I am now selling my Dwain Bland Commemorative Calls. In 2002 I sent a two-piece Roanoke River Basin call to Dwain Bland. He replaced the fine hen bone with a gobbler bone and glued the pieces together, then went on to develop his own design for gobbler yelps. In 2005 he had two calls made out of Walnut that suited him. One ended up in my hands. Dwain's remarks were, if I liked his call, I could reproduce it, giving him credit was all the payment he wanted. To quote Dwain, "I'd just hope he'd give a handle with my last name". This has been done.
I have scanned and compiled content from four of Dwain's letters, to Larry Proffitt and myself, tracing the development of his design, and his remarks concerning the instrument. The four letters have not been copied in their entirety, out of respect for the privacy of a genuine old turkey man who has gone on to his reward.
The old man liked to decorate his calls with paint, leather and beads. His original had loose ends hanging from the lanyard, but no decoration, so I added beads. Dwain also put trap tags, with his name and address, on his calls. I had my own version made up and include one on each lanyard. The calls are tuned to the same sound and response as Dwain's original.
Each numbered call comes with the provenance from four of Dwain's letters and my cover letter, $275. price includes postage and insurance.
