I have been a long time lurker here, and I finally made an account. Just want to introduce myself and share a photo of my trumpet collection.
Started hunting turkeys in the mid 90s, in upstate NY with my old man when I was around 5 years old. I followed him around the woods chasing gobblers until 2003, when I was old enough to tote a gun on my own. I killed my first gobbler that year, and made 2 calls from his wingbones. I still have, and hunt with one of those wingbone calls, 22 years later.
I fell victim to the trumpet craze a few years back and started my collection with a Greg Gwaltney snakewood. Pictured here is my current collection (March 2025). Looking forward to growing my collection and sharing it here with you all!
My goal for the 2025 season is to yelp up a bird with each of my 7 trumpet yelpers. Planning to hunt KY, VA, PA, NY, CT, Mass, RI, VT, NH and Maine.
Pictured from L-R: Coco Gwaltney, Snakewood Gwaltney, B&W Ivory Gwaltney, ABW & camel Ellis, DIB & camel Chadwicks, Koa Townsend, Camarillo/Ebony Mero(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250318/af4ff2a5eaf9ebba948a121fefbf9542.jpg)
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Nice!
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Very nice. Welcome aboard and best of luck this year.
Welcome aboard. Good luck this spring. I'd say you have quite a nice arsenal of trumpet calls there.
Welcome.....show those wingbones :icon_thumright:
I really like the aesthetics of Greg's trumpets and also Lee's have a great look to!
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Welcome, you have set the bar high for this season. Good luck and be safe!
Very nice! Welcome to the sickness that comes from the disease.
Congrats on some mighty fine hunting horns.
Welcome. Nice collection, good luck this year.
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Very nice line-up !!
Quote from: EZ on March 18, 2025, 01:36:50 PMWelcome.....show those wingbones :icon_thumright:
Tanks everyone! Ive become pretty obsessed with trumpets. Especially now that i can play them a little bit, and aplreciate the differences in call styles, woods, lengths, etc. It's a lot of fun. My wife is starting to show a little interest in running them aswell!
Here is that wingbone I made with my old man in the spring of 03. It's not much to look at, but it's pretty special to me!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250319/2e108e67e9bd1897d526052e9b68b384.jpg)
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Good looking hunting bone with a ton of memories!