A few weeks ago I ordered a couple of calls from Tim a.k.a. CCCalls on this board. Tim is located in Sumterville, Florida, not far from where I live in Brooksville, Florida. I have been admiring Tim�s calls for some time now and he had posted a picture of a call that he made called the �Florida Cracker Box� that was made from three woods that can be found in Florida (cedar, red maple, and cypress) and I knew that I had to have one. Shortly thereafter Tim had posted another picture of a one sided call made with cedar and persimmon. I am a sucker for persimmon in a turkey call and had to have one of those too. Tim called last week and said the calls were ready so my daughter and I drove over to Tim�s shop that is located back in the woods next to a old time sawmill with stacks of cypress logs getting ready to be cut into planks. Tim shop overlooks a larger pasture that you would think be full of turkeys during the spring gobbler season. Tim is a very pleasant individual, salt of the earth and well grounded. Tim is a furniture maker by trade and my daughter and I looked at his photo album of the furniture that he has made over the years and it makes you wonder how a person has that much talent to take a raw piece of wood and turn it into fine furniture. Tim�s turkey calls are no exception. If you do not have one of Tim�s calls in your collection you should. The workmanship and finish on the turkey calls is flawless. It is one of the best sounding turkey calls that I have ever heard. I thought I was a fairly good turkey caller but after hearing Tim work his calls I am humble. I only spent thirty to forty five minutes with Tim Saturday morning but feel that I have known him much longer. He is the type of guy you cannot but help like. I have attached photos of the Florida Cracker Box Call and the one-sided cedar and persimmon call. In the photo next to the Florida Cracker Box Call is a scratch call made with the same three woods (cedar, red maple, and cypress), for a little call it has an excellent sound. These calls will have a prominent place in my collection but also will be in my fanny pack in the spring.
