Whats in your Wallet?,....i mean Vest!!!

[boxcaller]

Well,.gonna take a much needed break over this Easter Weekend to be thankful and pay respect,....was gonna load the vest with a bunch of new calls for April,...but I just can't get away from the Ol' Faithful's.  This year I'm using one of my cedar scratch boxes (tree callin),...one of my Soft Talker slates, My old reliable purpleheart over cedar box,..one of my Black Magic Aluminum's in a canarywood pot,..an Albert Paul "henry davis" series box, and one of Basehore's Long Boxes that is arguably the Best Long Box on the planet.  Along with some of Josh Grossenbacher's mouth calls, i think i have everything i need,....will probably add an Ernie Fetters ebony trumpet before the season's over too.     what is everyone using??



Pat

[3CB]

Right now I'm carrying..

Cherry box that I made .
Dominator ebony pot with Glass in it.
Ghost maker Osage pot with slate over acrylic
Three of Steve Torman's Strikers, Cherry, Black Locust, Osage
Edelman box cherry over black walnut.
Bare Naked hen and Redneck hen by Tom Teasers
Multiple Tumpets by MKW, Jeff Erb, and  Brian Mero!

[Shadetree Callers]

 I carry just what will be necessary .
 1 ShadeTree fencepost longbox
 2 Little Henry in poplar /padauk
 3 Bill Barker slate over glass
 4 ShadeTree tree yelper
 5 Primos double frame mouth calls
 6 Wild Talker trumpet and an Alan Sentel trumpet
 7 M.L. Walker crow call
  and of course Extended Range ammo #6 's  , flashlight so I don't make noise in the dark  ( a little light on the ground is better than a lot of noise ) TP , and water to last me all day if necessary , snacks and a sharp knife.

[West Augusta]

I have a new vest for this year that only has half the pockets 
I am going to have to think pretty hard about what stays and what goes.

[GR8CALLS]

Pat

LMBO!  Since Malinda (my wife) said she isn't carrying my vest this year, I have a bit over a week to decide! Actually, I have been carrying fewer and fewer calls each year. I always have a couple mouth calls, a soft calling slate call and one or two trumpets.

Bill

[merocustomcalls]

I'll be carrying friction calls from Larry Scheiddegger and Steve Morganstern, box calls from Jerry Zebro and Jeff McKamey, Billy Yargus mouth calls, and several of my own trumpets. 

[Old Geezer]

Billy Buice box that only calls in three years olds, two Quakerboy World Champ mouth calls, Two of my pill bottle tube calls, Lynch pro-mini for soft calls.  Cody World Class Slate.  My little indestructable Jordan, a wing bone call I made, and My Roanoke Trumpet that works when nothing else does.  Makes for a light vest.  Also a ratchet brush cutter that probably gets more use than the calls  .  

Old Geezer

[etboxcalls]

Even though the season is still a few weeks away, my vest is ready to go.  Opening day cant come soon enough.  ill be carrying:
- 2 of my own shortboxes
     - Canarywood/ms poplar & maple/ mahogany
- Tree yelper made by me
- cane yelper made by me
- scratchbox made by me
- Glass/ slate made by me
- Numerous mouth calls made by me
- Ebony slate made by Bill Lyman
- Soft talker made by bill Lyman
- Matt McLain trumpet
- Buckner Crow call
- Harrison Hoot tube

*On some occasions I'll carry a paddle call and/or single sider made by me to switch things up

I try to hunt with as many of my own calls as possible but there are some that I just can't leave home without.  Looking forward to the season
Good luck everyone and be safe!

Ed

[neal]

Neil Cost "Old Hen" box call
Don Bald tube call
Mero trumpet
Hooks bronze glass w/my strikers
Hooks aluminum
Hooks slate
Watkins L.B.
McKamey L.B.
Baseshore L.B.
Tyree L.B.
Zutter L.B.
And of course I don't carry all the box calls at one time but they all will see time in the field over the next 2 months and 4 states.

[SurroundedByOutlaws]

Thermacell is a must in the south without it the rest really doesnt matter, since you won't be able to stay long before needing a transfusion   

[doepee]

albert paul box and hopefully jerry zebro box
sneed hot hen slate
glen marrer osage slate/slate
glen marrer osage glass/slate
houdstooth glass
crystall mystress
hopefully bill lyman wenge alum.
sbe 2
heavy 13 3.5 in 7s
harrison hooter
ozark crow call
bottle water
and what ever else I can carry 

[callmakerman]

Poplar/ Ebony Turpin hen box made by me, One of two standard turpins in all walnut or sycamore/zebrawood made by me. Cedar slate over glass pot made by me Wenge aluminum over glass made by me. SofTaker slate made by me. Billy Buice osage trumpet, Richard Hudson Davis style yelper , Ralph Permar ebony trumpet,Fred Cox wing bones and mouth calls made by Ed Terefencko along with a Holly/Ebony short box that he made me.

[Silverspur]

Every year it has been different.  I take new calls that I got that I like to give them a try.  I always have shells, mouth calls and toilet paper (Lol). As i get older usually a water bottle it gets hotter each year now in PA during the spring.

I have been blessed to have calls made by friends and a people I know and respect.  I take them all and try and change my vest up each day if I plan to hunt the same area for a couple of days to give an ole tom a new sound he may not have heard.  That is about it!  This year will be real different as I have lost all of the remaining private property that I have hunted for the last 35 years.  So I am bring my entire stock of calls because I may be hunting state game lands, I hate that too.

[FullFanCustomCalls]

RedHead® Bucklick Creek Turkey Lounger Mossy Oak Vest

Full Fan Custom Calls Walnut Slate over Glass pot
Bill Lyman Wenge Aluminum over Glass pot
Cane Creek Graphite Slate over glass
Enticer Corian Rolling Thunder Double Glass pot
Roger Parks Soft Talker

David Halloran Chestnut and Maple box call w/Leather holster

Knight & Hale Widow Maker Tube Call

Harrison Curly Maple Hoot'n Stick
Harrison Curly Maple Crow Call

Mother Lode X-terminator mouth Call

Gerber Gator knife and prunners

2 Hunting Gear Striker Roll up with:
4 Full Fan Custom Calls strikers-Osage, Canarywood, Corncob/Maple & Dogwood with Carbon Tip
Cane Creek Hickory striker and Carbon striker
Bill Lyman Laminate striker
Enticer Aluminum Tip Wet One & Carbon Tip striker
Steve Torman Locust striker
Roger Parks Soft Talker Corncob striker

Water Bottle

Conditioning kit and chalk

Extra face mask and gloves

Midland Action Cam

Zink Avian X LCD Jake Decoy

[KYTURKEY]

This year I am going with some old faithfuls and some newbies.

Lonzo crystal pot in Osage
Lonzo bead blasted glass in black acrylic
Steve Harrison glass in Walnut
Mornings Glory Custom Calls slate in Spalted Hackberry
Scott Basehore short box Walnut over butternut
Tony Quarino one-sider Blackwood over Holly
Bob Fulcher longbox Yellowheart over Butternut
Scott Basehore scratchbox walnut/butternut
Lonzo Pink Ivory trumpet
Roy Wilson cane yelper
Perssimon Hill Game Calls slate trough call
Final Roost diaphragms
James Harrison owl hooter

Will switch out the boxes as the season goes.  And maybe some pots also.

Patrick