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Turkey Call Paradise => From the Callmaker's Bench => Topic started by: GR8CALLS on August 12, 2014, 02:14:55 PM
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Here is a scratch box I am donating, to benefit, Miranda Miller. Lonnie Sheeley contacted me two weeks ago and invited me up for the get together and auction and also asked if I would donate a call. Lonnie, I hope this will in a small way, help this young lady with the expenses she faces.
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Bill
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Very nice looking call and for a great cause!!!
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Bill, Lonnie and a whole bunch of PA boys are going to have one heck of a picnic and benefit auction in Enola, PA for Miranda Miller (5 years old,currently battling Leukemia) on September 13th starting at 11AM. It is a great thing the turkey hunting community and callmakers are doing to help this beautiful young girl and her family. Thanks for your support for this fundraiser.
Anyone here interested in attending contact Lonnie (lonnielou688) on this forum, they are going to need a head count real soon.
Bob
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Great call Bill !!!! For another great cause *up*
Mike
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Great Call and wonderful Cause, May God bless her.
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great looking call Bill--hope the auction goes real well for you guys---great cause
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WOW Bill, that sure is special, and I'm sure will be well received on the auction block. It was very nice of you to donate to our event, and I thank you from not only the bottom of my heart, but Miranda's as well !! I still wish you could make the event, so if other plans fall thru, give me a shout. If anyone else with in driving distance is wanting to attend, PLEASE send me a PM . I can get all the info you need. So far we have some nice calls showing up. In addition to Bills generous gesture,we have Scott Basehore short box , Andy Snair is building two calls with his 5 year old grandson Zaiden assisting, A Dale Rohm 4 call set, Grand Slam series with display stand (SWEET), 3 boxcalls from Kip Feroce, 3 Ronnie Johnson ( deceased) box calls with Melissa Ball art, complete with certificates, which was donated from Ron Eppley's private collection . Calls from Rick Harro( Gobbler Getter Turkey calls), and Lee Bowles(South Penn Turkey Calls), Scott Ellis items and mouth calls, Gary Midgette, Ronnie Clough, Austin Hornberger, a fine Pot call from Jimmy Schaffer, Turkey call painting by PA artist Gerald Putt, Gerald paints a lot of the cover art on the PA Game News Magazine, Donation from Melissa Ball, And from another Greencastle native, Tony Ezolt wingbones, made from the bones of my spring gobbler harvest A really kickin' call from Roger Parks, titled the "TREE TALKER", Complete with a zipped leather case and corn cob striker and a second call thrown in " jus' for good measure, says Roger" , donated by Roger and all the generous peeps over at Tuscarora Longbeards, Fulton- Franklin CountyChapter, PA-NWTF . A glass over glass pot call from Mark Cornelius- MAC Calls, Tyrone PA. , AND A HOST of other collectibles. Rumor has it the old Buzzard himself, MR. Kenny Crummett just may attend via ANDY SNAIR, Always nice to add those two names to ANY event you plan on having. SOooo , if anyone wants info, give me a shout. Thanks for the nice write up BOB and Bill,( you can always count on you two), and the nice mentions by others. Hopefully I haven't left anyone out, thanks for the look/see on this guys, Lonnie Food donated and event is free.
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I spoke to and was ask by the "Old Buzzard" himself if I could make a call to donate for Miranda Miller's event. I don't know that I will be able to attend the event so I have touched base with Andy Snair and will meet up with him hopefully this week to get these calls to him so that they make it to the auction.
The first call is one that I posted here a few weeks back. It's a Jordan Style, River Cane Yelper that has some real nice Black Cherry Burl wooden accents, a Snow Goose Bone mouth piece, matching Black Cherry Burl adjustable wooden Lip Stop and Lanyard. The wooden accents on this call are just that, accents as this call is a true Jordan in that each section was carefully matched to fit snuggly into the next section of the call.
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The second call is a Turpin Style Trumpet/Yelper. For this call I thought it only fitting being I was making the call specifically for this little girls auction to turn the call from a piece of Queenwood. The Call has a Black Buffalo Horn ferral, an Ivory Mouth Piece with some extra detail an EVA Foam Lip Stop and Lanyard.
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The third call is a Glass over Glass, Bubinga Pot call with matching Bubinga Striker. The pot has a Tru Oil finish and the striker a CA Finish.
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I hope these calls do well for this little girl.
