Make your own calls?

[ATbuckhunter]

Anyone here ever make your own call turkey call? I'm thinking in trying my hand at making a call or two this summer (box and pot). I was planning on making a wing bone call out of the Jake I got last weekend, but the landowners wife liked the wings so much I gave them to her. Figured she'd appreciate it more than me making a call out of them. 

Edited May 21, 2016 by ATbuckhunter

[grampy]

I've made a couple wing bone calls. But could never really get a good sound out of them. Just too high pitched for my liking. But my hunting partner made one that sounds pretty good.

Edited May 21, 2016 by grampy

[Rick Howard]

Yes. I make pots and have been tinkering with trumpets. It's a fun hobby.

[alloutdoors]

I've made some wingbones. With an almost 5-year old and now a 5-month old I haven't had the time to make any recently but will again at some point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Water Rat]

Those are some sweet looking calls you've made there alloutdoors !

I made these for the hell of it in the early 90's. They sounded good , but wasn't happy with the volume.

[Marion]

Those are beautiful calls! I imagine you probably also build your own custom fishing rods?

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[Two Track]

lost one of my strikers for a pot call and made a new one-piece one from left-over cedar spindle from decking scraps.

 

Sounded decent, but it snapped off in the fall season in my gear bag, only got to use it for a couple weeks total (end of last Spring and part of this fall).  Guess should have it a little thicker.

 

It wasn't pretty, just my first attempt at making one to see if I could.

It was rough - hand-held jigsaw to rough-out the shape and carved it down with a pocket knife, then sanded smooth.

 

Don't have a workshop or a workbench - limited facilities for constructing anything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

No pics of it. if I make a new decent looking one, I'll post it.

 

Love to make a wing bone call, but need to get a turkey first.

[Water Rat]

Slightly OT

Not a turkey call , but maybe a coat rack ?

I tried to make a " Fowl Finger " a few years ago for the hell of it.

[alloutdoors]

Those are beautiful calls! I imagine you probably also build your own custom fishing rods?

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You would think so, but actually I taught myself to do the thread wrapping a few years ago specifically to make wingbones. There's a guy at my office who is very into building all kinds of fishing tackle who wants to get me into building rods and tying flies. I'm sure I will at some point, but right now with little kids it's hard to even find time to make a wingbone here and there.

[Bowguy 1]

Alloutdoors they look great!

[Marion]

You would think so, but actually I taught myself to do the thread wrapping a few years ago specifically to make wingbones. There's a guy at my office who is very into building all kinds of fishing tackle who wants to get me into building rods and tying flies. I'm sure I will at some point, but right now with little kids it's hard to even find time to make a wingbone here and there.

I hear ya! My move into the city really cut back on my free time to spend a few hours doing the worlds most tedious work.

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[The_Real_TCIII]

I made a few slate calls years ago, I spent a small fortune on forstner bits for my drill press. It was fun but I got bored and moved on