Rookie Goose Caller

[Set n Hooks]

I'm looking for a goose call, that isn't too hard for a first time goose caller. Also one that too steep for price.

[bobbymalone]

So you want one that the price is too steep?

I am a rookie goose caller as well so you should take my advice with a grain of salt, but I recommend starting with a short reed. I had a flute last year and still can't blow that thing right. Even if you can blow a flute like champ, you will want to move to a short reed for the versatility, so you might as well just go for it off the bat. I picked up a super cheap short reed and an instructional cd from the bargain cave at some store in owatonna. I could make some pretty good clucks and moans before I even hit the I-35 split on the drive home.

The call was $10 and is worth every penny I spent. It also isn't worth a penny more than $10. I just wanted something to learn on and am saving up for a better call. In the meantime I can cluck and whatnot to complement my hunting buddy's superior calling skills in the field.

[Cold_blood]

I am a rookie goose caller as well so you should take my advice with a grain of salt, but I recommend starting with a short reed. I had a flute last year and still can't blow that thing right. Even if you can blow a flute like champ, you will want to move to a short reed for the versatility,

saying a flute isn't as versital as a short reed is a misconception now and don't over look the flutes no one is blowing them any more so they give the geese a sound they haven't heard and it can be just as effective as a short reed ik some people that can blow me off the water with a flute no matter what you get just practice practice practice

[broken_line]

i like the canada hammer.. not really able to blow a flute yet but will let you practice on one of them the next time we go hunting and get a feel for which one suits your needs..

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Originally Posted By: bobbymalone

I am a rookie goose caller as well so you should take my advice with a grain of salt, but I recommend starting with a short reed. I had a flute last year and still can't blow that thing right. Even if you can blow a flute like champ, you will want to move to a short reed for the versatility,

saying a flute isn't as versital as a short reed is a misconception now and don't over look the flutes no one is blowing them any more so they give the geese a sound they haven't heard and it can be just as effective as a short reed ik some people that can blow me off the water with a flute no matter what you get just practice practice practice

There is a reason that very few guides and serious goose hunters blow them anymore. Flutes just can not compete with a short reed when it comes to the quality and clarity of the call. If you put hunters in the field next to me and I blew a flute they would think "oh there's a guy blowing a flute in the field next to us." If you put hunters in the field next to me and I blew my short reed they would think "there's birds in the field next to us." Could you kill geese with them yes, but don't mess around with both and try to learn each of them a little bit.

As far as the type of call you should get, you can either buy a couple of the cheap calls ($10-$25) trying to find one that works. Or you can spend $50 on a Foiles Poly Carb and $5 on his calling cd for you car and be set. IMO, I'm not a field staffer for them, so I have no affiliations, but they are the easiest calls to learn on because they don't require a lot of air to make all the calls.

[Seamus]

i just started 2 years ago and i blow the canada hammer2 and the knight and hale pit boss they are both to great calls and they are affordable

[Seamus]

i just started 2 years ago and i blow the canada hammer2 and the knight and hale pit boss they are both to great calls and they are affordable

[wooduck26]

A person who KNOWS HOW to run a flute can be deadly! and Im not talking about the typical guy on the marsh blowing a Big River, doing the tooo-it tooo-it-it. Either call can be effective in the right hands.

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An average short reed caller will sound like a goose. The average flute caller sounds like a guy blowing a flut....toooo it toooo it. You can stick up for the flute all you want, at the end of the day the short reed is just a better call...period.

[cutter08]

I would say this guy knows how to blow a flute and would probably make anyone on this forum look like a fool with a short reed.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

one thing that is just as important as learning how to blow a short reed is learning how to tune one. i have a dozen $80 or better goose calls, and just as many cheap ones....i can make them all sound pretty similar now that i have learned proper tuning techniques.

select a call that is comfortable in your hand, fits your price range, and one that you think you sound good on to start with. then buy honker talk by shawn stahl, bad grammer by scott thrienen, and a foiles or zink calling dvd and see what technique fits you best.

[WalleyeChaser]

I'm a Big River fan myself. I have used it for years, granted i have tuned it and watched many calling videos and have expanded to making many different calls. I found that if you often listen to your call's echo off of a building or group of trees you can teach yourself how to use and blow just about any call you wish.