some help w my mouth calls

[hoosierhunter47]

Heres the issue...been using mouth calls for 3 years now and by no means am i a professional but i will say sitting in front of the computer with audio on mimicing turkey calls helps alot!!! but one issue im running into is the flock purring and putting sound...have mastered the cluck and yelps but i cant seem to grasp the purring...any tips hints...different size reeds, cuts of reeds, etc...?..thanks...oh and indiana season is the 22 of this month...cant get here soon enough

[The Kid]

some people can do purrs and some can't, i can't roll my tongue to make the soft sound?? just keep practiceing!!

[Strut10]

Can you flutter your tongue?? You know.....like making a machine gun sorta sound??? If you can, that's what you do with the call in your mouth. Don't blow, though. Huff from your diapragm (the one under your lungs).

If you can't flutter your tongue, buzz your lips. It doesn't produce as good a result (and can be kinda messy until you get the hang of it ), but it will be good enough.

[dbHunterNY]

I can do purrs pretty well. Basically, forget the call. Without it see if you can oscillate your breath. It's kind of like gargling, but definitely different. When you do it, you don't make noise with your vocal cords and your tongue is relaxed so it flutters. You change the pitch slightly with your tongue. Oscillating with more of your tongue, opposed to deep in your throat, also with your tongue further foward will give a high pitch. Oscillating your tongue/air from your throat with your tongue farther back and deeper in your throat will give a lower pitch. When purring with a call it's the same, but keeping constant pressure is important. You don't want to let the back of your tongue drop and then try to pick it back up. It will give you an inconsistent purr.

It's a hard subject to explain, but that's the best I can explain it. Best of luck.

- Dan

[Jorden]

Dont feel bad, I cant do it either