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Dan Searcy (MO)...Ralph Snodgrass (PA)...Bruce Wurth (CA)...Doug Camp (AL)...Cecil Fry (MO)...Rick Hess (PA).

Boat paddle calls typically feature short handles on the box as well as the lid, are usually very highly pitched, narrow, carved from one block of wood, and much longer than other calls--up to twelve inches or more in length. Also, their lids sit much lower on the call and lack a hinge spring, thereby reducing tension between the lid and the box. This makes them play differently and can take a while to get used to, but a good boat paddle call really screams--some hunters find them to be ideal for locating gobblers on windy spring days

Cedar call by Dan Searcy of Eminence, Missouri.

The Ozark Brave call by Dan. This is a limited edition and Dan only made 12 of these calls.

Another nice boat paddle, made by Ralph Snodgrass of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania

Bruce Wurth boat paddles, the top call is a mahogany with cedar lid call. The second call is walnut with white cedar inlay and cedar lid. The third call is a new call he started making that is more along the lines of a regular box call. Bruce is from Suisun, California

Doug Camp boat paddle. Mr. Camp lives in Talladega, Alabama.

Cecil Fry boat paddle. Mr. Fry is from Tecumseh, Missouri. That call is 13 inches long!

These calls were made by Rick Hess. The first call is butternut under cedar. The second call is mahogany under cedar. And an example of one of his slate calls. He also builds double boxes, both "hewn out" and sawn & glued, and scratch boxes. Rick and his wife lives in Boling Springs, PA. You can contact Rick through his website at longbeardcalls.com.