UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Kyle Clevenger can make about any turkey call you can imagine...not just with his voice, but also his hands.

The Lewis County native has been around the sport his whole life.

"So, it all started when I was about five years old," Clevenger said. "My dad was a competition caller, and it got to be where I wanted to go around with him. And my dad would, actually, when I was a baby, carry me in the woods and set with me and turkey call. And when dad would rock me at night, when I was a baby, he would turkey call to me, and I guess it just ended up sticking."

Kyle was winning competitions early and often.

"Five years old, I go to my first contest and place second, and then it ended up exploding past that, and I won two United States Championships, and then we've called all over the United States," he said. "I have five top five finishes in the grand nationals, which that is the biggest contest that there is."

That's when he got a call from the David Letterman Show.

"'Can we have you on the show?' And I'm like, well, if this isn't a prank, you know, call back in about thirty minutes, my mom and dad are going to be here," he said. "And I was like, this is a joke. I mean, if this is an absolute joke. There's no way. And dad walked in, and he said, 'you're going to be featured on the David Letterman Show, son, in New York City, in New York.' And I'm like, oh my gosh, are you serious?"

He was the second one to be called up on stage and explained to Letterman that he was about to mimic a young turkey separated from its mom and dad.

"Crowd just went wild. I mean, it was unbelievable," Clevenger said. "I've wore the colors of West Virginia on my back and proudly said where I was from West Virginia, and to have my business now, which I started seven years ago, started making my own stuff, and it was getting hard to find good quality calls."

His company, Full Strut Turkey Calls, is now known nationwide. All his calls are handmade and custom built.

"I make 19 different diaphragms, box calls and pot calls now, friction calls," he said. "This is the busiest time, from February the 1st to up to Turkey season - and even a little bit after, I'll get people that are wanting calls. But Florida season, it just started coming in - and then this weekend, some of the other southern states, like Mississippi, Alabama, all of those are coming."

Between making calls, and helping with youth turkey events, Kyle doesn't have as much time for competitions or hunting like he used to - but he wouldn't have it any other way.

"And there you have a full strut turkey call," Clevenger said.

Clevenger's best seller is called "The Inferno". (WCHS)