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These are some calls that I have made in the past.  I no longer stock some of these woods and have updated my "Woods Available" area on my Price page to represent this.  

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This is a picture of some of the one piece strikers that I turn.  The most common are Purpleheart, Zebrawood, Canarywood and the Dymondwood. This pot was turned from a large supply of Curly Maple that I have on hand. I cut this wood from a storm damaged tree in Southern Indiana.  It makes some great sounding calls. This Birdseye Maple call had 'custom' tracks on the back to match the track of a gobbler that the customer had killed the previous year.
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This walnut double-sided glass and glass call features the tracks around the back, my signature and the date that the call was turned.  This pot also has no holes around the surface. This walnut call was turned from a piece of select walnut that I found at the wood store.  The mineral streaks in the pot really made this call unique. This is the back of the same walnut call turned from the select walnut.   This slate call was matched with a Canarywood striker.  My favorite wood for a slate surface.

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Purpleheart has become on of the most popular woods for me.  It makes a very good call using any surface. This particular call was a slate call turned from a piece of figured Shedua.  This wood has excellent contrast and is beautiful. This Ebony call was one of a set of three calls turned for a customer.  I hand engraved three gobblers making their way across the glass.

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This pot and striker was turned from Bloodwood. Bloodwood is very hard and really resonates the sound well.  It also makes a great striker for aluminum.. Although most of my hunting calls are completely conditioned, I only did a portion of this glass.  I then etched three tracks across the surface. This Curly Maple glass call featured a walnut/maple inlay around the pot.  The tracks on the back were inlayed in walnut and the striker was also Curly Maple/walnut.
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This call was turned from a piece of Curly Koa that I hand selected while in Hawaii.  This could be the prettiest call I have ever turned.. The side view of the burl call shows how each call turned is unique.   The calls turned from burl also sound very good. This Burl Maple call was a single-sided glass over slate.  On the back of the call I placed inlace into the turkey tracks.
This call was turned from a Ebony.  The 3" copper surface and the striker design that I use on it, makes this the raspiest call I have made. This call is Zebrawood glass over glass with a Zebrawood striker.  This combination has just the right about of rasp for those old gobblers. This Curly Maple was cut and sawed in southern Indiana.  With a glass surface and Purpleheart soundboard, it is hard to beat.
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This is one of my aluminum calls using the green aluminum and Osage Orange.  The aluminum has a clear note and plenty of volume. This is an aluminum call that I turned out of Cocobolo and used the black aluminum.  It has the same sound as the other aluminum calls that I turn. Copper is quickly become one of my favorite surfaces.  When matched with the correct striker, I believe it makes the most realistic raspy calls of an ol' boss hen.
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This call was turned as a gift.  It is one of the few calls that I have made that is not functional.  This call had a feather etched on the soundboard by hand This shows the back of the call.  The Redwood Burl that I used for this pot is very beautiful.  Although this call was not conditioned, the wood makes a great sound. These three spalted maple calls show the variety of spalt that is available when purchasing a call.  No two spalted maple calls will look the same.

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These are two slate calls that I turned from cherry.   Both calls have inlay around the outside of the pot.  The inlay is a great accent and works well with most woods. This is a single-sided black aluminum call turned from Bocote.  I really like the sound of the aluminum when matched with a Bloodwood striker. This pot was turned from a piece of Koa that I brought back from Hawaii with me.  This wood is very limited and makes a great sounding call.
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This set of locator calls was turned from Bocote.   A beautiful wood with great tonal qualities. This is a slightly different style of locators with a little more detail.  This set was turned from Bubinga. This is a crow call that I just finished up.  On this call, I used a brass band and a zebrawood blank.
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