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A holder for the sound-box of a pot call for a wild turkey comprises a mass-producable unitary synthetic resinous trough having a generally cylindrical shape and a coaxial U-shaped channel in the trough, the channel being wide enough to snugly removably hold the sound-box. The trough is removably mo

A holder for the sound-box of a pot call for a wild turkey comprises a mass-producable unitary synthetic resinous trough having a generally cylindrical shape and a coaxial U-shaped channel in the trough, the channel being wide enough to snugly removably hold the sound-box. The trough is removably mounted on a vertical mounting post projecting axially, vertically from a two-piece or two-strut stake the lower end of which is pointed so that it can be pushed into the ground at height not higher than that of a hunter's fingers when he is seated. Two embodiments are provided: (i) the lower strut may be retracted fully into the upper strut; (ii) the upper end of the lower strut is slidably inserted into the lower end of the upper strut and locked in position in a T-slot.

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1. A device for holding a sound-box of a pot call for a wild turkey being called by a hunter manipulating a striker on the surface of the sound-box while in a sitting position waiting for arrival of the turkey to a selected portion of ground, the device comprising, a unitary trough in which the soun

1. A device for holding a sound-box of a pot call for a wild turkey being called by a hunter manipulating a striker on the surface of the sound-box while in a sitting position waiting for arrival of the turkey to a selected portion of ground, the device comprising, a unitary trough in which the sound-box is held in a generally horizontal position, at a chosen calling height no higher than the hunter's fingers, when mounted atopa stake having an upstanding mounting post projecting axially vertically, upon which post the trough is removably mounted by securing the top of the post in a bore in the trough,the trough having a generally semicircular configuration within which is formed a U-shaped coaxial channel extending over the entire arcuate length of the trough and having a width sufficient to snugly removably hold the sound-box which is inserted laterally into the channel,the stake comprising an upper strut and a lower strut detachable from the upper strut, the lower end of the lower strut having a pointed end adapted to be pushed into the ground. 2. The device of claim 1 wherein the lower strut's lower end is flattened and its pointed end when pushed into the ground holds the stake non-rotatably about the vertical axis. 3. The device of claim 1 wherein the trough, near each end thereof, is provided with anchoring means to anchor each end of a restraining means extending over the peripheral vertical surface of the sound-box inserted therein, and adapted to secure and bias the sound-box against the channel's surfaces. 4. The device of claim 1 wherein the lower strut is telescopably fully retractable within the upper strut and adjustably extendible and secured to provide a chosen calling height. 5. The device of claim 2 wherein the lower strut's upper end is insertable in the upper strut's lower end and secured therein. 6. The device of claim 1 wherein the sound-box has a radius smaller than that of the channel. 7. The device of claim 1 wherein the sound-box has a height smaller than that of the channel, and the sound-box is secured therein with a resilient pad inserted between the sound-box and one of the trough's adjacent walls. 8. The device of claim 1 wherein the sound-box is securely held within the channel of the trough with a flexible restraining means, opposed ends of which are secured to anchoring means on opposed sides of the outer circumference of the trough.