I will not even come close to professing I am in anywhere the same league as elknut or many others on this board interms of elk hunting but in my situation I welcomed the fact the "Hoochie Mama" worked in tone and simplicity for an adaption to my calling. I have found success using this call with the traditional diaphram/reed cow calls for simulating a herd moving and it has worked to draw the interest of bulls to my location. The fact I can simply squeeze and blow allows me to not comprimise my tone or calls to create what some can do with just one call. Like I said I am a wanna be but the hoochie mama has found its way into my pack and arsenal come elk season. By no means will it replace a diaphram or my lead cow reed call but I never bought it to do that, rather simply be added to for cow/calf talk and in combination. Also we do a lot of hunting by oursleves so I can't rely on another guy to be around to help make my calling more believable/realistic. The most important thing to me is it works and I can do it...for now anyway, I am happy to say I am a sucker who owns/uses a squeeze call[&:].