Cottage Craft Works offers a full range of Custom Cut Gun Stocks to fit almost any shotgun or riffle. Stock blanks are cut and hand selected by the masters of stock craftsmen, whose trade, has been passed down from generation to generation. A wide selection is available of beautiful wood grain Figure, in a multitude of hardwoods and Grade levels to choose from. Stocks are manufactured by a small cottage based company who has become one of the leading gun stock companies in the world, located in… Continue

Cottage Craft Works unveils their newest Combo Turkey call. This call will revolutionize the art of locating and calling turkeys. Fumbling for different locator calls, and then a turkey call is a thing of the past. This all-in-one turkey call combines a traditional turkey box call with a crow, owl, and hawk call all in one unit. This beautiful Amish handcrafted call is made of various hardwoods, including cherry, walnut, and mahogany.
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I’m pleased to report we were able to donate several of our Amish crafted hunting calls to several not-for-profit groups and state chapters for annual banquets and fund raising projects. The Meade Natural Heritage Association (MNHA), NWTF and Indiana Whitetails Unlimited, Southwestern Pennsylvania Hunting Retriever Club, and Western New York Retriever Club, Inc., (WNYRC) we hope to make more donations next year based on our sales. Please join us in supporting these and all the great hunting grou… Continue

Every year my Husband and a few friends make a trip up to Illinois for bow hunting. Last year they didn't have much luck. I was wondering if anyone had any experience bow hunting in or near Jim Edgar. Whats the deer population like and the success rate? Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thank You -Michelle

I have an online store, which caters to the cottage craft industry. Several of our products come from deep within the Amish communities. One of our Amish vendors makes a full line of beautiful turkey, deer, elk, predator, and other heirloom quality items. He will build custom variations using different wood combinations, such as cherry, walnut, maple and other wood types, or even provide kits for hunters to build their own custom calls.

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Came back a couple of days early. Shot a doe and had to leave her in the woods overnight. Got a little spooky about her spoiling. The weather was not all that good to begin with. The first 2 days we had record highs, then a front came through. The temp dropped 30 degrees and rained nonstop and high winds to go with the rain. Got to pass on 3 bucks though, a 6 point and a couple of spikes. Going to go back in a couple of weeks to see if I can fill the rest of t

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Well, made our trip up to the lease this past weekend. Got up there late friday evening and got some shut eye. Woke up about 6:00 or so saturday morning and went out to the squirrel spot. Saw a few black squirrels but there is still too much green up in the trees. Couldn't get a shot off on any of them. My father shot a couple of rabbits and saw three hogs. I saw a small doe standing next to the feeder in our creek bottom stand. I tried to stand still so I wouldn't spook her and ruin that spo

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WELL DEER AND ELK OPEN ON THE 10TH. I AM HOPEING TO TAKE THAT FRIDAY OFF TO GO OUT. ITS HELL HAVING TO WORK THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WORK HAS ME SO BUSY THAT I DONT KNOW WHICH WAY IS UP. WENT OUT SCOUTING THIS WEEKEND. SEEN SOME GREAT SIGN SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND FIND A BULL. IM NOT TO WORRIED ABOUT THE DEER I DONT HAVE TO HAVE HORNS THERE, HELL YOU CANT EAT EM, BUT THEY ARE GREAT TO SHOW OFF. WISHING EVERYONE THE BEST OF LUCK.

oct 2 ( 4 doe 0700 out of range - 1 small buck 0530 bumped on the way in)

Man, I can't wait for this weekend. The summer is over and as far as I know, all of our serious work is done up at the hunting lease. We acquired some new land from the people next to our lease from last season and we now have 4800 acres to hunt on. Our lease is located in Nebo, Louisiana. We now have 40 members this season and it looks to be a good season. Everyone is getting along fine and we have a bunch of new faces and that is always fun. Hopefully some of us guys get to shoot at somethi

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