A good friend of mine is an avid Turkey hunter. He mentioned once that he wanted to make his own box call, but just didn’t have the tools, etc. to do it. I offered to give it a try. Turns out there is a bit of consideration and luck that goes into it. Wood type, grain direction, wall thickness/taper, size of the chamber, all factor in. In fact, I guess like any wooden instrument, even the same species can make a different tone…no two sound alike.

I used whatever I had on hand and had some fun making these. Nice to do a fairly quick project from time to time. By the way, a few sound pretty good, a couple are just ok, and a couple went into the burn pile.


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