special burns from the expo

These are a few of the many custom burned calls from the EXPO

Thanks

Thanks to my Pro Staff for making the South Dakota Northern Plains Ultimate Outdoor Expo and huge success! Shine Box Turkey Called was called the star attraction at the show by many customers and its all because of you. Dennis (Big Worm), Joel (Eski), and Ed (Fast Eddy) made it all possible. Also thanks to my lovely wife for listening to 30,000+ yelps, clucks, chirps, and purrs as I hand tuned each one of my calls for the show! Shelly is a true gem and the love of my life, her support of what I do fuels my passion for turkey hunting. Thanks to the families that missed their husbands/dads for the weekend during the show. Thanks!! This company would not exists or run with out all of you!!

Eric

Free Shine Box Calls from the South Dakota Outdoor Expo

Shine Box Turkey Calls gave away 58 free calls to kids at this years Northern Plains Ultimate Outdoor Expo! Me and my pro staff set aside 35 free calls for kids that signed up with the NWTF at the show. Unfortunately the NWTF did not participate in the 2011 Outdoor Expo. So we made sure free call vouchers were given to organizations to use them for kids that came to their booths. We also gave almost every kid that came up to our booth a free Shine Box Turkey Call.
When I counted the Free Call vouchers at the end of the show we had a total of 58 free call vouchers in the basket. We didn't just give the kids a free call my pro staff and I took the time to show every kid how to care for and use their new turkey call. I personally burned the names of 41 kids on their calls, and if I missed ya bring it next year and I will put your name on it!!
We are always proud to put a life time memory in the lives of kids. I'm a survivor of Cystic Fibrosis and lucky to be here, and lucky to be living a dream. Knowing what this terrible disease does to kids and that I've escaped some of this diseases grip I'll always try and make a kid smile. If it's a free turkey call so be it! When my time comes I'll rest well knowing that I tried to anchor kids in the hunting heritage.

Thanks to all the KIDS

Special Thanks to the South Dakota REMF & South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures

A special thanks to the REMF of South Dakota for their hospitality at the Northern Plains Ultimate Outdoor Expo. They had to listen to our turkey calls for 3 days and 2 nights while customers learned to work a Shine Box Turkey Call and the countless crowds of people crowding their booth inside and out to watch me burn turkey calls. They were some of the greatest people I've met. Thanks to John for taking the time so show me some of his pot call making tricks of the trade and giving me some special Black Hills and Montana slate, hickory striker material and chance to learn from a pro. Thanks to Gary, Al, Jerry, the Reinhart's, and others that made us feel like we had been coming there for years. Cant wait for next year.

Thanks
Shine Box Turkey Calls

Call instructions,care and use

If you recently purchased a shine box turkey call there's some important thing to remember.Pressure is key when operating a scratch box call. Use the following steps to becoming a scratch box pro, it wont take long until you are making some of the truest hen sounds ever..
1. start with the call at a 90 degree angle on the striker (keep the flat surface of the call in contact with the round striker surface)
2. make sure the surfaces are cleaned with sand paper and fresh liberal amounts of chalk is used.
3. use minimal pressure to start your purr
4. increase pressure as needed
5. see February posts sound bites to view videos
6. start with minimal pressure and increase as scratching the striker.

Northern Plains Ultimate Outdoor Expo

Thanks to the South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures for the great hospitality at the Northen Plains Ultimate Outdoor Expo in Rapid City South Dakota. The people were great and business seemed to boom with this years attendence. According to the Rapid City Sunday paper attendence hit an all time high!

We will be back next year with even more hot new turkey hunting calls not yet seen and used in the midwest. We have several new designs, wood combos, and sounds that will be put to the hands of our prostaff this Spring and Fall hunting season and put to the ultimate test. "The field" Some of the new exciting designs are the fighting hens striker, all in one multipal hen striker.
Thanks Again
Eric and the Shine Box Turkey Call Pro Staff.

North Metro Long Beards Custom Box Call

I just completed this wild burn on a special call made Larry S. Made for the North Metro Long Beards Chapter for their NWTF fundraising banquet on March 3rd. Larry is a custom call maker himself and made a this sweet sounding American Chestnut over figured Black Walnut working box call to be auctioned off. I burned the 3 gobblers in grass image on the side and a close up "Head Shot" on the paddle. If you have a special box call that you cant go hunting without and want to turn it into a working piece of art fit for the finest collection give me a call. I would be happy to work out a reasonable rate for the art work you want and turn your favorite call into a show piece. Wood burning on the sides and the paddle will not alter the sound or performance of your call. I will have to remove the top screw to safely handle your call while burning.