Before I turned my first turkey pot, I turned a couple crow calls to play around with the tools and lathe and get familiar with them. These are my third and fourth crow calls, with guts I got from River Mallard. They are both Claro Walnut from California.
(http://www.ohiowaterfowler.com/2012TurkeyPhotos/Crow1.jpg)
(http://www.ohiowaterfowler.com/2012TurkeyPhotos/Claro1.jpg)
I personally like them both, but the second is my favorite. I'm going to make a couple more along the same lines and tweak the design/shape a little.
Beautiful call!
Both very nice, but the second is my favorite as well. Looks like a fine gunstock.
Thanks for the compliments. Banded Spur, I have several more blanks from the same billet of wood. Also hae some fiddleback/tiger stripe walnut that should produce a beautiful call...