Pictures of walnut turkey call

[Harry Thornton]

This call was done with a router, beltsander,drill and elbow grease...lots of it. I have a great deal of respect for the strength and stubborn resistance of walnut.

http://home.comcast.net/~hathornton/call1.jpg
The backside is even more Spartan. I finally just took some 00 steel wool and removed most of the shellac on the back.

http://home.comcast.net/~hathornton/call2.jpg

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Harry, the call looks great! Would you mind sharing your process for creating it.

P.s I like the Tauras too :)

[Martin Shupe]

Nice call, Harry...

I have always wanted to hunt turkeys, something on my list to do.

[Jim Becker]

Unlike Martin, I have no desire to hunt them...and they are regular visitors to our home since we feed them right outside my shop. But I'm really interested in how that call actually works! It would be nice to be able to call them for dinner, etc... :D SO...'splain that thing, please!

[Mark Cothren]

Very nice call there Harry! I also hope to make a few of these soon when I get a lathe. Are you also making your own strikers? What type of wood will you use for those?

Thanks,
Mark

[Corey Hallagan]

Harry, that looks great!! My son is a huge turkey hunter and man I would love to make him one of those scratch calls. He doesn't really need another and he can actually call a turkey naturally without a call.....it is amazing. That is right, my son is part turkey :)
Still I would love to make one for him sometime. Nice job Harry!

Corey

[lou sansone]

ok ...I am stupid.. how does a turkey call work?


lou

[Richard Wolf]

I'm not a hunter, but for those waiting for the explaination about how the turkey call works. The top surface is slate, and when you scratch it with a scratch stick it sounds like a turkey. I'm sure someone can fill in the details.

Richard

[Harry Thornton]

Not much to add to that except that the surface can be glass, aluminum etc. The most popular surface is slate. The call in the picture is crystal.

I am in a big hurry right now so I will explain in more detail later. The way I did it is the hard way. A lathe is the tool of choice and sriker (the stick you scratch the surface with) requires a lathe. There is a diagram on customsawing.com you can download to get an idea of how to make one. If using a lathe, just leave a pedestal in the middle to support the glass soundboard.

[James Carmichael]

Don't need one anymore, they come right up to my front porch.

I used to like diaphrams to keep my hands free, or box calls. But a scratch slate does give a nice, soft sound when you've got the birds roosted.

What does it say about us creekers that we've responded to this topic :confused:

[Harry Thornton]

Testosterone is a good thing. It keeps a man from developing osteoperosis and other degenerative conditions.;)