Anyone Make their own Custom Turkey Calls?

[Borch]

For the past few years I've been toying with the idea of making a few of my own turkey calls. Nothing from a kit but from scratch. I'm thinking about making a couple boxcalls and a slate over glass. Just one more thing to make the hunt even more memorable.

Anyone here make their own?

[Hotspotter]

Borch:

Great idea! If you make them, I'll buy one!

The only call I've ever made is a wingbone yelper from a fall hen I took especially for that purpose. This was about 5-6 years ago, and the call sounds great. I have yet to muster the confidence required to take it on a hunt, but I'm getting there.

Last spring while practicing with the garage door open, I heard a gobble about 100 yards from the house. I walked into the driveway and gave a few more yelps with it. Sure enough, the thing cut me off. At this point, I was annoyed with myself, as I was intending to hunt this area in a few days and didn't want to train the thing in just before season. I shut up and closed the garage door, only to see a nice tom cross the road and head down into our bottoms about 3 minutes later. They work.

Joel

[Ray Esboldt]

And, the ending to the wingbone call tom is that tom...Oh forget it. I know the ending to that story.

Geez, you think a guy (namely me) could shut up and be nice to a person (you) that is extending a favor to him.

Good post, Joel. I used the information, but ignored it like the dope I am. I am limited to certain dates.

[Borch]

Joel,

I'll give it a try. I have several friends who make their own so I've got a few resources. When a get one done I'll post a pic if it isn't too ugly.

[mnmuzzleloader]

If you go to the NWTF HSOforum they have an area that gives you instructions for wingbow and tube call, I am not sure about a slate call or not. Last year I did a project with my son's first graders where each of them were able to make a tube call. I asked Proex to save the 35 mm canisters and we made 25 of them with the kids. Needless to say getting 25 1st graders in various velping and kees was interesting. They had a blast and we used them last sping on our archery hunt. Also on the NWTF they have a box call that my son put together. It turned out really well and they have everything to complete it for 8 bucks to it was a fun project for us and he used it last spring as well

[Big Dave2]

Borch, if you need slate let me know. I have an almost never ending supply of it at work and can get you all you would need to make many many calls for FREE.

I think this would be a cool idea and would like to make one myself. I found one set of plans so far for a slate call on-line. Just do a search for custom calls online. It looks like it is actually an outdoor life article. If you come up with any other slate call plans I would be very interestd if you wouldn't mind sharing.

[Borch]

Big Dave shoot me an email. I'm interestes in the slate. I also have some info on building calls I could shoot you.

jeffonthewater at aol.com