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Offline Jeff @ Mutt Calls

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Getting started
« on: September 16, 2008, 11:23:46 AM »
I mostly turn duck, goose, and turkey stuff.  I have a few friends that want me to make them a deer grunt.  I like the "all wood" flute looking grunts.  I'm looking for help with the who, what. and where for the guts.  I think tuning will be easy once I get all the parts together. Any info is greatly appreciated. 

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Re: Getting started
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2008, 01:09:31 PM »
I started the flute deer grunts, made my first one over 20 years ago with a homemade toneboard that was copied off of a commercial toneboard.  The commercial toneboard that Al sells is as good as any you can buy.  You need to build the call just like the plastic tube except you will be using wood instead of the plastic tube.  You do not tune the toneboard you tune the bores of the mouth piece and the exhaust.  Experiment and you will get there with your own version.

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Offline Jeff @ Mutt Calls

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Re: Getting started
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2008, 07:44:14 PM »
Thanks Marv,  Looks like I got some work cut out for me. 

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