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Testimonials : Feedback from some of our happy customers...

FEEDBACKFROM BUYERS 2024

Keith took the boys out for the youth hunt on saturday,  they both got nice Jakes.  everyone was very excited

They used purpleheart Barber pole & purpleheart Black walnut strikers.

WOW! This is my fourth caller and each one has it's own unique sound. I am looking forward to using them this season. I could not be happier with the build quality and the sound of this cherry caller! Thank you for the fast shipping! Best wishes.

TURKEY CALL FRICTION CALL GREY Long Slate Cherry Signed TYLERSBURG YELPERS (#126377941326)

david123chess2014 (454)

this call is awesome simply awesome

TURKEY FRICTION BOX Double Paddle PURPLE HEART & Maple TYLERSBURG YELPERS (#155517383135)

kiballa (970)

Superb hen yelps from this caller! I would highly recommend this A+ seller to others, you won't be disappointed! The packaging and shipping exceeded my expectations!

TURKEY FRICTION CALL Red Long Slate CEDAR Signed TYLERSBURG YELPERS (#126300880124)

david123chess2014 (454)

Awesome call with lots of volume! Thank you for combining the shipping . I will purchase from this talented seller again!.

TURKEY FRICTION CALL WORMY CURLY MAPLE Pocket RED Slate TYLERSBURG YELPERS (#126372299092)

david123chess2014 (454)

Great quality and fast shipping! This call talks turkey!!! Thank you for a smooth transaction!

TURKEY CALL FRICTION CALL BLACK WALNUT RED Pocket Slate TYLERSBURG YELPERS (#126263710518)

david123chess2014 (454)

Beautiful craftsmanship and excellent quality. Highly recommend their products. Smooth transaction and fast shipping. A+++

TURKEY FRICTION CALL WORMY CURLY MAPLE Pocket RED Slate TYLERSBURG YELPERS (#155585439804)

Verified purchase

BUYER: SMR2054

Nice bird gotten with the Cedar Pocket Slate. Congratulations

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2022 & 2023 FEEDBACK

**  buyer totalcrap 

The acrylic striker is pure magic on my Cody Slate call. Works good in fall hunt cold wet conditions which is not too common for wood strikers. Haven't had the chance to hunt the other two, but soon.

TURKEY CALL FRICTION STRIKERS **3 Wild Plum Striker Set** TYLERSBURG YELPERS 


**Buyer: heirloomww

ULTRA Nice people to deal with !!!! Super Fast shipping! Will be in touch often.. THESE TURKEY CALLS WORK!!!!!

TURKEY CALL FRICTION CALL **Pocket Slate BLACK WALNUT** TYLERSBURG YELPERS 


**Buyer: turkinator56 

Excellent, condition exceeded the description!!! Top of the line

TURKEY CALL FRICTION STRIKER CORNCOB 1/4" IPE WITH SCRUBBIE TYLERSBURG YELPERS 


**Buyer: perryboytom

Tylersburg Plexiglass strikers are the only strikers that I have found to consistently work on wet slate. I even bought them for a hunting buddy and my son. Great product.

TURKEY CALL FRICTION STRIKER Curly Maple Plexiglass shaft TYLERSBURG YELPERS

 

**Buyer: wtrrid-i4yfmkm 

Just great! I have a few slate calls and I tried the new striker on them all. great purrs clicks cuts and helps. 

 Thank you for a great striker!

TURKEY CALL SLATE STRIKER **Hardwood "UGLY STICK" ** TYLERSBURG YELPERS


**Buyer: paleowilli 

What an awesome slate and striker

TURKEY CALL FRICTION SLATECALL Curly Maple Long Grey Slate TYLERSBURG YELPERS


** Buyer: bretballar

Arrived early! Craftsmanship is excellent and the sound is spot on. Cant wait to get it out in the field!

TURKEY CALL FRICTION SLATECALL Curly Maple Purple Heart TYLERSBURG YELPERS

 

**Buyer: tpt_guy 

Beautiful work. I ordered four strikers and this one is, to me, the most beautiful and also produces a very distinct fuller sound owing to the flat (rather than rounded) ebony tip.

