Warbird Turkey Calls uses many varieties of wood to make the Custom Calls you see available. We are asked quite often about wood types on calls that a lot of hunters and collectors have never heard of much less held in the hand. Below is a list of some of our Exotic and Domestic wood used for its great woodworking qualities as well as unique look and sound quality in Custom Turkey calls.

DOMESTIC 

• American "Wormy" Chestnut -  Hard to believe this wood covered 80% of the Appalachian forest 200 years ago from Georgia to Maine and as far west as the Ohio Valley but very few remain today. There are a few old growth trees left that have been found and protected. Young trees of the original strain grow but not hardly more than 35 years before dying off. There efforts being made to genetically alter the trees to make it blight resistant but just not the same. Reclaimed Chestnut lumber from Historic structures is sought after for woodworking.
•  Spalted Maple -  Spalted maple is any maple wood with dark veins caused by a pattern of rot or bacteria in the wood. Once stabilized, this wood is very decorative as it often looks like a pen and ink drawing through the wood. Often difficult to turn depending on the stage of spalting.   
• Texas Honey Mesquite - Mesquite is a remarkable wood known for its BEAUTY, STRENGTH and TENACITY. This native Texas wood has survived on the rugged Texas landscape since before the Spanish Conquistadors set foot on North America. The reddish-brown color revealed when a finish is applied gives and exceptionally distinctive appearance to wood cut parallel to the grain. The End Grain cut has its own beautiful personality of rich brown patterns.
• Pecan -  A very hard wood that works easily, finishes beautifully and exhibits striking color contrast. The heartwood is a dark brown, while the sapwood is an off white with lots of intersperced streaks of purple, red and brown. 
• Madrone Burl - Pacific Madrone grows along the Northwest Coastal Belt, 75 to 100 miles wide, from Vancouver Island all the way to mid California. It is a flowering evergreen whose leaves shed around the middle of their second summer. It is related to rhododendron. The Burl of this wood grows underneath the trunk and spreads in a cluster form.   
  

EXOTICS

• Rengas Tiger -  Native Source : Indonesia,   Has a medium to coarse texture and a straight to interlocked grain, which can yield a blood red and black striped figure. The wood finishes well and has a lustrous quality. Caution must be taken when turning this wood as the dust is very irritable 
• Loganberry (Rambutan) -  Native Source : Southeast Asia, Loganberry Wood  is similar in color to goncalo alves. It is perhaps a bit deeper in its orange color with less pronounced dark streaks. Rambutan can be found with a dense flame figure as deep as the nicest curly maple.
• Zebrawood - Exotic wood native to the Western African countries of Cameroon and Gabon. It is a hard wood, with a medium to coarse texture. The Zebra-like appearance is due to the light colored sapwood in contrast with the dark colored grain.
• Cocobola - Native Source; Most Common is Mexico and other known source is Honduras. This rosewood is a deep rich, orange red with black striping, dramatic grain pattern. Grain is straight to interlocked, often with many swirls. It is one of the most beautiful rosewoods in the world.
• Quina Wood - Native Source; Argentina, A pinkish-red wood with an oily feel and incredible perfumed scent that lasts. Quina is beautifully figured. Finely textured, this wood provides an excellent polish. Quina is extremely durable and is widely used for fine woodworking in the South Americas.
• Leopardwood -  Native Source; Chile Brazil,  Leopardwood is a fairly scarce exotic wood with dark reddish-brown color with strong broad rays. This material is straight grained with medium texture. Easily recognized by the "leopard-like" patterns in the finished wood it takes a lustrous finish. 
• Black and White Ebony - Native Source; S.E. Asia, Burma, Laos, One of the high end and more expensive ebony woods. The heartwood is creamy white with a striking contrast of distinct black veins.  Rare and unusual species of the ebony family.  Turns well and takes an excellent finish and high polish.
• Maccasar Ebony - Native source; East Indies, Philippines, Celebes Islands; Macassar Ebony is black with yellowish or reddish brown streaks. The wood is very difficult to dry, but very stable after seasoning. Macassar Ebony is hard and heavy with a very fine texture. Takes a high glossy finish.