Donation call

[alloutdoors]

Just got this one finished up. It's being donated to the student chapter of the Wildlife Society at my former college to be raffled off as part of fund raising efforts to support club activities. Primarily the money goes to helping offset the cost of sending students to the annual national meeting of the Wildlife Society where they enter a team in the student quiz bowl each year. The meeting is also a great opportunity for students to meet and network with current wildlife professionals and managers.

The call will be raffled at the clubs annual Wildlife Festival this Saturday, but there is a chance of rain which may hurt the turnout. I thought I would post this here in case anyone is interested in getting in on the raffle for this call. I believe they are selling tickets for $1 each or 6 for $5. If you are interested send me a PM and I can arrange to get some tickets entered on your behalf.

 

If you live near Cobleskill, NY the festival is held in the park in the center of town from 10am-2pm. There's a kids fishing derby, lots of live wildlife on display, wildlife shows, vendors, sportsmans groups, etc. If you are close by come check it out. They put on a pretty good show and it's free to the public.

The call features a turkey feather on one side, tracks on the other, and a white oak branch wrapped around the middle section with a deer antler lip stop. Thanks for looking.

[MACHINIST]

Good deal bud!!!

[alloutdoors]

Forecast isn't looking good for tomorrow, anyone buying tickets is going to have a pretty good chance if turnout is low.

[2012_taco]

very nice looking call! is the art work wood burned?

[alloutdoors]

Yes, wood burned and relief carved all around the art.

[2012_taco]

How did the raffle go? Do you sell wing bone calls? I would like to see some of your other work. I give my wing bones (when I'm lucky enough to get them) to a guy who makes calls and he donates one every year to our local turkey banquet. If you are into competition call making you may have heard of him...he is from Delevan ,NY.

[philoshop]

Nice looking call, and nice of you to be so generous! Hope the weather works out for your event.

[alloutdoors]

The raffle went pretty well. The call went to Jack "Pappy" Lewis, a call maker from MO who had me enter some tickets for him. Would the call maker from Delevan happen to be Harold Perry? I'm not all that familiar with his work but the pieces I have seen are top quality. I'm hoping to enter some of my calls in to competitions in this coming year.

 

Here are a few of my calls. This first one is similar to the one I donated and is the first carved call I made. It has a southern oak branch instead of white oak and was gifted to a good friend in GA that I have hunted with the last couple years.

 

 

Some thread wrapped calls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[2012_taco]

Yes it is Skip Perry. The pics look great nice work. I always wanted to try to make a wing bone call, but just found it easier to give the bones to Skip. Beside I heard that the hen bones work better. I haven't killed a hen turkey in years.