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Those are outstanding and thanks for donating to the event, every dollar helps. More important and most forgotten is the kindness and generosity of callmakers and the hunting community, that is going out of its way to support this young and beautiful girl and her family. I hope that Lonnie and company can get the media, print and TV involved in this story. Something I hope they will cover.
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Thanks, Austy! What a generous donation for this little girl. I sure hope this get together is a great success.
Bill
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WOW AUSTY, I don't know what to say about that generous donation, kinda leaves me with tingles up my spine, in a good way. AGAIN, WOW, Fantastic job too on all I see, the pot call is nice with Miranda's Miracles on it. Rick Harro says Miranda is set to attend , if all goes well between now and then. Sure wish YOU could attend as well Austy, but by the looks of these gems of calls you have delivered, I'd say your presence and heart will be well represented. As far as the media, we have contacted 2 local TV stations, one newspaper, and one outdoor writer. As of Friday, only the outdoor writer has expressed an interest in covering the story. BUT, STILL working on an angle BOB,I agree that this has a great storyline to it, about what goes on with hunters and fisherman, after the chase is done. Were a powerful lobby and can get a lot done as such, more so than with ANY government "aid" and "red tape" involvement . Hunters know the right things to do to help their community, and very seldom ever need to be asked to do that right thing. It jus' happens naturally. Austy, from the WHOLE crew over at huntingpa.com, and Rick Harro and Lee Bowles, from Andy Snair and Kenny too, Thanks for who you are and what you do for others, we couldn't do this without you !! This is what its all about, Thanks, Lonnie
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Hi guys
I want to thank you all for your donations for are picnic/auction
for Miranda Miller. Please go to are event page on facebook to let us know if you are coming.
Thank you
Rick
Gobbler Getter Turkey Calls
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Bill, I received your beautiful call, *up* it is safe here at my house, and I am making sure it gets it's daily workout until I deliver it to Rick this Saturday. Can you tell me the woods used, so I have some info for the auctioneers sheet . I also personally want to thank Mike Lapp for his beautiful donation boxcall, I'll see if Rick can post it up here for a look/see, it sure is a beauty and deserves to be seen , before someone snags it at the auction ::) . Thanks Mike for being so generous with your heart and your talents, its my pleasure to be able to add your name to our cause . WOW !! GOOD STUFF GOIN' ON !!!
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Lonnie
It is American Black Walnut, both body and sound board, with a Satin Wood accent on the bottom.
Bill
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Thank you Bill, the bottom strip had me fooled, I was thinking poplar. Nice to have this info for the peeps who buy it too. Thanks Bill !!
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Here is Mike Lapp's call for are auction (http://i57.tinypic.com/20feyxl.jpg)
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Some time next *up* week I will post all the call donations.
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I just finished this one for our auction.(http://i58.tinypic.com/jfy9l5.jpg)
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Here is a beautiful hand forged knife donated by Mr. Randy Barker.
Wow this is a nice one.
Thank you Randy
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I will bid on this one
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Wow I hope I have enough money for these
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Just a friendly reminder to any members here that this Saturday 9/13/14 will be the benifit auction for Miranda Miller which is being held at 699 D Street in Enola, PA. There are many great items being auctioned off plus many top callmakers will be there in person. Please attend and help this young girl and here family in their time of need. Opens at 11AM and the auction starts at 2PM. Thank you in advance and God Bless you!
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Here is a write up on the Miranda Auction
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/09/turkey_call_makers_holding_auc.html#incart_river
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Is there somewhere where all the calls are listed? Thanks.
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Today is the day for the picnic and auction for Miranda Miller, below is a local news coverage and story that you all may be interested in seeing. A special thanks to the callmakers from the Roost that donated calls for this event today. God Bless you for your time and talent! *up*
http://local21news.com/news/features/mad/stories/turkey-call-action-103.shtml
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That was a wonderful piece, to be aired on TV. Hope the auction is a great success and I'm willing to pitch in again for Miranda, any time!
Bill
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On a rainy day but sunny smiles, the fundraiser auction raised a little over 11,000.00 dollars. A big thanks to those Roosters that came and or donated calls. Thank you! I will try and post a few pictures tomorrow.
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Kudos to Rick and Lonnie for putting all this together for Miranda, It looked like a good time was had by all. From the food to all the callmakers that showed up and donated calls it was a good day to say the least. Got to meet some true icons of callmaking,and got to talk turkey doggin with some other guys It all just makes wish are fall season came in earlier. it's a nice cool morning to day I think Cutter and I are going to take a walk Wow 11,000 $ dollars that double what they thought they would bring in .
