goose calls
06-05-2003, 06:53 AM
#1
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goose calls
Just wondering if you all prefer a short reed goose call or a goose flute. What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of either. In your opinion, which has a more " true" sound. The reason I ask is I blow a short reed slammer but am thinking about focusing more on a flute. Any suggestions for a good flute?
06-05-2003, 11:34 AM
#2
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 19
RE: goose calls
blowing a flute is a whole different ball game then short reeds if ur gonna look into a flute dont get a cheap one id prefer eather a Foils Meat Cutter or a Sean Mann Eastern Shoreman in tigerwood woods are deeper in the goose familys....
if ur lookin for a quality short reed id never down a winglock a delrin winglock is 50 buxs or u can get a wooden one for not much difference or a acrylic for 120 for the sr goose calls ....
advantage of flute---- Deep easy for laydowns and good comeback calls
Disadvantage--- hard to make it very fast harder for clucks harder for sounding like a flock of birds and harder to learn
flutes u blow with cheaks and short reeds u use chest air so a flute may also mess ur duck calling style up id prefer u go check it out see what u like www.winglockcalls.com is for them winglocks if u wanna look at them or try to find sean manns site he has awesom flutes i used to blow a eastern shoreman but i moved to a sr..
if ur lookin for a quality short reed id never down a winglock a delrin winglock is 50 buxs or u can get a wooden one for not much difference or a acrylic for 120 for the sr goose calls ....
advantage of flute---- Deep easy for laydowns and good comeback calls
Disadvantage--- hard to make it very fast harder for clucks harder for sounding like a flock of birds and harder to learn
flutes u blow with cheaks and short reeds u use chest air so a flute may also mess ur duck calling style up id prefer u go check it out see what u like www.winglockcalls.com is for them winglocks if u wanna look at them or try to find sean manns site he has awesom flutes i used to blow a eastern shoreman but i moved to a sr..
06-06-2003, 09:55 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: warwick ND USA
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RE: goose calls
i got a short reed goose call and a goose flute. i think it is much ezier and louder and better sounding with my goose flute. i use the short reed also but i just get better sound from my flute. but i guess it depends on what you like
06-07-2003, 03:29 AM
#4
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 19
RE: goose calls
depends if ur good with a sr goose call and there easier to learn with a sr can be tuned deep also a Greg Keats Shaman is REally Deep for a SR call or a Delrin goose call is deep also a shaved reed is also faster to make clucks and comebacks while a flute easier for laydowns and hail calls but id go with a sr
06-11-2003, 12:52 AM
#6
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 43
RE: goose calls
I use neither; both sound artificial. Instead I call with my own voice and have had good success calling in geese. Takes a bit of practice, but it gives me maximum flexibility in calling which I find is more difficult to do with the manufactured calls.
Challenge yourself by calling geese with your own voice.
Al.
Challenge yourself by calling geese with your own voice.
Al.
06-14-2003, 07:20 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: goose calls
Hey Alacrity,
I' m with you. I' ve been using my voice to call geese for years, I also use it for turkey clucks and yelps, elk mews and whines, and duck quacks. Now I didn' t say I was a " quack" I said I could sound like one.
I use Haydels Magnum Honker, and their Goose flute, which ever the geese prefer that day. I had tune all of the Magnum Honkers I sell, so they sound like the Giant Canada' s we hunt here in the midwest. I' ve also used a Big River Long Honker flute, and like it.
I' ll answer all of these types of questions I can over on the " T.R.' s Tips" forum, come on over and join us.
T.R.
I' m with you. I' ve been using my voice to call geese for years, I also use it for turkey clucks and yelps, elk mews and whines, and duck quacks. Now I didn' t say I was a " quack" I said I could sound like one.
I use Haydels Magnum Honker, and their Goose flute, which ever the geese prefer that day. I had tune all of the Magnum Honkers I sell, so they sound like the Giant Canada' s we hunt here in the midwest. I' ve also used a Big River Long Honker flute, and like it.
I' ll answer all of these types of questions I can over on the " T.R.' s Tips" forum, come on over and join us.
T.R.
