RE: non electronic calling and shotgun loads?
you could ask 20 predator hunters that question and get 20 different answers.every body has there favorite ones that work for them.most calls made today are good quality and will call in predators.experiment and find one or more that work for you and its like turkey calls,you realy can't ever have to many.some days you will find your self using them all before you find one that works.i have calls by johnny stewart,ej-sceery,burnham bros,verminators,quakerboy,penn woods,olt and problably a few more.they all work,none of them work all the time.if you were to blow on a hand call untill somthing showed up chances are you would pass out long before a critter showed himself.i think it would be refered to as lack of oxegen...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> i think the effective range on shot would depend on barrel length,choke size,3 inch-3 1/2 inch or 2 3/4 inch.2 3/4 with magnum turkey loads(bufferd 4's) are good to around 30 yards or so.these are effective but they have to be up close and personal.a 3 or 3 1/2 inch with a 30 inch full choke barrel and some kind of buck shot would reach out 50 yards easy.