Anyone use a Super Yelper scratch box call?

[notsure]

About 10 years ago a friend of mine gave me a funny little wooden turkey call that was packed in a plastic soap box. It's called The Super Yelper, and it's made in Wilmington, NC by a Richard Shively. It works great for lightly purring and clucking, especially when attempting to keep a live hen in the vicinity.

[LaLongbeard]

I have one and have used it from time to time. Makes perfect clucks and purrs.

[wvmntnhick]

It was manufactured in Wilmington at that time. The gentleman that makes them actually lives within 15 minutes of me now. Good guy. Good call. He makes some out of some rather unique woods right now. Limited editions and the sorts. Pretty cool to look at but too rich for my blood. Wouldn't even feel good taking them to the woods. But, his run if the mill stuff works just fine. As good as most any other scratch box in my opinion.


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[paboxcall]

I have one and have used it from time to time. Makes perfect clucks and purrs.

Agree, and perfect yelps and cutts too. Can get pretty aggressive on those little scratchers. Like how Richard's fit a shirt pocket nicely.

[310 gauge]

Met Mr. Richard at the Dixie Deer Classic a few years ago and bought his Super Yelper in Cedar. This little scratcher weighs less than 4 ounces but can be dynamite in the right situation. Purrs soft as a dream. I later bought his Limited Edition Teak model made out of the flooring from the Battleship U.S.S. North Carolina which is moored in Wilmington, N.C. where he used to live. I was determined to take a bird just using the "Battleship Call" one day. With a stiff wind at my back I began a hard cutting routine. After mixing in a few yelps I coaxed a Tom out of the woods well over 300 yards away. Every time that bird would stop for more than a minute I would pop cutt that little slice of magic and his head would turn back my direction. As he got closer I mixed in some soft yearning yelps and of course that easy purring these calls are famous for. Those purrs were like melted butter to his heart and I ended his cruise less than 40 yards from my setup.

[ElkTurkMan]

I have three Super Yelpers, one of his limited edition in Wormy Chestnut, one Cherry and one Walnut. All three sound good but to me ears the walnut sounds the best.

[Marc]

I do not own the Super Yelper, but I do own a few scratch boxes...  My favorite is from Lonnie Gilbert.

They are my go-to call for a long sit...  Subtle purrs and clucks, with a soft yelp mixed in, and every 20 minutes or so, I get on it. 

Currently, it is also the most fun call to play for me...

Last year I had a bird that I could barely hear gobble, and was surprised how he would gobble at those quiet clucks and purrs.  Made me realize just how good their hearing is.

Couple years back, I was sitting against a fallen tree...  I took a break to eat lunch for a bit while doing some subtle calling to a bird some distance off...  After I ate, I decided to get on the call a bit and see if I could locate the bird.  Turns out he was on the other side of the fallen tree I was sitting against.  I about jumped out of my pants from being startled by that gobble...  The remnants of my lunch when flying, as I quickly raised my gun and that bird came running around the other side of that tree right into a load of Hevi-shot....