A Gator for Mr. Blue Smoke McKamey

[Turkeybuster]

Very nice calls.

Jon

[fargobox]

John, you really have a super caller here and Ole Snakeboots just don't deserve 2 of them.  The cherry is beautiful and I know it is hard to come buy...I am gonna have to get my name on your list soon.

[firedup]

John, No doubt there was many a turkey walked by that tree before it made its way into that sweet caller.  I see 'em in there all the time. I hope he appreciates that call. If he doesn't like it just send it on up and I will add it to my vest with "Ole No.1" (which they liked this fall by the way)    A man can't have enough good calls! 

[jmck]

LT....thanks for the wood ,it mademthe call!
I have a feeling that turkeys will continue to walk too close to that same piecemof wood  .
Thanks again John, and LT for providing themwoodmfor the next in a line of butternut killers 

[ncturkey]

Sweet looking box. What kind of box style do you call that?

[Jake St. John]

Sweet looking box. What kind of box style do you call that?

All of my calls are Stribling Reproductions.  J. C. Stribling was a callmaker from Rosedale, Ms. In the 50's and 60's when turkeys started coming back after WWII he made and sold these calls out of his Firestone store.  Wade Wineman Jr. has written about these calls in his books East of the Slash and Bird of Courage.  They are similiar to Tom Turpin's short box but are on a wider frame.  They have straight up and down sides like the Turpin and play like a Turpin by tilting the paddle completely to the left or right.  I have been making these calls for 25 years.   I have made a couple of modifications, and make two different types of Stribling Reproductions.  One, I call, the East of the Slash Cutting call with a thicker bottom and paddle.  It does not gobble and is louder (but will surprise you how soft you can call also with it).  The other, pictured here is a Gator, with a thinner bottom, lower sides, thinner paddle, this is a softer call, with not quite the high/low, but will make a mature gobble.  

[ncturkey]

It sure is sweet. I like the Gator.

Sweet looking box. What kind of box style do you call that?

All of my calls are Stribling Reproductions.  J. C. Stribling was a callmaker from Rosedale, Ms. In the 50's and 60's when turkeys started coming back after WWII he made and sold these calls out of his Firestone store.  Wade Wineman Jr. has written about these calls in his books East of the Slash and Bird of Courage.  They are similiar to Tom Turpin's short box but are on a wider frame.  They have straight up and down sides like the Turpin and play like a Turpin by tilting the paddle completely to the left or right.  I have been making these calls for 25 years.   I have made a couple of modifications, and make two different types of Stribling Reproductions.  One, I call, the East of the Slash Cutting call with a thicker bottom and paddle.  It does not gobble and is louder (but will surprise you how soft you can call also with it).  The other, pictured here is a Gator, with a thinner bottom, lower sides, thinner paddle, this is a softer call, with not quite the high/low, but will make a mature gobble.