I have the "growl"................the DVD that comes with it has several deer recorded making the "growl" vocalization........one of which attracts deer from every direction.

My own personal opinion of the inflection changes you hear in the sound is due to the deer running as he is making the noise.........it is violent and aggressive for sure but the ups and downs that make it sound like a "growl" are from the deer's exertions during a run. Making a steady loud sound is easy standing still but try it running down your driveway and it sounds totally different.

Maybe that is the charm........a deer hears that sound and it registers as a not just a tending grunt but an aggressive grunt from a running or trotting buck.........in other words, the chase is on somewhere and he is missing it.

I think the "growl" is just a nice grunt tube. I bought one and used it and will use it again. I toned it down a ton so as not to scare the forks right off the deer's heads that can hear me..........and it did very well as far as calls go. I stopped 3-4 deer in their tracks and made them change direction and come my way with it.........and I say 3-4 because the buck I shot may have been coming my way anyways but I don't think he was.......the brush was too thick to know for sure.

That's all I can ask for out of a call. Could I get the same thing out of 10 other calls?? Probably. I have owned a bunch of grunt tubes including a true talker and the growl got better results then any of them.

It's a good grunt tube.......I don't feel like I wasted $15 on it.


Remember guys........marketing is EVERYTHING in deer hunting. If you can't convince some guy walking slowly by the endcap shelf that YOUR product is the only reason he hasn't killed a monster yet.......you failed.