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Well, I had to go help my cousin's wife with a database issue yesterday after work, so I figured I might as well
take the rig and hunt on my way home. (they live near a ranch I hunt) I decided I'd give the Foxpro a rest and stick
with my TTebbe cow tip open reed on this trip. It performed nicely! Tony, I may need one of those little antler calls
soon. I had fun using this tiny little call.
I normally don't take coons, but on one stand I killed a fox and he went to throwing a painful fit and brought out the two coons to within 30 steps or so of the truck. I had the new (but used) 10 gauge up in the gun rest, so I figured I'd try to bloody it up for the first time. It put em down with ease. 
Joel Hughes, Midland, TX |
 I called this yote in with the "Dog Duster" from Tony Tebbe. It took her less than 30 seconds to come in! My wife, Michelle shot her. She was so old, she hardly had any teeth left! The second one was also called in with the "Dog Duster" it was actually a double but it was so dark I could only see one of them till the shot. 38 yards with HeviShot's "Dead Coyote". 
Glenn Guess, Alvord, TX |
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Howdy Tony. Got the calls yesterday...very, nice! Took the howlers out last night and got two packs sounding off. Finally got one howled in, but couldn't get a shot. The howlers sound great, though! I am very pleased! All three calls are beautiful. Job well done, Tony. Pat McDaniel Greenfield, IN |
Hey man! My call came in yesterday! I was like a kid in a candy store when I saw it in the package sitting
on our kitchen counter. Of course, my wife thought I was nuts for being so giddy, but you know how that goes.
They'll never understand. LOL Let me tell you what I think of this call. Amazing craftmanship is the first thing that comes to mind. It is a beauty!! You can drop the "tiny little sucker" description from this one. It is the perfect size (although I never said I didn't like the size of my first TT cow tip...I like it's small size because it fits in any pocket just perfectly and brings the critters in runnin'). I couldn't believe how thin the wall of the buffalo horn is. You can actually see through some of it. I think that makes it look even nicer. Sort of scares me to take it out in the field as I'd HATE to crack or crush it. That would kill me!! I've decided to record my sounds from this new TT call into my Foxpro so that I can leave this beauty in my collector shelf, safe and sound. I actually think it'll look better on my shelf than with all the slobber, blood, dirt, etc. that it would get if it stayed in the truck. I don't want to mess it up. A couple of my sounds sound great to my ears, and I have no doubt they will sound great coming out of my remote caller too. Thanks again Tony. It is excellent. Joel Hughes, Midland, TX |
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I have been trying to think of what to say and all I can come up with is “AWESOME! Thank you, Tony!”. I was handed a package yesterday morning by a U.S. Postal Delivery Person. A very nice lady at that! Anyway, it was a package from Tony Tebbe. Inside the box were three calls that I had purchased last week, a beautifully finished open reed call made out of Locust Wood, a Cedar Wood “Yote Smoker Supreme” with an acrylic toneboard (# 2 in the production run), and a little Steer Horn Tip call on a reel lanyard. Howdy, George! These are all very nice looking calls!! So anyway, lunch time rolls around and I am hungry. Hungry to find out how these calls sound, that is!! So I drive three miles over to the local reservation, shut off the truck and crawl under a mesquite tree. I have to say, I am really impressed with the sound produced with all three of these calls. No critter response, but then it was 105 degrees out, the middle of the day and a confusing array of sounds being produced. After work and a drive home blowing on these new calls, I kissed the wife, told her to go shopping for an hour or so and headed off to a local mountain preserve bordered by a golf course and no firearms allowed. The temperature had dropped to 102 and I was on the east side of the mountain in the shade. 