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Thanks to the gents who put this together, the call makers that donated calls and all that helped with the event.
It was great time and everything was greatly appreciated by all. Once again thanks.
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Congratulations go out to Rick, Lonnie and everyone that helped set up the event. Thank you to everyone that donated items to the auction it was a huge success!!!! I am sure everyone had a great time and it was nice to see old friends and make a bunch of new ones and Andy Snair said it best at the picnic "Thank you Miranda for bringing us all together" She will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. *prayer*
Mike
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Here is a picture of some of the call makers and organizers with Miranda. It was a dark rainy day but Miranda with her smile brightened our day for sure.
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Miranda with her parents Carie and Mike and a awesome gift that Andy Snair gave to her, that was awesome on your part Andy!
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And from Deb and Rick we want to thank you all.
This was one of the best days of my life.
I am glad we could be a part of this we LOVE YOU MIRANDA
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Hey to all you guys, I just wanted everyone to know that our picnic-auction event was a HUGE success, we raised $11,009.00 for Miranda and her family, in a 6 hour event. We had an unimaginable amount of food, 79 items donated for auction and 22 items/baskets of goodies for raffle purposes. We also had two firearms and paintings, handforged knives and all kinds of other goodies too. Items were actually showing up from the general public while the auction was going on. Andy Snair and his grandson Zaiden ( age 5 ), presented Miranda with a wingbone call they made together( Zaiden knows his craft, for real). It was a wingbone call adorned with 14 handcarved rose buds ( for the year ), in a longstem style hinged lid box, with Andy's artwork ( rare, I actually thought Brian Aliff at first) on the outside. The wingbone rested on a satin pillow with lace trimmings inside. The whole place was speechless, then the tears flowed. Very moving ceremony. You the King Andy! Such Class. Every donation we had, and you could tell, came from the heart. The outdoor community really stepped up with this effort . Makes me so proud to be a small part of it. I know you guys get bombarded with requests each and everyday, from every direction imaginable, and I know you give freely to all you can. I thank God for giving you the wisdom to decide which request is the most important for you !! You are all great folks. We had a real turnout of callmakers from age 21 to age 84. I'll let you all deduce who is what age, but Dale Rohm says he already has dibbs on the 21 age !! Really witty fellow !! We had in attendance, and I hope I don't miss anyone, Dale Rohm, Scott Basehore, Mike Lapp, Andy Snair, Kenny Crummett, Lonnie Gilbert, Kip Feroce, Rick Harro, Lee Bowles, Austin Hornberger, Tony Ezolt, Jeff Graham, Ralph Zorn Sr. ,Phil Petka, Austy Bott, Harry Romig, and a fellow with a brimmed hat and a name tag of "Catfish". Sorry guy, you got by me before I got your real name. But we'll go with Catfish !! Also had a huge help from Butch Faulkner, who worked on his day off for us, and Don Heckman for helping with our auction official duties. Auctioneer Jesse was awesome, and funny too. A little bit of stand up comics lives in every auctioneer, I'm convinced. What a fine job by all, and wouldn't have been possible without each and everyone there. Every person had a role, and fulfilled to the "T'. Some pictures will follow, as soon as I get them hosted and sized. Best Regards, Lonnie Sheeley
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THANKS for coming out Pitty, Bob ,Mike and Bill . Glad you all had a super time. I seen you talking dogs muzzleman, and I still didn't get to talk as long as I wanted to, to Pitty, we need to get together. I'd say the "roost" was well represented by you fine gentlemen. Tony Ezolt and Andy Snair too. BOB, who was the fella named CATFISH, WHITE SHIRT WITH WIDE BRIMMED HAT ?
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BOB, who was the fella named CATFISH, WHITE SHIRT WITH WIDE BRIMMED HAT ?
I have no clue who he was cause there was a guy named Bear there too ;D
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I'm kinda thinking its Fred Ressell, who lives in Holtwood PA. We had a Ressell call show up at the very last second before the auction started. Holtwood is right along the Susquehanna River, so maybe that's the "catfish " connection. The Ressell donation was a Cost style box, very nice and sounded great. Anyone know of Fred Ressell.?
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Rodger Miller AKA "Catfish" good fella. Would not have known his name but, he emailed me today.
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Thanks for the info Kip! It sure was nice to finally get to meet you too. And ad another one of your calls to my collection. Was glad you brought Lonnie Gilbert along !
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You all were awesome and I am planning for next year. lol *up*