Here is where they all come from. Each call is handmade by Ray Tompkins
Well we entered another working call contest in Georgia to start out 2007 right. The contest was the first weekend in February. It was the Georgia Open and was held at Atlanta.
Ray won second place with one of his hunting trumpet calls. He also won first place in the Peoples Choice Award with a trumpet. There were a lot of calls entered and we were glad to have placed.
2006 NWTF CONVENTION AWARDS WON BY RAY
WELL RAY GOT TO ENTER SOME MORE CALLS IN THE WORKING CALL COMPETITION THIS YEAR AND DID VERY WELL.
RAY WON TWO FOURTH PLACES THIS YEAR.
ONE WITH HIS HUNTING SLATE CALL AND ONE WITH HIS HUNTING GLASS CALL.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW THE BEST OF THE BEST ENTER THIS CONTEST AND IT IS A HONOR JUST TO PLACE IN THIS COMPETITION.
2005 AWARDS WON
AWARDS WON AT 2005 NWTF CONVENTION
RAY WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CONVENTION THIS YEAR IN NASHVILLE, TN.
RAY ENTERED SEVERAL CALLS IN THE HUNTING CALL COMPETETION AND DID VERY WELL. THE AWARDS TO THE LEFT ARE THE RESULTS.
RAY WON FIRST PLACE IN THE SLATE AND PEG CATAGORY. HE ALSO WON FOURTH PLACE IN THE GLASS AND PEG CATAGORY.
THEN THE SLATE THAT WON FIRST PLACE WENT ON TO WIN THE SECOND BEST OF SHOW IN THE FRICTION CATAGORY.
CUSTOM TURKEY CALLS THAT ARE ENHANCING THE TURKEY HUNTING EXPERIENCE BY MAKING THEM THEM PAY ATTENTION.
THESE CALLS ARE MADE BY RAY TOMPKINS - RAY TOM
RAY MAKES CUSTOM TURKEY CALLS THE OLD FASHION WAY ONE AT A TIME.
BOXES, SLATE, GLASS AND LOCATOR. RAY IS LOCATED IN THE DEEP SOUTH IN OSCEOLA COUNTRY.THESE CALLS WILL GET TOM TO COME WHEN HE DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO.
RAY MAKES CALLS FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF WOOD AND VARIOUS STYLES. RAY MAKES CALLS LOOKING FOR QUALITY TONE AND SOUND FIRST THEN WORK ON THE LOOKS. RAY STARTED MAKING CALLS IN 1996. SINCE THEN RAY HAS FOUND OUT THERE ARE ABOUT AS MANY CALLMAKERS AS THERE ARE HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS. RAY HAS WON SEVERAL AWARDS AT THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION. THESE CONTEST ARE HELD AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. THE FIRST AWARD THAT RAY WON WAS A THIRD PLACE RIBBON IN 1998 WHICH WAS THE UNDERTAKER MODEL. THIS WAS A DECORATIVE BOX CALL IN THE SHAPE OF A COFFIN. THE SECOND ONE RAY WON WAS A THIRD PLACE AWARD IN THE WORKING BOX COMPETITION IN 1999. RAY THEN WON ANOTHER THIRD PLACE AWARD IN THE DECORATIVE CALL COMPETITION WITH A FIDDLE CALL IN 2000. IN 2003, RAY ALSO WON AN HONORABLE MENTION WITH A SLATE CALL IN THE WORKING FRICTION CLASS.
RAY STARTED MAKING SLATE AND GLASS CALLS IN 2000. RAY MAKES TWO DIFFERENT TYPES--A WORKING SLATE OR GLASS AND A FANCY ONE. THE FANCY ONES HAVE MORE ELABORATE CARVINGS AND INLAYS ON THEM. THE POTS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME ON THE INSIDE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST SOUNDING CALLS MADE. ALL OF MY CALLS ARE GUARANTEED FOR LOOKS AND SOUNDS.
HANDMADE BOX CALLS ARE MADE ONE AT A TIME OUT OF DOMESTIC AND EXOTIC WOODS. THIS ONE IS MADE OUT OF BLACK WALNUT WITH A ZEBRAWOOD STRIKER AND A REDHEART BASE.
CUSTOM, COLLECTABLE GLASS AND SLATE CALLS.
HAND TURNED ONE AT A TIME
CARVED CALLS WITH INLAYS LIKE THE ONE ON THE RIGHT ARE $60.00. THEY COME WITH A STANDARD HICKORY STRIKER. A TURNED BECOTE STRIKER CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $15.00
HAND TURNED TRUMPET CALLS LIKE THE ONES HERE ARE MADE FOR HUNTING.
THEY WILL CALL UP THE SLYEST OF TOMS. THEY WILL ALSO GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE OF CALLING WITH SOMETHING MOST TURKEYS AREN'T USE TO OR HAVEN'T HEARD.
