It was without a doubt a pleasure to build this call, but then they all are, however, I did take some artistic liscense
as they say. For the record, the name of my call making business is Whole-Grain Box Calls and the name of the box chamber is Douglas Fir, not Fur, but hey, what can you expect from a redneck who sells cars
In all seriousness though, I was nervous to build a call for a great call maker, especially one who's head is STILL swollen from the 2010 Nationals, so I am quite pleased to hear that I nailed the sound as well.
The painting really came about almost accidental and it was never intentional. I had done the wood burning scene of the turkeys and when done I said oh sh
!!, I can't read the image...there was too much detail and the scene was muddy. Now what??? I asked my wife, who is also graphically talented, what's wrong with this picture and she knew immediately, okay smart-alick, so how to fix it? Well that's easy, just add some paint--crap, I never thought of that and within a few more hours of tense decision making this is what I came up with and now that it's done I like the combo of the wood burning and the paint.
I was thinking originally of burning a cool rattle snake--seriously, but was afraid ole "Snakeboots" would be skeered to pick it up and hunt with it
and then I thought I would do a road kill scene with Jeff pulling up along side with his truck to get dinner, but was concerned his wife might come and hunt me down
Glad you like her Jeff and just because it looks cool, don't ever be afraid to spill some turkey blood on it next season!!
