Do you work a box call handle up or down?

[Sir-diealot]

I find it more comfortable to have the handles down on my long box but the others I hold down between my legs and work them.

[LaLongbeard]

Depends on the box call some sound better up some down. The one box all I now own sounds better played handle down with lid stroked upwards.

[tha bugman]

Depends on the box.  My boat paddle I run sideways.  My one siders I run flat.  My two siders just depends on the mood I'm in...I may just grab them by the backend and give them a shake every now and then. 

[dublelung]

There's not a right or wrong way. You run it whichever way you think it sounds the best.

[trkehunr93]

For me I learned how to use one with the handle down, you can get loud with it that way or play it soft.  When I want to try to fire one up I flip the box handle up, great for sending out those really desperate, lookin' for love yelps, for loud, sharp cutts and cackles.

[roverboy]

I always run the paddle down.

[RutnNStrutn]

I run it both ways. Usually depending on how I am holding my gun, and therefore the ease of running the call.