Playing box calls

[hunter62]

You find it harder to play the Turpin style calls as to the traditional angled calls .I don't just wondering what you all thought about it ?Thank you !

[willy8457]

I play the cost style calls better than the turpin style, but i think that's what i am used to playing. I know some guys that can make a turpin sing. IT's a matter of practice, and getting some pointer 's from someone that can play one would help.

[callmakerman]

It makes no difference to me I can play and hunt with both.

[West Augusta]

Most folks don't know to cant the lid on a straight walled call.  I can run one but not very well.  I've heard some that run them very well.  I need lots of practice.  I prefer an angled call with a spring on the lid.

[mgm1955]

I just need practice. They sound fantastic when well played.

[strutnrut]

They run differently that is for sure. As most know I love the sound of a Turpin style.  As with most calls, you have to put practice into them. So like them some don't. 

[M Sharpe]

I've always been a big fan of Turpin style boxes. That's what I started with 30 years ago. So, the playing style is nothing new to me. They have a sound all of their own. That's one of the reasons I own 9 Turpin style, with 5 of them being hen boxes with another on the way.

[Jacobson]

Turpin style box calls have become my favorite boxes. They sound great if you put in the time to learn how to run them.

[WillowRidgeCalls]

Myself I sound terrible on a Cost style call, because I've almost stopped using them, and when I do I almost tare the lids off. A Cost style is the easiest to play for most folks, just a matter of opening and closing the lid, very little wrist movement needed. A Turpin style or Hen Box call requires a little more practice, because you roll your wrist a little to work the lid from the top of the rail to the inside of it, so you have to practice the timing of rolling your wrist. Yes you can just cant the lid and play just the inside of the rail, but you won't get all of the tone out of the call. A Gibson style call is the hardest to operate. Those calls you actually play it by starting on the outside of the rail, rolling your wrist to play the top of it, and finish it by playing the inside, so your really rolling your wrist as you close the lid. Just like if you were opening a door knob. Once you learn to play a call like that, you'll have problems play a Cost style call, because your wrist will automatically try to roll the lid.

[firedup]

Don't think hard is the right word.  Its just a little different technique and motion. No problems here with either...but then I have run a few. But I think ya gotta have a solid ear for what a great turkey sound should be.  Difficult perhaps for someone new to the game.  Confidence that ya "nailed it" makes it seem a lot eaiser! 

[M Sharpe]

And starting out with a good sounding box too!! Learn to play BOTH sides!