TURKEYCALL SLATE STRIKER Black Walnut Ugly Stick Ebony Tip TYLERSBURG YELPERS

 

**Buyer: tgssco_3575 

beautiful striker….worked perfectly on every call I tried

TURKEYCALL SLATE STRIKER LACYBlack Walnut Ugly Stick Ebony TYLERSBURG YELPERS


**Buyer: wagood-99  

Thank you. Arrived perfectly as ordered. We appreciate you taking the time to list and sell small inexpensive items like this vintage chalk that complete a turkey call collection.

Turkey Box Call BLUE CARPENTER'S CHALK TYLERSBURG YELPERS Hard to Find 









2022 Hunts

Bill Sherck 


Wed, May 11, 11:07 AM (6 days ago)

Hi Wendy,

Love your strikers. My 11-year-old harvested his first bird this weekend. Gobbler followed a hen right into our calls. The barber pole got the job done…again.

Last season, my 13-year-old did the same. The barber pole and lacey are our “go tos” and make great thank you offerings to those who allow us to hunt their properties!

2020 CALL REVIEWS

New message from: knifeshark

Hello, took a nice gobbler on 5/5/20 using one of your chesnut and bone tip strikers! Got him with a .410 and a TSS 9 shot shell! 22 lbs. 9 inch beard 1 & 1/8 spurs. Thanx again for a great product! Mitchell

May 2020 Spring turkey in Ca bobtosi notes:

Today was our last day of the spring season. This is my daughter. This is how good your all’s are. This bird came from 100yds and was shot at 10.

Gotten with one of our Collector's Box calls #9!!

Doubled up on public land 6:30 AM. Called them in with Tylersburg Yelpers slate call. Worked like a charm.

Attached is a photo of my 12 year old daughters first turkey hunt this morning and her first kill at 8 am eastern time here in Southern Maryland.

As a proud father of a new hunter, it was also my very first turkey hunt. I’ve hunted deer, waterfowl, dove and quail all my life but this year she decided we were going to turkey hunt. At the last minute I purchased on eBay from you two calls. 

A Purple Heart box call and a turkey friction slate call. You super fast shipping had them arrive in time and after watching a hand full of videos on line on how to use these calls. I was able as a very, very armature caller was able to use both calls to have her first kill writhing shooting range.

I thank you fir your quick shipping and quality calls. I’m not easily impressed but I must say. I am impressed with your product and customer service.

Very Respectfully:

Rex T. Plant

2018 EBAY REVIEWS

gorgeous call almost too nice to use love the knoted wood,outstanding TURKEY CALL FRICTION BOX ** Honduran--Chestnut & Cedar**

have a similiar striker for 30 years and thought I would never find another ++++ TURKEY CALL FRICTION STRIKER Corncob Plexiglass

I live in North Louisiana this was only the 2nd time I've gotten to go this year.

I heard nothing that morning, and was leaving to go finish up some things at work, 1aàbut struck the call one more time as I neared the truck at around 8:00 and he answered. I moved in to set up but it was super thick. Called him in to shotgun range but couldn't get a clear shot. He decided something was not right a left. He was heading to an old road on my lease so I circled around to reposition. He was further up the road than I thought and I think he heard me trying to get in position next to the road and clamed up. I was pretty sure I knew where he was heading so I circled and set up one more time. Sure enough with in 15 minutes of setting up he gobbled about 100 yards below me. He was still nervous from being bumped, so didn't come straight in, just strut and gobble back and forth.30 min of occasional soft calling and scratching in leaves and he slowly eased my way. When he finally popped up over the hill at 25 yards, he was again behind some thick brush. He knew something was not right and started to put, but stepped out just enough, as he dropped his wing to leave for a clear shot.

I am heading to Kentucky for a few days the end of next week. Hope to have more pics for you then.

2017

This striker came today and it works great. I picked up a like new Ol' Faithful slate cll in the Bargain Barn at Cabelas recently and with this striker I feel like I could start winning calling championships with it! Thank you very much.

