The forum is pretty slow this time of year... so I'll try to help.

Most of the guys are using the Cherry Classic Crystal... the new Vision Crystal... and the new Vision Anodized Aluminum for kee-kee's in contests.

The striker's of choice for kee-kee's seem to be anything from the Strike Three Laminated Birch or Oak in straight tip... or just plain ol' 5/16" Hickory that comes with every Woodhaven call.

People kee-kee in different ways... but the way I do it and what seems to be the most popular and/or easy way to do it is to start near the edge of the call (approximately 1/4" in from the rim), use quite a bit of striker pressure (both with your fingers on the striker and from the striker to the call) and work the striker back and forth in 1/4" to 1/2" strokes.

Another way I know of is to start at the same place on the call using similiar pressure and try to simulate "drawing" bird wing's with your striker... in other words 3 and 4 sweeping "loops".

The reason for starting and staying on the outside edge of the call is because EVERY friction call's highest pitch is near the rim of the call... and that's what you want with a kee-kee.  It's alot easier for me to kee-kee on crystal and aluminum with a hard striker wood... anything from laminated birch or oak... to hickory or purpleheart.  It's also much easier for me to kee-kee on Woodhaven's friction calls because they have that insanely high front end already built-in... kee-kee's just roll right off the Cherry Classic Crystal and the Vision Crystal... but every single one of Woodhaven's friction calls are capable of great kee-kee's.

This probably seems confusing and/or maybe even a bit silly but it's the best description I can give... it's much easier to demonstrate in person.

I recommend getting a Woodhaven friction call use and care DVD... Mike Pentecost covers his calls from A to Z.

Hope this helps... it's definitely pretty gratifying to be able to roll a kee-kee or kee-kee run off a friction call consistently.

Good Luck!

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