Deer Grunt Calls

By Bill Grove of Bills Custom Calls

After choosing the wood that I am going to use I cut 1 blank 3 ½ inches long and the other one 3 inches

long. I find the center and mark it with a punch.

I then take the longer blank and drill a 7/8 hole 1 ¼ deep with a forstner bit.

The center is now marked for the next step.

I change to a 5/8 forstner bit and since it will only reach 2 inches I drill ¾ of an inch deep then change to

a 5/8 drill bit and drill 1 1/8 deep,and now I change to a ½ inch bit and drill the rest of the way

I drill the shorter blank with a ½ hole all the way through

I turn the longer blank to my desired shape sand and finish and set off to the side

Now lets turn for the reed

I make the blank round and measure in 1 inch from each end and mark with a pencil all the way around

I turn each end to make a 7/8 tennon 1 inch long .I use an open end wrench to keep checking for size

I use a caliper to check the size of what is in the center to match it with the barrel taper the ends of each

tennon and put the O-ring grooves in

I use the plastic tube for a guide on where to put the O-ring for the tube

I put in the O-ring grooves sand and finish,Set the reed and put the tube in place

Here are a couple pics of the finished call

A very comfortable mouth piece