Hey guys,
After a long few months of banging out box calls, I've been filling some time developing some new calls. I've been making a few of these calls for a while but never really put much attention into them and I've focused primarily on my box calls. The owl hooter and cane yelper were just made in the past few weeks as I was looking to a way to fill my vest entirely with my own calls. I've always used an owl hooter, either the barrel style or "hoot tube" style and decided to make one for myself. I must say that I really like the sound that came out of this call. The cane yelper was more of an experiment that turned out surprisingly well. I've never made any type of yelper (other than a tree yelper or wingbone) and had some cane laying around so I began playing around with it. The thread wrapping is really a tedious process but definitely adds to the look of the call. I started making tree yelpers about 2 years ago just playing around on the lathe and really like the soft talk that comes out of them. And scratchboxes take me back to my roots. Before I even started making box calls, I began experimenting with scratch boxes. I've made many different styles of scratch boxes but I'm pretty happy with the sounds I get from this design. As a callmaker, its always fun to experiment and try to come up with something different than what your used to making. I hope you enjoy them.
Ed
Barrel Style Owl Hooter in Cedar
Cane Yelper with Wrapping
Tree Yelper in Chakte Viga with Aluminum Band & Wingbone Mouthpiece
Macassar Ebony Tree Yelper with Aluminum Band & Wingbone Mouthpiece
Macassar Ebony & Holly Scratchbox
Cedar Scratchbox
