Recently, I was privileged to get an invitation to view a world class collection of duck calls. Below are several photos of just a few of the hand carved, hand painted or hand scrimshawed calls from around the world. Keep in mind these are working calls, albeit beautiful works of art – they all will call ducks!
Many of these calls are made of commonly found wood in the USA, yet there are a few created from Ivory, and a couple from horns of African game animals. Photos have call maker listed next to the photo but this is all from memory; so excuse any mistakes.
Enjoy !!! photos by Tom Cannon
Brad Samples hand carved Ivory
view through cabinet glass
Sonny Bignar, hand carved
Hand carved,Ebony wood,Kent Freeman
Hand carved by Lynn Yule, African game animal horn with Ivory accents
Hand scrimshaw, Echo call; possibly the only one of it’s kind
Ron Gould, hand carved, Ivory; titled, Heads Up/Feet Down
Hand Carved Ivory, Albert Bignar
Ivory tipped Walnut burl
Joe Bucher, hand carved & hand painted flyway series
Mike McClemore, scrimshaw Ivory
Pettibone collection
Kent Freeman, hand carved pink ivory wood call
Kent Freeman, hand carved and stippled walnut
various makers, hand carved, turkey calls
Kent Freeman, Turkish walnut
Alpen Optics
Drake Waterfowl
Fiocchi
Four Rivers Layout Boats