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Best box call chalk?

Started by im_otto, June 06, 2014, 06:27:38 PM

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im_otto

What is the best box call chalk for all weather conditions? And where do you buy it at?

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noisy box call that seems to sound like a flock of juvenile hens pecking their way through a wheat field

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TRKYHTR

Not sure what you mean by all weather chalk. You shouldn't be using a normal box call in the rain unless it is covered. I use the red carpenters chalk. Grips better than the other colors.
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WillowRidgeCalls

Quote from: TRKYHTR on June 06, 2014, 11:00:25 PM
Not sure what you mean by all weather chalk. You shouldn't be using a normal box call in the rain unless it is covered. I use the red carpenters chalk. Grips better than the other colors.

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Scott

im_otto

What I was thinking was that I wanted some humidity figured into the thought, not just perfect conditions. Sorry for the confusion.

WillowRidgeCalls

If your in a real humid area of the country, the less chalk the better. Chalk absorbs moisture badly, so the less you have on the better. In circumstances like that, a carpenters chalk is a finer grit chalk and will work better for you.
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nyhunter

what is the best brand of chalk to use , Walbuck , Dixon , Crayola , ?

WillowRidgeCalls

Quote from: nyhunter on June 08, 2014, 06:08:57 PM
what is the best brand of chalk to use , Walbuck , Dixon , Crayola , ?

I've used all three, couldn't tell the difference. Dixon is what I use now in red or blue colors.
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Marc

For 25¢, I don't know you you can beat the Lynch chalk sold at Wing Supply.  I bought 8 sticks of the stuff in another order and had free shipping on some promotion...  These are big sticks, and I probably won't use them up in my life-time:

http://www.wingsupply.com/turkey-deals/m-l-lynch-box-call-chalk/

My understanding is that you cannot use chalk-board chalk and many other chalks because it has was or resin in it...  It is also my understanding that most of the call chalks and carpenter's chalk is very similar...  I would be very interested to know if there is quality differences between chalks, and what those differences might be?
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