Tips for Suction Type Calls

[davisd9]

Hello. I just recently purchased a yelper and a trumpet.  I am very excited about learning to use these calls but really do not know what I am getting in to.  Can anyone offer up a few tips for these style calls?  Thanks!

[Basser69]

Start off by making a kissing sound while inhaling. Once you hit it right you will know it. After you get that start changing up the speed at which you run it

[shadetree callers]

 I always tuck my middle finger inside the bell of the call . This allows you to control the airflow which is very important . As you pucker your lips to make a kissing noise , touch the mouthpiece to your lips to find out how far in you should put the tip in your lips . The kissing noise will turn into yelps ! To kee kee , draw air in across the mouthpiece until you get the high pitch squeal . Then once you have the high pitched note down pat , start doing it in a series ... kee   kee  kee . It will take some practice but you should be able to yelp on it in just a few minutes . One of the best looking trumpets you can buy right now is coming from gitzit69! And of course Pappy makes alot of  great suction calls too !! You can't go wrong with one of his !

[davisd9]

I bought the English Walnut one from TRKYHTR of Mother Lode Calls.

[woodchip]

Less air is better!!

[callmakerman]

Less air is better!!

It takes very little air to play a really good yelper or trumpet. Practice,Pratice and then more Practice.  Bill

[NCBigShot]

...I've also noticed a lot of folks who inhale air all the way to their lungs when trying to use
a yelper. The air you draw in should stop just inside the mouth.
With the smaller diameter bells on the cane yelpers I just cup both hands at the end (like
when you're lighting a cigarette in the wind), to amplify and baffle the sound. Lifting fingers
up as a note is played helps direct the sound and actually adds a natural characteristic to the sound.