Call collection

[Dupree]

mentioned that I don't hardly buy calls anymore. However, if LF called me and said he had a box that I might b interested in that b a world of hurt (money wise). Asked him a couple of times 15 years ago to make me one, but he wouldn't. Kinda hurt me some at the time since I use all my calls and don't treat them as shelf queens.

I do my best to get blood on my calls. I rotate calls out in my vest throughout the year. Some of the calls I have I bought through fundraisers and such, and they don’t sound good enough to take to the woods though.

 

[Gaswamp]

Dawkins wood aluminum and plastic stoned aluminum

 

[Gaswamp]

Halloran slate and aluminum

 

[WaddleWhacker]

Lonnie Mabry crow call

 

[Gaswamp]

My most prized call was made by my great grandfather, who I never met, and was used by my father to call in an untold number of turkeys in the 50's thru early 2000's. All it is is a brass tube around a cedar, hand carved, striker against a bare piece of slate held in the cup of your hand. It's a much higher pitch than most calls you've ever heard but turkeys seem to find it to be irresistible.

That is a prize worth more than a Cost or Farmer

 

[Gaswamp]

Sentell double crystal bocate striker with maple top
Mills double side aluminum and slate birch and hickory strikers

 

[Gaswamp]

Additional pic

 

[Gaswamp]

Sneed hot hen slate and outlaw hen with pupleheart/hickory striker

 

[Nicodemus]

I'm not a collector, so to speak, and I use most of my calls. These are my pride and joy. All have killed turkeys. Bottom is the scratch box my Grandfather made and used. It's 105 years old now. Left is a Sweet Music box by member CAL. Middle and top are Scott 's Cutters made from 150 year old wormy chestnut. Right is a box made for me by the late Mr. Vernon Holt.

 

[Gaswamp]

Some prized possessions

 

[antharper]

I'm not a collector, so to speak, and I use most of my calls. These are my pride and joy. All have killed turkeys. Bottom is the scratch box my Grandfather made and used. It's 105 years old now. Left is a Sweet Music box by member CAL. Middle and top are Scott 's Cutters made from 150 year old wormy chestnut. Right is a box made for me by the late Mr. Vernon Holt.



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If that scratch box could talk I’d like to listen

 

[Nicodemus]

If that scratch box could talk I’d like to listen

It called up my first turkey, while I was sitting at my Granddaddy`s knee. November 1960.

 

[antharper]

It called up my first turkey, while I was sitting at my Granddaddy`s knee. November 1960.

That’s pretty darn neat ! What type of wood is it made from ? And is it one piece ? Also what material is the striker ? I’d like to try my hand at carving one out.

 

[Nicodemus]

That’s pretty darn neat ! What type of wood is it made from ? And is it one piece ? Also what material is the striker ? I’d like to try my hand at carving one out.

He made it from a single piece of cedar heart. Ax, knife, brace and bit, and finished with a piece of broken glass. You can see the bore marks inside at the bottom. The striker is a piece of rock he found in the field. He would also use the side of his knife blade to drag across it to make a yelp or cluck. He also would cut a section of river cane to yelp with, but he would toss it as we came out of the swamp. He preferred a fresh one every hunt. He could also use a brier leaf, but I never saw him use one but a couple of times.

Here`s the story behind that old scratch box.

A Call From The Past.

This cedar scratch box was made by my Grandfather sometime around 1919. As he described it to me, he chopped out the block then split off a piece, drawkinfed it down to rough shape, drilled it out with a brace and bit (you can still see the bit marks in the bottom), shaved it down with his...

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[Hawken2222]

I’m not a true collector but i have acquired a few calls over the years. I still hunt with the majority of these at one time or another.
Nic , the Scott’s cutter I have is a pretty close to being a twin to yours.

 

[Gaswamp]

I’m not a true collector but i have acquired a few calls over the years. I still hunt with the majority of these at one time or another.
Nic , the Scott’s cutter I have is a pretty close to being a twin to yours.

Who made the first box on the left?

 

[Hawken2222]

Who made the first box on the left?

That’s an old woods wise water proof box.

 

[Gaswamp]

That’s an old woods wise water proof box.

Yep remember that one. how bout the box to the right of the scotts cutter

 

[Hawken2222]

Who made the first box on the left?

That’s an old woods wise water proof box.

Yep remember that one. how bout the box to the right of the scotts cutter

That one is a David Halloran Purple Heart over Cedar Box.

 

[Gaswamp]

Couple of Roberts brothers double siders glass and slate. Paired with Roberts and stuckey ebony striker