Tim Collins

UGLY STICK 2017

Tylersburg Yelpers long slate helped me tag out on my last day of the season. Just a jake but the long slate got them to turn around from the direction they were going and got em within 20 yards. And they had a hen with them. Got my son a box also. Called in a Tim with it the other day but he missed. Both look and sound outstanding. Thanks!

Bill Carters Temple, Texas 2017

2016

New message from: skippy52518

Wendy:

I didn't mean to imply the sound was bad on the striker. In fact I love it. Called in four toms this morning while the mist was still raising on the field. Unfortunately this 20 gauge just doesn't have the distance of the 12 gauge I want to get. It sure was exciting to see the blue heads gobbling and strutting though. Also had a hen come within 10 feet of me while I was purring on the slate call. This may be my go to stick for turkey hunting now. Feel free to pass on our conversations and if I do get one, I will take a pic with the stick.

Kathy

New message from: skippy52518 purchased Wormy spalted oak burl with hickory shaft May 8, 2016 from Ebay.

Wendy:

So here's the review of the striker. First off it is beautiful. Nice wood markings and design. The stick is a little top heavy but balanced enough to use. However, because of the taper and the top weight the sound is of a mature hen. Going out in the am. If I get a tom, I will send you a photo. Thanks. I can endorse this product for sure. 

Kathy

Well it happened this past Friday.(5/27/2016) Nice one also. 22 yd shot with the 20 gauge, 1 1/14 oz, #5 shot. He weighed 20 lbs, with 1" spurs, and an 8 3/4" beard. I purred it in with the stick I got from you.Yup it was exciting. I would love for you to see the photo. You can use it for any advertising. Let me know so I can see the advertisement. Thank you so much. It's now my go to stick. Kathy

Congratulations for a successful hunt!! 

Nate Ion got this bird April 30, 2016 on his birthday!! First turkey. GREAT birthday present.

His dad, Jodi, used a cherry pot call to help Nate get his bird.

Congratulations Nate!!

I know more about box calls than I let most know. Being a avid collector and all. My friend Jim is very serious critique of calls being a maker himself. I must say Well done. You made a perfect call. Could talk for hours about the fine details. Perfect representation of Purple Heart sound. Thank you Daniel Smith May 2016 (custom made purple heart box call)

Hey Wendy and Rick I just got your Deluxe Ugly Stik (with Kingwood rounded tip), and just want to say wow this is a heck of a striker. Can't wait to get back out on the woods . E. Molina, KS April 2016 

May 2016, Eric Molina wrote, and sent pictures of his turkeys "Hi wendy and rich. Filled both tags today here in the heartland kansas. Your calls are ooooo "K" keep up the good work!"

      Congrats Eric on your turkeys.

Awesome sounding call!!!! Can't wait to take it hunting!!! Recommended!!!!! TURKEY CALL FRICTION SLATE CALL ** Long Slate Hardwood**

bubba94 2016 Ebay sale

The Tom and Coyote were both taken with the 1/4" Hickory Tylersburg Stryker. The Tom scored 62: 22 lbs, 10" Beard, and 1" Spurs. Coyotes really like Tylersburg Strykers too; that Coyote came right into me on four clucks. I really appreciate your products...Truly the real deal.

Dingoboy923330

This bird was called in with one of your long slate calls using the corn cob hickory striker. My buddy actually shot him at 45 yards and he continued to come right back to the calling after scattering a bit. I fired the final shot at 35 yards. The bird had 2 beards (10.5"and 6"), 1-3/16" spurs, and weighed 22 pounds. Kris Kitzmiller May 2015

2015

Finally worked this cagey Pennsylvania Gobbler in to 35 yards with that beautiful, custom Ugly Stick you made for me Wendy! I worked him in on 7 different occasions, but when the woods went quiet on my 5th morning of hunting him, the Ugly Stick lured him over 150 yards to his demise. Can't thank you all enough for helping me to seal the deal on a FANTASTIC Spring Tom! (pot call is her own)

J. Ellen Spieles Spring Turkey Season 2015

Striker used to call in her turkey: DELUXE UGLY STICK

Kind of funny, people buy that corncob because it looks cool. However, you guys knocked it out of the park with that 1/4" hickory striker. That thing purs, clucks, puts, cuts, and yelps just like the real thing...Turkey cannot tell the difference. Seriously, the best striker ever and the Plexiglass is an awesome universal striker. The Plexiglass also sounds better than the corncob; especially for long distance calling. I was literally talking to two Toms on the Alabama side of the river, from Georgia this morning. They came all the way down river to where I was; but, they wouldn't dedicate to fly across the river. I know, that would have been a pretty tall order....I will spread the word to all my friends. You folks have an awesome and superior product.

