Marlin Watkins Box Calls

[GunRunner]

I have heard a lot of positive comments on Marlin Watkins Box calls. For you guys that have his calls, which call and wood combinations would you recommend?  Does MW have a website?  What is the best way to get in touch with him?

[vt35mag]

I have heard a lot of positive comments on Marlin Watkins Box calls. For you guys that have his calls, which call and wood combinations would you recommend?

Macassar ebony over persimmon. If you want send me a pm with your cell, I will send you the soundfile of the call he made me.

[yelpy]

I like to run a cedar over popular long box from Marlin when hunting.

[Clardh]

At Unicoi, I picked up his Bloodwood over beech. I've never heard a box call sond so good!

[hunter22]

Marlin is on Facebook. He is Don Watkins there. He makes great sounding short and long boxes. They sound turkey. 

[sixbird]

Marlin seems to like butternut as the box material. I'm not sure what he prefers as lid material but I know he uses a lot of mora and macasser ebony. I bought a mora over persimmon short box from him that you might lose a limb over if you tried to get it from me...
Pretty much any box, long or short, that you get from Marlin will be phenomenal. Any combination that comes out of his shop will be world class...
Call and he'll either run them for you or send you a soundfile. You'll know before you give him the o.k. to ship it, what you'll be buying.
Marlin is a great guy and a craftsman regarding turkey calls. He works each call for between 6 months and a year before they go out.
You'll be happy with anything you get from him...He guarantees it...

[Spitten and drummen]

At Unicoi, I picked up his Bloodwood over beech. I've never heard a box call sond so good!

I have the same combo along with a snakewood over butternut from him. both are fiddle boxes and would recommend any combo from him.

[trb136]

Marlin could make a turkey call out of cardboard! Hard to pick any one combo of his....great Calls

[mgm1955]

Just put a mora/blue mahoe short box in my vest. Took out a snakewood/oersimmon, just as good. Won't go wrong with just about any combo. Marlin can help you out if you call him.

[Spitten and drummen]

Dang , a blue mahoe box. I would love to see a pic of one.

[Bowguy]

I don't personally have any but ran em at Schafers. The best box I've ever heard was his mora over butternut

[turkeymanjim]

I have a fiddle box made from butternut box, ipe lid. Great combination.

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[Bennett]

I got a Beech and Bloodwood in the mail yesterday. I have several and I think this may be my favorite

[idratherb]

I got a canary over poplar and bloodwood/butternut but it doesnt matter their all killa

[willy8457]

I would talk to Marlin and let him know  what sound your looking for. is this going to be a fall call or spring call.  His long boxes are hard to beat in the fall. I have a couple that I  have had good luck with,  Ipe over Butternut and  and Bloodwood over Mineral  Poplar.  I just got a short box from him in Macassar over Yellow Poplar I can't wait to hunt with this spring. The gobblers seemed to like it last fall. Talk to him tell him what your looking for, He will help