Thanks for the boost, Renegade. Thinking about your offer.
You say "Chalk often."
I don't chalk mine often at all. Once at daybreak and that might be enough for all morning. My call holds chalk very well. I have a few secrets I won't disclose, but I'll tell you this much:
1. The wood for the strikerboard.
2. The kind of chalk I use.
3. My method of applying the first chalking.
People ask if it works when wet. When it gets wet, I rub the strikerboard on my jacket, chalk it heavily to soak up the moisture, rub it again to get as much chalk back off as I can, and then chalk it again. If the lip of the soundboard gets wet, I rub it briskly against my jacket to create some friction, and the heat of the friction seems to dry it enough. I've done that several times and the call works perfectly.
Steve.
