I don't know much about calls, butI would call it a hand call that makes a critter distress and pup distress. I bought this in a kitwith a ez howler also. I have been hunting lately I bought the callsin the spring. I thought hunting wouldn't be bad right after the wheat is cut. I live in Randolph county in east central Indiana. If you've ever seen the Purdue farm off of state road one you know exactly where I live. There is a DNR area about 5 minutes away that I would like to try sometime it looks like some prime territory.