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Classifieds - NO FIREARMS SALES => Turkey Calls => Topic started by: longbeard48 on March 27, 2012, 10:50:21 PM

Title: Limited Edition Mississippi Scratch Box
Post by: longbeard48 on March 27, 2012, 10:50:21 PM

In the aftermath of the April 27, 2011, Smithville tornado, I obtained a small board from a pecan tree that had been salvaged after having been uprooted by the winds.  After drying the wood all summer, I made a Limited Edition of five Mississippi Scratch Boxes from that board. Never having built calls from pecan wood, I was really pleased at the raspy sound I was able to produce.

The inscription on the calls lists the date and place of the storm, and the species of wood.  I signed them and noted the month and year in which they were made.  The four other calls in the series have already been sold to collectors across the South.

I reserved this call, #1 of the series, for sale at silent auction at my home town NWTF banquet on March 29, and 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this call will go to the North Monroe Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.  If anyone would like to place a bid, call Angie Hendrix at 662-315-6745 to place your bid.  Just tell Angie it is for the Pecan Scratch Box.

(http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/15842/2264521-T600450.jpg)

Thanks for looking!

Tom Crook
Mississippi Scratch Box Turkey Calls 

Title: Re: Limited Edition Mississippi Scratch Box
Post by: mikey715 on March 28, 2012, 12:10:12 AM

Bet it sounds great, Tom!! Nice of you to donate it! *up* *up* *up* *up*