Custom Made Box
 

I know there are a few folks on here that make custom box calls.... well LETS SEE 'EM! I'm in the market.

And if anyone has a custom box call, or can recommend any good custom box call makers... I'm all ears.

PS: I'm interested in a hunting call... not a "mantle" call. Thanks! ;):D

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I have a custom box call that is made of oak ,purple heart, teak and maple...It was made by an amish man from lancaster county and it is a really nice call that I only paid 30 dollars for. It is also the most realistic sounding call that i have found to date. This box call has a design on top of a hen flying and a gobbler feeding, a log cabin in the middle of the woods and a hunter canoeing...I just wanted to post this so you can get an idea of some nice stuff thats out there for little cost you just have to shop around....

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Swamp i got 3 i am making right now for JW from the board here on Hunting Net as soon as there complete i'll snap a couple pics an be more then glad to get them out to all the fellow hunters

MrGobbler

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I am new but am a callmaker, when I can figure out to post pics on this forum, I can show you what I make. I entered my first contest this past weekend in Perry Ga and my box call took 2nd in state.

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Swamp,
I bought a few Custom box calls from Jerry Zebro from Wisconsin. He visits here now and then under Turkey Addict.
Keep in mind I'm just a verysatisfied customer of his. You tell him the sound your looking for, and he will producethat soundperfectly and he's a good guy.

I can't speak highly enought about Jerry andJerry's calls. The soundthat his custom box calls produces is"pure sweet turkey". Outstanding workmanship and the sound is even better. Jerry just placed at Midwest Turkey Call competion a few weeks ago with his calls and I can assure you you'll hear more about him in due time.I myself heard a buddy of mine using Jerry's call 2 years ago and I had to have one.

Now I don't leave home without mine. Check his calls out yourself and you'll not only see what I'm saying but you'll also hear for yourself true pure sweet turkey sounds.

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Hey Chuck Thanks for the Kind words. I may not be the best Call builder in the Nation, But I have a pretty good feeling that I might be the Best call builder in Ridgeland WI, population 245. :D

Well I fooled around with this a little wile this morning and Kind ofgot a Web site started. Its nothing special but its a start. Sorry about the long winded Begining, Kind of had to say that stuff. Allot of the Old Gobblers around here knew Mike, I had to include him. any way heres a link if its ok by the Mods.

http://turkeymountain.homestead.com/BoxCalls.html

Jerry

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Turkey Addict, do you know of another Wisconson callmaker named Mike Bauer? He and I have done a few trades in the past.

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Hey D-Mills

Yes sir, I know Mike Bauer. We only live about 20 min from each other. Heck of a guy and call maker.


Jerry

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I haven't talked to Mike in a long while, hope he is doing well. Tell him hi from David Mills (Deacon Dave on CCO)

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I like the website Jerry! Sorry to hear about your good friend Mike, I'm sure that you have done him proud.

For the prices you are charging, once your calls get well known you are going to be one heck of a busy guy! A custom made call for the price of most higher end production calls sounds like a sweet deal.

What sort of woods are you using? I don't know what kinda sound I'm looking for. I want the box to be able to cutt and cluck... which is my measure of a good box call... don't want it to stick or hang up. You are the expert here... what do you think?

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Here is one I made three springs ago.

Its made from cherry and maple.

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SwampCollie

Thanks for the complements. As far as woods I use, Just about anything. I am always trying new woods out. Some of my favorites are Blackwalnut, Cedar, Cherry, Poplar, and a new one I like alot is Bloodwood as a Lid. I am also becoming fond of Sassafrass for a Box. I Like Bloodwood over Black walnut for a very raspy Sounding Box. I call It the mean old Hen sound. For sweet and sexy Yelps Blackwalnut over Butternut seems to do the trick. One thing I found since I started building box calls is in most cases the sound you get is determined more by the Quality of the particular wood and how you tune it and not so much on what the type of wood accually is. If you smell what I am stepping in.I have come to feel that one of the hardest things to get a box to do is purr.Every call I build willpurrif I get the sound boards thin enough, But sometimes you have to get the sides so thin that you lose the pitch ofthe yelp before you get the purr working good. I am usually happy with the Cutt and cluck when I am happy with the yelps a box makes. Blackwalnut over Cedar Is a great middle of the road Combo. so is Cherry over Poplar. I have been working hard on my own style Short box and one thing I like aboutthem is how nice they Purr compared to the checkerd Box calls. As a whole I like a Higher pitched boxcall. My calls geared more towards that trend. I would be more than happy to help you out. And I offer a money back garantee. If you are not happy I will give you your money back or let me know what it is you want different, and I will build you a new one.

Jerry

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Very nice fellas...Man nothin like foolin a longbeard with your own personal work...:)

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I've been building boxes for the last few years. Sold a few, but mostly just made a hobby out of it. I started making them in a quest to find that "perfect" call. After building a couple hundred calls, I figured out that that perfect call doesn't exist, but it sure is fun comming close.;)

Here are a few of the woods that I use:

Walnut and poplar


Cherry and poplar


Spanish Cedar


and Mahogany


I get my hands on an odd wood every now and then and try it out. Never know how it'll turn out until I build one from it. I have a little magnolia right now and some pecan, and I've got some spalted pecan drying, but it won't be ready to work until NEXT year!:)

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Check out Pauls Calls. http://www.paulscalls.com Albert Paul makes one of the best Cost Style Calls that I have ever ran and the price is very reasonable! You won't be sorry that you called him!

Here are a few other guys you might want to check out: Steve Mann, Darin Dawkins, Ed Terenfenkco,

Here is a Picture of the Albert Paul Calls that I have. All of them sound great!

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That man is the very reason I started building my own calls. I'd give just about anything to have one of his calls in my bag. But, I just can't bring myself to take a call that expensive and that fine to the woods. And, while I'll never be able to match is craftsmanship, I can try to produce a call that will match the sound of one of his.

Albert Paul is one of the finest people I have ever met and one of the best craftsmen I have ever seen. You won't go wrong with one of his calls.

I can also recomend another Mississippi craftsman of equal ability and repute. His name is Gary Joffrion and he has a fledgeling company called Magnolia Game Calls. He is a fireman on the Mississippi gulf coast and is trying hard to make his callmaking company a full-time venture. His website is:

http://www.magnoliacalls.com/

If you put both of these gentlemen in the same room, you'd have more class than a southern university.;)