FinBonZ
Life Member
This is a picture of my shotgun turkey's beard and spurs (here's your close up Mudd!). And that sweet call you see is a DLO wingbone. I know that he is steering away from the wingbones to go towards his custom slates, but this call sounds great! Now, I didn't call this particular bird in with his call (way too close of a set up for a yelper) but I have had a lot of responses with his call this spring.
I also had purchased two calls from a high school friend. A slate call (slate over glass) with striker and a box call. Along with DLO's call, the slate and box call sound awsome! Granted, there are a lot of super manufactured calls out there, but I can bet the calls off the shelf can not compare to any of these.
The craftmanship definitly comes through during hunt. I have made some wingbone yelpers, but never as nice as DLO's. I know too, that I wouldn't have the talent or patience to work wood into a box or slate call.
Has anyone else made their own or came across a great custom call that they use? Please tell us about, or post a picture of your homemade call or calls you have purchased.
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Between duck and turkey hunting I am a call junkie! You may be getting a PM from me on any posts from here on out!
Thanks again Dave for the yelper!