Also called: Duck Call Maker, Game Call Craftsman
Turns and tunes wooden and acrylic calls that hunters blow to sound like ducks, geese, elk and turkeys.
You turn a block of cocobolo wood on a lathe into a call barrel, then fit a reed you trimmed by hand. Blowing into it again and again, you adjust the reed until it quacks just like a mallard hen. Hunters, and some calling champions, wait months for your calls.
Famous makers earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. High school; learned on the job or self-taught.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Small, loyal hunting market.
Low risk for 10 years. CNC lathes make bodies, but tuning a call by ear stays human.
Classes: Woodshop, Biology, Music, Business class.
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