17 minutes after I started using the Locust call I had a yote looking for dinner at 50 yards. The only sounds that I used were deep pitched distress. The sun was starting to set as I moved to the north side of the mountain. I used the Horn Tip in this location and after 12 minutes I had a yote to the west at 40 yards and two more show up to the north at about 75 yards. All looked hungry. This time I had made only higher pitched distress sounds. Needless to say, I am extremely pleased with these hand made calls from Tony Tebbe!!! The Locust call – This is one sweet sounding piece of wood. This call is easy to blow, easy to manage and very easy to manipulate a wide range of sounds. The Cedar Yote Smoker Supreme – Tony said that he tuned this call for distance and he did not lie. You don’t want to be in front of this call when it is being blown. It is loud, and I do mean LOUD!!! Again, this call is very easy to blow, very easy to manage and very easy to manipulate sounds on. This particular call is not a call that can be blown softly, no squeaks allowed. The Horn Tip call – What to say about this call? I am impressed? I am overwhelmed? I am shocked? I am all of the above!!! This is a little call that will allow me to do it all!!!!!!!! Now, I know that Tony spent a little extra time on this specific piece of horn because he scrimshawed a hunk of Swiss Cheese into the surface, for the Rat in me. But he also must have spent some extra time on the tone board. He had to have!! I am able to howl, bark, and ki-yi. I can get a wide range of high to low pitch distress sounds out of this little call. With the limited amount of time that I have had on it, I have to say this is one call that I will never be without. And again, this call is very easy to blow, manage and manipulate. Can I say anymore? Yea, I can, but I think you get the idea about how I feel. Tony, once again, Thank You!!! Cactus Rat Scottsdale, AZ |
The calls from Tony arrived! The turquoise open reed is incredible! I can jackrabbit ,cottontail, woodpecker, ki-yi, bark, howl, and make some realy horrible noises on it.
The Toneboard is great, realy easy to use and theres no pitch breaks anywhere. Its so easy to use my three year old can make some pretty good jack rabbit crys on it.
The "mini me" call he made for my son displays all the quality of the big one and although it may be toy sized its not toy quality! Tony thank you !!!! Slim Scottsdale, AZ |
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As some of you may know Tony Tebbe built a cow horn howler dubbed "Lucky 19" because of a 19 branded onto the horn. Well a friend of mine had some coyotes coming too close to the house on his ranch. This past Saturday I took the opportunity to try to thin em out. After waiting for the sun to get close to giving my oldest boy and I some shooting light we made our way out to the BLM that borders my buddies place. I let go of an interrogation howl and get six responses from six different locations. On the way to where I decided to set up to the closest one I let go another interrogation howl and begin to mimic the response from the closest responder. Before we can get set up he starts challenging me (which was a real surprise) so i mimic back and this really [beeep] him off. Unfortunately it doesn't [beeep] him off enough to come the rest of the way in. I ring the dinner bell and that pushes him over the edge, he is coming in and fast. Our set up is on a small rise and junipers are blocking real good observation so I can't see him but can guess where he is by volume. The last time I heard him he was 20 yards to my left. The first time I see him he is 60 yards out to my front broadside. BANG, flop he is down. Then he is back up again. I took my 17 HMR, I knew it would be close quarters and I wanted to see if it could do the job. Needless to say I wish I would've took my boys 243 (which was in the truck about 100 yards away). He had a shotgun and when I jump up to get a second shot off I spook a coyote he's got a bead on. I never saw his coyote. My boy said when I shot his coyote just looked around kinda confused and when I got up that was it. All signs point to I single lunged mine and he died soon after his escape. Needless to say the 17 will be left at home for coyotes but Lucky 19 will never be left at home, it will always have a place in my gear bag. I am real looking forward to when they get to breeding, that young male voice Lucky has should [beeep] off alot of dominant males. Thank you Tony for an awesome call, you are THE MAN. Heelerdog Modoc County, CA |
...By the way I carry all the calls that I have purchased in a camo box to every stand.
I am not just trying to make points but the calls that you made me are the easiest to work and have the
best sound to my ear of all of them.
Leon Payne Amarillo, TX |
