I was just curious to hear how you friction call users work your strikers for the various turkey sounds. For instance, when you yelp do you work the striker tip in a oval, J, or straight line? Do you work the tip towards you or away from you? Near the edge of the pot or the middle?
Let me know your methods for: yelps, clucks, cutts, purrs, and fly down cackle.

No mater what call I'm trying to imitate I feel more comfortable working the striker towards me. Yelps I go "J" shape, or half circle. If I cut I'll start at the top of the call and work it straight down to the bottom. When I condition a call I'll rough it up east to west, then work the striker north to south... I hope that makes any sense!

some like using the striker towards them and this is recommended but I like to use it away from me. This is just the way I do it...I do yelps in an oval pattern without taking my striker of the surface.

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I do it in all sorts of patterns with the tip towards me, as far as where, most calls have sweet spot plus depending on where it changes the tone from an old hen to a young one more toward the edge