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Box call wood suggestions please

Started by Hankyorke, May 08, 2016, 02:43:16 PM

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Hankyorke

I am fairly new to box calls, so forgive the rookie question...  I am a public land hunter, so for me; different is good.  I generally prefer a cleaner sound as I feel everyone is walking around the woods with a "raspy boss hen" call in their hand/vest.  I also like the idea of the traditional woods (i.e. all Walnut, Walnut over Mahogany, etc...)

Sound being more important than wood combo.

That said; in your opinion what wood combo to do you feel fits the bill?

MattinIdaho

I do have a Kenny Harrell walnut over walnut box that sounds fantastic. The sound it produces is exactly what your describing. It's also a beautiful box. I don't see many around though and I'm not sure if he is still making boxes or if he's even alive. It was a pita to get that box from him I remember.

Britton40


REBELYELL

Quote from: Britton40 on May 08, 2016, 04:48:34 PM
Walnut over butternut.

Good suggestion, that and tell the call maker what you want. Most can tune to your liking.

coyote1

I have a cherry over poplar that has a fairly clean sound.

nitro

Royal Slam 2008

TauntoHawk

I really like bloodwood over butternut, for a box that has a different sound from most of my others I have a persimmon over black limba thats a nasally balk of a yelp. 
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Hankyorke

Thanks fellas!  I've been eye-balling Paul boxes on eBay for a while, suffering from paralysis via analysis...

Bowguy

I have a jatoba/poplar that is pretty clean. One wood combo that I love but raspier is purpleheart/cedar

ferocious calls

The wood selection is often less important than the construction of the call. While some woods lend themselves to more being more raspy, the grain and thickness can determine if the call has clear crisp yelps. I make a Cedar over Cedar that consistently produces clean yelps the way it is made. It can also be built to produce raspy if desired.

firedup

So many good choices and makers out there.  But if you want to go for what an old callmaker friend of mine described as a "clarion" tone, higher and clearer with not as much rasp, its hard to beat cherry over poplar or cherry over butternut.

paboxcall

For a higher pitch yelp, I agree with this:

Quote from: coyote1 on May 08, 2016, 11:26:21 PM
I have a cherry over poplar that has a fairly clean sound.

Or this:

Quote from: ferocious calls on May 10, 2016, 07:16:49 AM
The wood selection is often less important than the construction of the call. While some woods lend themselves to more being more raspy, the grain and thickness can determine if the call has clear crisp yelps. I make a Cedar over Cedar that consistently produces clean yelps the way it is made. It can also be built to produce raspy if desired.

Or cedar over butternut. 

Good luck!
A quality paddle caller will most run itself.  It just needs someone to carry it around the woods. Yoder409
Over time...they come to learn how little air a good yelper actually requires. ChesterCopperpot

West Augusta

My favorites are
Cherry over Butternut
Bloodwood over poplar
Purple Heart over Cherry
And Yellow heart over Black Limba
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greencop01


                     :camohat:   A combo with a mess of turkeys in it is Mahogany under Bloodwood, another is Butternut under Bloodwood.
We wait all year,why not enjoy the longbeard coming in hunting for a hen, let 'em' in close !!!

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Here's a new wood combination for me, bloodwood over cherry. The all cherry box seems to match up well with bloodwood and jatoba.
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