Duck and Goose Calls

		This is Carrousel constructed of Maple and Purpleheart. The call features an offset stacked segmented inner barrel, a stave cut outer barrel and individually turned, segmented Purpleheart/Maple "eyes" in the feature ring. Entered in the CCAA Fancy Call contest at St. Charles, Illinois in April, 2007, this call won the Design Award among some 40 calls entered in the contest. It is now in the collection of Florida collector James Bennett.
		Museum features six tiny duck calls, each of a different wood, set in a segmented Maple feature ring bordered top and bottom with tiny Padauk and Osage Orange segmented rings. The barrel base and stopper are constructed of Leapardwood, cut in flat sawn staves to expose the lateral rays characteristic of this unique wood. This call placed 2nd in its division at the 2007 CCAA Fancy Call contest and is now owned by Missouri collector John Braun.
		Mayan God segmented from a built-up plank of the lamination of 42 layers of various veneers, mostly Mahogany. By alternating the segmented pieces in the 7 rings, it is possible to count all 42 of the different laminated layers. The call is bracketed by segmented rings of Gabon Ebony. This call place 3rd in the laminated category at the 2007 National Wild Turkey Federation annual convention in Nashville Tennessee and was purchased by Greg Gerritson of Defiance, MO.
		Clustered Diamonds shows six clusters of four diamonds each in a Mahogany feature ring. Each Padauk diamond is surrounded by an Osage Orange border and the six segments of clustered diamonds are composed of a total of 30 pieces. The feature ring is supported by stave cut segments of Leopard wood, carefully cut on the flat sawn surface to show the radial rings distinctive of this timber. "Clustered Diamonds" placed 4th at the 2007 NWTF annual convention and is now owned by Greg Garritson of Defiance, Mo.
		Dozens of Diamonds This segmented duck call placed 1st in the Laminated Division and received the Merit Award at the 2006 Fancy Call competition sponsored by the Callmakers and Collectors Association of America. It is now owned by Florida collector James Bennett.

I make Duck and Goose calls, one at a time, sometimes in a matched set of one of each. I try to involve my customer in the selection of woods, the design of the call, and while I tune calls to suit my ear, I also provide instructions on how my customer can fine tune the call to suit his ear. You won't find any "stock" game calls in my inventory, although I sometimes have an experimental call available for sale.

Come back to this page as I intend to add photos of the various calls I've made for specific customers. I won't copy a past customer's call exactly, but you'll be able to see the kinds of things that are included in the custom calls I make.