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Turkey Calls => Box Calls => Topic started by: bbcustomboxcalls on March 01, 2026, 02:10:56 PM

Title: Red Cedar & Poplar
Post by: bbcustomboxcalls on March 01, 2026, 02:10:56 PM
I think most guys would agree that red cedar and poplar each make great sounding calls.
So I decided to combine them in one of my Half'n'Half calls with a Bloodwood paddle.
Also the other Box is a Tigerwood/Poplar fc.
Top view
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123299820_e31ae2f911_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rZ4jz3)
Poplar side
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55122908226_cd62992fcb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rZ2jaq)
Red Cedar side
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123106238_0f5d1c2386_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rZ3k2q)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123303970_7f014264f9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rZ4kNA)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55122030507_2d0f08d5e9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rYWPfk)

Bill
Title: Re: Red Cedar & Poplar
Post by: packmule on March 01, 2026, 07:04:20 PM
Beautiful. A lot of craftsmanship and thought in those calls.
Title: Re: Red Cedar & Poplar
Post by: bigwoodstom on March 01, 2026, 08:15:01 PM
Beauties
Title: Re: Red Cedar & Poplar
Post by: Greg Massey on March 02, 2026, 09:03:18 AM
Very Nice
Title: Re: Red Cedar & Poplar
Post by: bbcoach on March 02, 2026, 12:34:34 PM
Beautiful Call!  I especially LOVE the ingenuity and incorporation of 2 different woods for the rails, which should give the box 2 very different and distinct hens in this box.  Come up with an interchangeable lid system and this one box could have 4 or even 6 different hens in 1 box call.  I Love how you have thought outside the BOX!  Very inventive Bill!
Title: Re: Red Cedar & Poplar
Post by: bbcustomboxcalls on March 03, 2026, 09:29:18 AM
Quote from: bbcoach on March 02, 2026, 12:34:34 PMBeautiful Call!  I especially LOVE the ingenuity and incorporation of 2 different woods for the rails, which should give the box 2 very different and distinct hens in this box.  Come up with an interchangeable lid system and this one box could have 4 or even 6 different hens in 1 box call.  I Love how you have thought outside the BOX!  Very inventive Bill!

I made a few of these several years ago. The big difference is I used Poplar and Mahogany two woods that sound
similar so there was only a slight variation in tone.  This time with Red Cedar and Poplar there is a huge
difference in sound.  With this combination it is like having two different calls. 
Bill