OLD Faithful the original

[DaveHawk]

The original "Old Faithful" scratcher

[hotfxr]

OK, my friend, what is it and what does it do? My guess is it is some type of game call.

[DandJofAZ]

Looks like a back scratcher to slip down inside back of your buck skin leather shirt. Handy to pull around with the thong.

Doug

[DaveHawk]

The 2 sides are worked like a scraper over the slate to create hen sounds.  I like to use it on a pot call.

[hotfxr]

The 2 sides are worked like a scraper over the slate to create hen sounds.  I like to use it on a pot call.

Cool. But why do you want to call pots. Don't you bring your own to camp?      


(Sorry, couldn't help it.)   

[sweed]

DaveHawk assumes we are all turkey hunters, and familiar with the tools of that trade. I personally am not, nor do I ever expect to "call" a turkey...(Now if one happens to walk by..... ) So Mr. Hawk if you could for those of us uninformed curious types, provide a little explanation of the use of the fine calls you turn out I would be grateful. 
Being a wood worker my self, I see the pride you take in your work. Really fine craftsmanship, but we can not really appreciate what you have done till we understand what you do! 

[DaveHawk]

The 2 sides are worked like a scraper over the slate to create hen sounds.  I like to use it on a pot call.

Cool. But why do you want to call pots. Don't you bring your own to camp?      


(Sorry, couldn't help it.)   

no pot in my camp only pot calls lol

[DaveHawk]

DaveHawk assumes we are all turkey hunters, and familiar with the tools of that trade. I personally am not, nor do I ever expect to "call" a turkey...(Now if one happens to walk by..... ) So Mr. Hawk if you could for those of us uninformed curious types, provide a little explanation of the use of the fine calls you turn out I would be grateful. 
Being a wood worker my self, I see the pride you take in your work. Really fine craftsmanship, but we can not really appreciate what you have done till we understand what you do! 

Sweed, when I turn the pot calls I also turn strikers to match up to each individual pot call. Strikers are what make the sound, it's the instrument that plays. Most of the time I will make 4or5 strikers for 1 Pot call. This allows the hunter to quickly make changes to the pitch and the raspy quility tones.
The scratch call adds a hole new dimension the turkey calling. Tones thats I've only heard from the bird itself. 

[DandJofAZ]

Very interesting...to bad we aren't audio equipped, never having heard the difference between calls.  Some of us are just plum ignorant on some topics.

Doug

[Red Badger]

you can load a sound file here just like you can load a video....

[DaveHawk]

Morning sun turkey calls: http://youtu.be/8hQMCf5GOYA

I did this test video a few weeks ago. This will give you an idea.

[Red Badger]

Morning sun turkey calls: http://youtu.be/8hQMCf5GOYA

I did this test video a few weeks ago. This will give you an idea.

Dave - your pain killers must be in full swing... when I clicked on the link I got a message saying video is private and it won't open

[DaveHawk]

A friend explained how to get out of privacy mode. Sjould work now.

[DandJofAZ]

Wow!!  Thanks for the demo.  Now I will have a better idea what the heck you are talking about.

Doug

[DaveHawk]

Red definitely playing with less then a full deck right now , which the wife keeps reminding . I hoping to ween off in a week.