying onto this thread is not bad computer manners
the ones I got are the same style as the 2nd from the left (osage) in the above picture.
I also got one of his secret weapons, but since I haven't seen anybody talk about them, and also because I hunt public ground a lot I'm not going to mention it
