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More information about Rick Larnerd

I am an Army Infantry and 37-year law enforcement Veteran. I am also a full-time maker of 18th Century flintlock rifles, pistols, and fowlers doing business as, Gobbler Knob Longrifles. I am in my 24th year of "Recreating 18th Century Americana. I have been making short box turkey calls since the beginning, however, I began making longbox calls, pot calls, strikers, deer calls, and locator calls in 2023 under the banner of Mountain Music Game Calls. Mountain Music Game Calls --"Combining craftsmanship with art to showcase the most attractive features and tonal quality a piece of wood has to offer."

Awards for Rick Larnerd

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Other 2024 Entries by Rick Larnerd

	Division 1 Decorative Turkey Calls Category 23: Striker User entered description: The “barley twist” has been a woodworking feature on fine English and French furniture from as far back as the 1600s. The eye-catching and unique architecture inspired me to create a modified version of it on a turkey call striker. This tapered barley twist striker is made of curly black cherry and 7 1/2” long. Its architectural profile is labor-intensive to create and a hallmark of Mountain Music Game Calls. The shaft features a left twist, which is shaped, cut, and finished by hand, terminating in a flared tip. Its core is resin, pigmented emerald green, and runs through the entire center of the striker. A copper inlay appears on the head and is struck with the Mountain Music Game Call logo. It is finished so as to enhance the natural features of the wood. Subtle imperfections in the surface stand in mute testimony to its hand-made status and offer a careworn appearance suggesting many years of service afield luring longbeards to the gun. Go to Entry #530
	Division 1 Decorative Turkey Calls Category 23: Striker User entered description: The “barley twist” has been a woodworking feature on fine English and French furniture from as far back as the 1600s. The eye-catching and unique architecture inspired me to create a modified version of it on a turkey call striker. This tapered barley twist striker is made of black walnut and 7 1/2” long. The architectural profile is labor-intensive to create and a hallmark of Mountain Music Game Calls. The shaft features a right twist, which is shaped, cut, and finished by hand, terminating in an acorn tip. Its core is resin, pigmented cerulean blue, and runs through the entire center of the striker. A copper inlay appears on the head and is struck with the Mountain Music Game Call logo. The striker is finished so as to enhance the natural features of the wood. Subtle imperfections in the surface stand in mute testimony to its hand-made status and offer a careworn appearance suggesting many years of service afield luring longbeards to the gun. Go to Entry #531
	Division 2 Hunting Turkey Calls Category 25: Deer Call User entered description: Whitetail deer are vocal animals. They can produce a variety of sounds. Deer calls from Mountain Music Game Calls can mimic a range of deer sounds from fawn and doe bleats to the deep, guttural grunts of a tending buck. This call is made using bookmatched figured black walnut stained and sealed with tung oil to enhance the most attractive features of this wood. I am a maker by hand of 18th Century rifles, pistols, and fowling pieces. I carry that genre through when creating my deer calls. The architectural profile of the “Impersonator”™ is inspired by the architecture of rifle barrels of this era and is a hallmark of Mountain Music Game Calls. Called a "Swamped" profile, the mouthpiece begins with a certain diameter, slims down from there to the waist, then swells back out again moving forward to the bell of the barrel, just like 18th Century rifle and cannon barrels. Go to Entry #532
	Division 2 Hunting Turkey Calls Category 25: Deer Call User entered description: Whitetail deer are vocal animals. They can produce a variety of sounds. Deer calls from Mountain Music Game Calls can mimic a range of deer sounds from fawn and doe bleats to the deep, guttural grunts of a tending buck. This call is made using bookmatched curly maple stained and sealed to enhance the most attractive features of this wood. I am a maker by hand of 18th Century rifles, pistols, and fowling pieces. I carry that genre through when creating my deer calls. The architectural profile of the “Impersonator”™ is inspired by the architecture of rifle barrels of this era and is a hallmark of Mountain Music Game Calls. Called a "Swamped" profile, the mouthpiece begins with a certain diameter, slims down from there to the waist, then swells back out again moving forward to the bell of the barrel, just like 18th Century rifle and cannon barrels. Go to Entry #533
	Division 2 Hunting Turkey Calls Category 2: Long Box User entered description: This call, the, “Appalachian™,” is made with a black walnut paddle & base and with curly maple sound rails. Both woods are commonplace throughout Appalachia, an area steeped in turkey hunting tradition and is how this call gets its name. It features bookmatched black walnut for the paddle and base with bookmatched curly maple for the sound rails. The dark hues of the walnut contrasting with the lighter palette of the curly maple create a combination very pleasing to the ear and eye. At 12" long with a 6 3/4" sound chamber, this call is capable of producing those shrill cadence of yelps which will drive those longbeards crazy! It is especially effective on windy days or when you want the sounds to reach to the farthest ends of your setup. Go to Entry #545