There are several websites that have posted instructions. Here's one: http://www.customcalls.com/makeaturkeyboxcall.htm
I looked over several before starting this. My hunting pal (who already has a slate call) is a gadget guy, and teases me for my pennypinching, so I decided to use all salvaged materials. This call is mostly poplar from an old dresser, with a handle made from a paint-stirring stick (just for the logo, really).
I like the sound; if the turkeys agree, I'll probably make a few more.
That does seem unusual. You would think the crack would make the ice weaker. I shot into the end of a cut log with a 30-06 at about the same yardage, and it split like it was struck by a maul. Your ice crack must have been just wide enough to capture that bullet. How deep was it into the ice? Just at the surface, or did you have break the ice to recover it?
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Thanks To all our Veterans for fighting to keep us free!!!1
Geez, I thought it was Glacier soon as I saw it. Didn't make out the spruce in the thumbnail. What a national treasure. Everyone should go.
homemade turkey call2
There are several websites that have posted instructions. Here's one: http://www.customcalls.com/makeaturkeyboxcall.htm I looked over several before starting this. My hunting pal (who already has a slate call) is a gadget guy, and teases me for my pennypinching, so I decided to use all salvaged materials. This call is mostly poplar from an old dresser, with a handle made from a paint-stirring stick (just for the logo, really). I like the sound; if the turkeys agree, I'll probably make a few more.
Just a doe, but a trophy for a first deer.3
You guy's used the same rifle? Taking those two on the same day is going to be a great memory for both of you.
One in a billion shot!3
That does seem unusual. You would think the crack would make the ice weaker. I shot into the end of a cut log with a 30-06 at about the same yardage, and it split like it was struck by a maul. Your ice crack must have been just wide enough to capture that bullet. How deep was it into the ice? Just at the surface, or did you have break the ice to recover it?
Bullet recovered from Caribou at 650ish yards3
That's the far side of the animal, right? No energy wasted.
first deer, first buck1
Good shooting.
One in a billion shot!3
So, how far was that ice, and was it standing or running?
Grouse with a Bow4
That's an accomplishment. Nerves of steel. How old is that burn behind him?
300 Pound Halibut3
Buddy of min's been planning a trip there for that very fish! Looks like a lot of work to get it into the boat. Congratulations!
deer bed in hemlocks after snow2
Don't recall the specific year, 2000-2003 most likely.
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