- dingoboy92330 (Ebay sale, April 2015)

 "I used your double-sided slate\ceramic friction call along with my 'barber-pole' striker to call this gobbler in on opening day at 08:30 to 25yds. 18 lbs., 1" hooks, 8" beard. thanks for excellent calls!!! your very happy and extremely satisfied customer." 

~ Mike Callaghan, Erie, Pa.

I received my striker today and all I can say is WOW!!! Its not only a beautiful work of art but it performs flawlessly! I even tried it on some cheap commercial pots I had laying around, that always sounded like junk, and they sound great now. Its astounding the difference this striker makes. Great job on the craftsmanship and I will certainly send any pics if I get lucky this season. I am just totally floored by the quality of this thing!

Alan Dunfee, Cumming, GA

 I Live in the Mountains of north Ga and birds here are very call shy. very difficult to call and extremely weary and hard to coax in those last few yards into shooting range. Let me tell you, I've Probably spent $100 this year on Small calls, One that I could use for Seducing a timber chicken in those last few yards. EVERY call I've got so far has been real high pitched, and really had to tune the striker to get it to work. They have all sounded awful. This Pocket slate of yours sounds amazing! its got that rasp that i like of that old hen, you can get extremely quiet with it and the striker works great. its not a matter of IF, its a Matter of WHEN I get a bird with this call and my recurve bow you guys will be the first to get a picture. Great job on a great product at a great price!!!!!!!!

Warmest Regards,

Jonathan Lewis, Wildlife Artist

"I recently won one of your custom box calls [on Ebay]. Your Right, they really do bring in the birds. Please feel free to post this picture on your website. Thanks again" 

- James Silverstruck

Kathleen, GA

Rich's turkey with our old dog Cody

"Got my pocket slate and just love the hell out of it and I'm usually not the cussin type unless something really moves me good or bad. WELL, let me tell you that this experience was a movement of the good kind. just love the purr sound this call and corn cob make. really the only sound I use when I have the big gobbler reeling in. just drives them nuts, the softer the better!!!! plan on hunting this call in Potter county this spring and you can bet I'll be buying more calls from ya'll real soon. I could spend my whole paycheck on your site in a matter of minutes, but my better half just might take offense to that so I'll have to buy a little at a time!! thank you again for a GO TO CALL I plan to use!!"

-- LONNIE SHEELEY- CHAMBERSBURG PA.

?I have hunted turkeys in several states for over 15 years. I have used Lynch, Rohm Brothers and Smith Sweet Butternut box calls. When push comes to shove I go straight for Tylersburg Yelpers. They are quality handcrafted calls.?

-- Larry B. Kiehl Sr.

?Quite a few years ago I purchased one of your slate and striker friction calls at George?s Little Store just north of Tionesta, PA (Model #SS96140). While I was there, I signed up for their turkey contest. The third week of the season, I used this call to kill my biggest gobbler to date. Twenty two and a quarter pounds with an eleven and a quarter inch beard. It won the turkey contest as both the heaviest and longest beard entered. In all of this overwhelming excitement, I left my call sitting right where I short that bird. I did not get back to that area until the following spring. There sat my call, a little weathered and the lip chewed a bit by what I presume to be chipmunks. I am still using this call to this day and we are still killing turkeys!! Thanks for a GREAT product.?

-- Harry Meyer

-- Tionesta, PA N.W.T.F.

This is a great friction striker. It makes a real good tone and I will be ordering more turkey calls from ya'll.

