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My son, Jacob, has decided to take his love of turkey hunting and turkey calls, and fly fishing, and make it a side hustle. In the past, he's made turkey calls and tied flies for donations to help raise money for his various adventures (GCY river trips, TKD black belt promotions, etc.). Now he is stepping into the world of making turkey calls (pot calls) and tying flies to help him earn spending money. Jacob has kicked around the idea for a couple of years, but now he's committing to it. If you're interested, you can reach out to me or I can put you in touch with him directly. He's building his Instagram page, so please check that out and give him a follow @Wooldridge_Calls. He currently has one call for sale and has one posted he made for me showing their effectiveness. We're working with him on fair pricing to be competitive and still make money without being greedy. He's 2 weeks from turning 16 and learning that aspect with our guidance. He has access to various wood types for both pots and strikers and can make the calling surface and sound board slate, glass, copper, aluminum. He can work with you on a design or come up with one on his own. Jacob's pot calls are all I carry now when I'm turkey hunting and I always go for his flies first when I'm fly fishing. I've never been disappointed. Below are some pics of his earlier pot calls and some flies he's tied. He hasn't gotten any fly pics up on his IG page, but he's planning to shortly. Thanks for considering. Pot Calls Sound.mp4

My buck from 12A West.

Arrived Tuesday , got set up , and then the rains came. Quite the downpour , some moisture inside as well. Wednesday morning sunshine . Coyotes were heard frequently and on a morning sit, 5 went by me about 20 ft away. The last one stopped to look at me. Sorry I didn’t get a pic. Ran into a herd (?) of coatimundi, 20 plus. Was surprised that the east side of 4186 burnt again. Had not known of a wild fire there this summer. F 35 flying , A10’s and border patrol helicopters. Spectacular moon rise and sun sets. Always a treat and pleasure to watch . Does were everywhere. Did not see a Buck until day 5 of my 6 days to hunt. 8:45 , he is walking down a draw and put him down at 174yds. As I watch him drop, I see a much larger /wider Buck go back up the mountain. Lesson learned, maybe glass behind the 1st Buck you see. My Buck was a 3 pt with a kicker on the right side on front side of brow tine. Drug him down the wash , about 3 hours back to camp and butcher up. I love this unit with or without a harvest. BTW, that is my happy , excited look.

6225E988-482B-4B57-A677-E0AC7B523722-8198-0000086ED92A02B7.mov To say my hunt turned out to be great would be an understatement. It was one of the best experiences ever, from scouting to the time laying hands on my ram. Memorable to say the least especially with just my nephew, grand nephew and I getting I done. So quick a run down… ram was aged at 8, but with the gnarly bases G&F said he could be 9+ but couldn’t tell for sure. Ram scored 174. One circumference landed in the bad spot in his horn which kept him from scoring higher but that just adds great character to the ram. His good side measures 91”. Oh in the last pic with grand nephew, the road that goes through the saddle, that saddle is where I shot from Brian

I've got a cva wolf with the standard and blackhorn 209 breach plugs .I upgraded the scope to a konus pro illuminated a while back . I'd let go for 250 . I've also got a pile of powerbelt platinum 338gr bullets I bought for it . If your interested we could work a deal for those also . I'm not sure how many packages I've got new. Let me know and I'll send you some pictures.

That is a great ram. Would love to see some more pics of it. Congrats

I wished i read your post earlier. I drew the early tag last year and killed the ram in my profile pic in 45c. I would love to hear how your hunt went and what you saw!! Best of luck and if you have any questions, please reach out and i will gladly share my knowledge of the unit.

I used to love me some Tequila. Its been a looong time since I got this tattoo in a shady shop in Etown KY.

I think he was between 10-14 as I went through hunter safety with him before the hun but this was something like 35 yr ago. They were only Bushnell's and not the better quality ones. He also melted my air mattress with the Coleman lantern.

Sold

Really cool! 2 hobbies I also enjoy! He does nice work

Had to come back, was windy af. Weather just starting to get nice. Saw 6 rams. Poverty Pic of small ram is sideways my bad

King George says to drink Codigo i have a friend who spends $$$$ on tequila so I’ll get some ideas from him too. I know he collects Clase Azul for the bottles. He’s shared some of that one with me too and it’s tasty. just got an answer…he says if money is not object Maestro Dobel 50. He also recommended Gran Centanario.

I have a sony A7iii 200-600 lens. (If they are close) Works well. I also use my phone and a spotter. I'm very new into photography but I like it when I can spare the time. Couple more from the kaibab

Couple bucks I saw got killed.

Things worked out pretty good!!😁

He apologized cuz he got caught, not cuz he was actually sorry?

So he gets random pics and adds his logo and posts them? Clients or not? I could have a heck of a trophy wall on a webpage if I posted every random pic someone sent me... Solid response that he apologized and removed it though.

Seems like most of the guides in the state are either poachers or frauds or both

The question has been asked. We will see how they respond.

Here’s mine from that hunt. Been looking to see what else came out and haven’t seen anything yet either.

My son drew the late youth hunt in 33. Opening day was the Friday after Thanksgiving. We made a family plan to head down Wednesday, picking up our daughter up at UofA, and have a family camping trip followed by a deer hunt. Our good friend, Christian, drove down Thursday night to help out. He's like a little brother to me and a great mentor/role model for Jacob. Our daughter even asked me to throw her hunting gear in so she could help glass Friday before heading back to UofA to study Saturday. We glassed up a couple dozen does, a handful of spikes and forks, and a few 70s bucks Friday. We got chased out by rain Saturday morning, right as we found a buck Jacob liked. We watched the bucks bed down, so we went back to camp to wait out the storm. The rain let up a few hours later and we were back out glassing, quickly relocating the bucks from Saturday morning. I was sore from a steep, rugged hike the day before, so Jacob and Christian put a plan in place to stalk up into the steep area they were and I stayed back to glass and talk them in. Something in the canyon bottom spooked the deer as they were setting up and two deer turned into about 9 running all over. By the time they settled down, the objective buck was nowhere to be seen; however, this young fork presented a perfect broadside shot at 248 yards. As was told to me, Jacob said "I didn't hike all they up this $h!t to not shoot something!" Good for him! He ended up packing it all the way down the ridge and up and down the next three ridges. He earned every bit of this young buck, but now he says he's holding out for 80s or bigger moving forward. Again, good for him! 248 yards is officially his shortest shot at a non-javelina or turkey game animal. I'm super proud of his determination and grit.

I think sometimes the tag holders are so old by the time they draw they cant get their walkers and oxygen tanks up the mountain.

Ram mount all finished and home. Wanted to share the final product. Enjoy. Good luck to all tag holders this year . Hope your out scouting now to find that trophy of a lifetime