Scratch Box
01-26-2007, 07:41 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Scratch Box
Looking for a good Scrarch Box call... I've had a super yelper but broke it last spring
Those calls are so fragile!!!
Anyhow I was thinking about getting another... Any suggestions???
Those calls are so fragile!!!Anyhow I was thinking about getting another... Any suggestions???
01-26-2007, 08:20 PM
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RE: Scratch Box
dog1 made and sent me a really nice scratch call. problem is for me I have never used one. any pointers on how to purr with it. I can get a cluck easy, yelp so-so. I am still playing with it. the clucks on it are really realistic. thanks dog1. I intend to use it this spring.
01-26-2007, 09:50 PM
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RE: Scratch Box
Hold you striker a little higher than you would a pencil and Lean it a little. Push it directly away from the lean. (If you're right handed, the lean will naturally be to the right, so push the striker across the surface to the left.) Adjust the pressure so that the tip skips across the surface. Vary the pressure and your grip. Play with it a little and work it into a bit of an arch pattern. You'll be purring in no time!
01-27-2007, 06:12 AM
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RE: Scratch Box
ORIGINAL: barefoot
Hold you striker a little higher than you would a pencil and Lean it a little. Push it directly away from the lean. (If you're right handed, the lean will naturally be to the right, so push the striker across the surface to the left.) Adjust the pressure so that the tip skips across the surface. Vary the pressure and your grip. Play with it a little and work it into a bit of an arch pattern. You'll be purring in no time!
Hold you striker a little higher than you would a pencil and Lean it a little. Push it directly away from the lean. (If you're right handed, the lean will naturally be to the right, so push the striker across the surface to the left.) Adjust the pressure so that the tip skips across the surface. Vary the pressure and your grip. Play with it a little and work it into a bit of an arch pattern. You'll be purring in no time!
For yelping and purring I very the pressure(howtight I hold thebox)on the scratch box and the pressure on the striker
Also you can play with the angle that you hold the striker
01-27-2007, 07:49 AM
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RE: Scratch Box
This is what we've always called a scratch box around here:
Are you talking about something like this...
If so, then sorry. Sometimes local dialect can make for interesting conversation.
Are you talking about something like this...
If so, then sorry. Sometimes local dialect can make for interesting conversation.
01-27-2007, 04:59 PM
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RE: Scratch Box
arkansasbowhunter,
Like barefoot and Mr L.said. Be sure and chalk both the striker and the call. Hold the call on the ends, not in the center, that would muffle any sound. Try both sides of the striker, each side will produce a slightly different sound from the call. I hold the call between my thumb and first or middle finger in my left hand and the striker is held the same in my right hand (reverse if left handed). The angle and force you use on the striker will produce and change the sound of the call.
Good Luck and Good Hunting
dog1
Like barefoot and Mr L.said. Be sure and chalk both the striker and the call. Hold the call on the ends, not in the center, that would muffle any sound. Try both sides of the striker, each side will produce a slightly different sound from the call. I hold the call between my thumb and first or middle finger in my left hand and the striker is held the same in my right hand (reverse if left handed). The angle and force you use on the striker will produce and change the sound of the call.
Good Luck and Good Hunting
dog1
