RE: Making your own Box Calls.
I have a thing,I make one or two calls each year and give them to young hunters.I make mine out of cedar and cherry sometime I add a little maple.I have a fairly large wood shop.I make furniture in my spare time (only a couple days a year off from hunting.
I make walking canes from sparkleberry and give to the old folks that can't aford to by them.
I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest
remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.