Thank you much for your fast service. (bought wild cherry burlled striker)

- clance01_2008

This gives each one of us one.(my husband, myself and my son) They sure make a pretty sound. -Thank you Mary Ann

TURKEY CALL SLATE STRIKER TYLERSBURG YELPERS UGLY STICK

Wendy,

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 I CAN NOT wait to get this out into the woods! I know it will be my go to striker as I LOVE that unique tip you had on it. It's SO easy to play my slate with it!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I can't believe I found "the one"! I will be sure to let you know how it goes this Spring!

Ellen

J. Ellen Spieles

A few entries from my EBay Feedback (click to see more):

beautiful item and super people!

TURKEY CALL FRICTION STRIKER TYLERSBURG YELPERS RASPY

Looks great, sounds great, can't wait to try it out!!!!

TYLERSBURG YELPERS ~~DELUXE~~ Turkey Box Call

Your'e not Strutting Your Stuff if you don't own a call from this call maker! A+

TYLERSBURG YELPERS ~*~RASPIER~*~ SLATE STRIKER !!

very nice striker, beautiful piece of work, sound good....thank you very much,

TURKEY CALL SLATE STRIKER TYLERSBURG YELPERS FANCY

My third item from this excellent callmaker. I highly recommend these calls. 5*

(ONE) HANDMADE SLATE STRIKER "The UGLY stick"!!!

great set of strikers sounds great on different calls

HANDMADE SLATE STRIKERS (3) set of three!!!

Made well. Sounds good.

AFFORDABLE TURKEY BOX CALL!! THE BEST AROUND!!

It may be called "ugly" but it sure helps make a beautiful sound. A++++

(ONE) HANDMADE SLATE STRIKER "The UGLY stick"!!!

Great looking and even better sounding call! Sounds ideal/fast shipping! Thanks!

TURKEY CALL** SLATE WITH CHERRY POT**NUMBERED**L@@K!!!!

Great Sounding Call, Super-Fast Shipping, Smooth Transaction, Highly Recommend

```DELUXE SIGNED TURKEY BOX CALL!!!```

Excellent call / Great seller

SLATE TURKEY CALL HANDMADE with striker L@@K!!!

 A very interesting call, I can't wait to try it out, thank you.

TURKEY CALL FRICTION SLATE TYLERSBURG YELPERS *RED* POCKET SLATE

 Got my strikers tues all three sound awsome. Killed my first gobbler with em yesterday. Thanks so much,n ill spread tne word around. Bruce Sapp

*Nice little call good sound I'm giving as a gift to a 9yr. old future hunter

Pocket slate

*Good sound got Gobbles the first day FAST SHIPPING!

Cherry pot with purple heart striker

*Cool strikers tried them all good sound! THANKS

3 striker set

great sound, pretty call

TURKEY FRICTION BOX CALL TYLERSBURG YELPERS **CURLEY MAPLE & CEDAR** ONLY ONE!!!

Awsome product. Great service.. 

TURKEY CALL FRICTION **RED** CHERRY POT TYLERSBURG YELPERS signed and numbered

**quality all the way fit finish & the sounds it makes very happy with this call

TURKEY CALL FRICTION **RED** CHERRY POT TYLERSBURG YELPERS signed and numbered

**Great seller, excellent communication, definitely recommend doing business with

TURKEY CALL SLATE STRIKER TYLERSBURG YELPERS BARBER POLE NICE

**Nice folks. Good communication and honorable people to do business with

TURKEY CALL friction box call TYLERSBURG YELPERS WVa Wild Plum Deluxe

**This is a great turkey call! Sounds great!

TURKEY FRICTION BOX CALL TYLERSBURG YELPERS *SPALDED CURLEY MAPLE WITH WORMHOLES

**A+ Ebay Seller. The Ugly Stick is versatile and produces great sound. Thanks!

TURKEY CALL SLATE STRIKER TYLERSBURG YELPERS **UGLY STICK**

**A+ Ebay Seller. Very nice custom striker produces great sounds

TURKEY CALL SLATE STRIKER TYLERSBURG YELPERS BARBER POLE

Wendy,

It was a pleasure speaking with you. Your customer service skills are excellent. Happy to do business with you. I really like your products and can't wait to use them starting this weekend. Thanks again and take care.

R/

Scot

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