Sunday, January 11, 2004

Life After Football OK, guys.  Now we can settle down and get on with our winter activities.  It was a nice ride, as long as it lasted, but it's back to business as usual. As reported last night, Dave Constantine won big at this year's Midwest National Turkey Call Carving Competition.  His decorative box call won Best of Show in the  Decorative Box Call division (Charley Burke Award), First Best of Show over all, and the Gene Upward Award (best decorative call).  The box was carved from one piece of yellow poplar, with an American cherry paddle, deer-antler peg and a hand-carved scene of a whitetail does bedded in snow with a turkey tail feather nearby.  On the back of the ornately carved box is a painted scene featuring a strutting gobbler.  As soon as I can figure out how to post a photo on this blog, I'll show you what his winning call looked like.  Meanwhile, check out his site for some of his other decorative box calls.  Best in the world, according to many collectors, and once again according to the judges at this year's competition. Later... 9:41:33 PM    comment []