Which Goose Call?

[poutpro]

I have been learning on a cheap short reed honky tonk goose call, and am looking to get a little more expensive one now. What is the best one to get? Some of my buddies have BGB, Foiles, RNT. What would everyone suggest?

[set the drag]

cant go wrong with the SMH. I have a BGB fat boy and it has SMH guts. a truly amazing call plus jeff will help you out in N E way possible to set you up.

[Fish'n guy]

I blow a TG Pro Mag and love it, but the Super Mags are just as good (basically the same except a little shorter)for a little less $.

[whitewolf6647]

I'm a firm believer in the folies. I personally have the strait meat honker goose call and the double and single reed legend duck call. I have used the cheaper meat grinder gooses call also. All are easy to blow, relativly forgiving and they sound awesome. I think the meat grinder is like $60 and the strait meat honker is $150. I've noticed they've add a few other to the family this year and are sure to be excellent calls also.

[Nova]

Tim Grounds calls are excellent. Great customer service. I have the half breed and the long mag coca bola. I like them both, but the long mag is very realistic. Can't go wrong with a Tim Grounds call. Check out his web site he has a price range for everyone.

[WaveWacker]

I found the Tim Grounds Super Pro Mag to work for me the best.

[Sergeant Slabber]

I've been using a RNT flute call for many years and really like it. I can get alot of different tones and combinations out of it unlike some others.

[poutpro]

Does anyone use cackler calls even when you aren't trying to call in cacklers? I have heard that it works pretty good.

[Wayne Sieber]

Tim Grounds Super Mag here (thanks Matt for the recommendation!) Awesome sound (after lots of practice!)

[Rainman]

There really is no such thing as THE BEST. YOU have to try them out and see which one fits you the best. You could ask 20 different people and they could all say something different! Go and try as many as you can and go from there. I have tried pretty much all of them and most of them are good calls. But like I said, some just fit better than others.Good luck in your quest for that special one. It took me a few years. I personally like the GK Little Giant and the foiles SMH. The LG-1(little giant) is now my go to call. That thing can sound like a cackler on one note, and get down and low like a big ol gander on the next note!

P.S. They both take very little air and are very user friendly.

Rainman

[saleen281gt]

Mike "Big Guy" Keller

Mike "Big Guy" Keller, 42, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, after a 9 year battle with the muscle disease Dermatomyositis. A celebration of Mike's life will be held at Platte-Woods United Methodist Church, 7310 N.W. Prairie View Road, on Wednesday, September 21. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 11:30 a.m., with the service beginning at 1 p.m. Mike was born on March 8, 1963, at North Kansas City Hospital, to Jay Dee and Darlyne Keller. He graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1981, and Northwest Missouri State University in 1988. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to Ducks Unlimited. Mike's passion was duck hunting and ducking calling. He won the World Champion Duck Calling Contest in Stuttgart, AR, in 1985. If he wasn't hunting, he was talking about it. After Mike was diagnosed with his muscle disease, he was no longer able to work. Rather than sit at home and be sick, he decided to put his duck calling skills to work and created his own duck and goose calls. He started Big Guy's Best in 1997 and has been a very successful business owner ever since. The reasons for his success were his willingness to make sure he treated everyone with honesty and integrity. He was never too busy to help anybody who asked for help. It is impossible to describe how Mike touched the lives of the people he met. He had a presence that drew people to him. He was such a unique and special person that exuded a kindness and compassion felt by everyone. You felt like he was your best friend the first time you met him. Mike leaves behind the love of his life, wife Amy and two Labradors, Chip and Frank. He is also survived by his parents, Jay Dee Keller, Darlyne Keller (Barnes Romine), brothers Pat Keller, Brad Hayes (Kathy), and sister Jan Stout. Also surviving are many loving nieces and nephews, cousins, aunts, and in-laws. Mike's courage, hope, and positive attitude will be an inspiration to all who were lucky to know him. He never complained and never lost hope that he would one day beat his disease. He didn't let his health keep him from living a full and wonderful life. Mike's passing at such a young age is a tremendous loss to all those who love him. He will be dearly missed.

Published in the Kansas City Star on 9/16/2005.

[Rost]

I just bought a Flatliner II by Heartland Custom Calls. Looks great, sounds even better. Brian Hanson makes them out of Billings, MT. Classy guy.

Go to his HSOforum and you can listen to each of his calls.

[poutpro]

What is the difference between the new foiles market hunter and the old strait meat honker?

[poutpro]

?????

[set the drag]

dont know much bout the market hunter but I don't think it is easy to blow as the SMH. and i don't remember seeing it in acrylic either

[Rainman]

To me it is basiclly the same call, might sound just a little different. As far as ease of use, I think it blows just like a SMH. (IMO) It is available in wood and acrylic!

[HkLnSnkr]

Foiles SMH works for me as well. Had tough time adjusting to MktHunter, but I suppose I would have had better luck with more practice!

[Redwalleye]

Good calls- TG super mag,Lynch mobs, powers' and zinks' ive killed lotsa birds with my foiles, but have had issues with it staying in tune, also have heard this from several others. still a worthy option ? more opinion than anything. My favorite Calls, Heartland custom calls, Bryan Hanson Out of Billings MT I have several of his callsand love em. My go to this year is hansons new flatliner two, easy blowing and fast. Exceptional customer service aswell. I do have one cackler call on my lanyard and one of my other calls is tuned alittle high. More piercing sound for wind and long range. My advice, get a call that you are comfortable with and can talk fast on

good Luck and cutem close

[jltimm]

This is a subject I'am interested in as well.What price is a guy looking at for some of these calls that are mentioned?I bought a Big river long honker call last year at Cabelas,and I'am not to impressed at all with it's sound.

[Kodiak]

cause the big river long honker is the easiest call in the world to blow.

[Bushwacker]

For prices you can get some good custom made calls made of Delrin for $50-$80.

For Acrylics, you are looking anywhere from $120-$160.

Wood calls run anywhere from the top to the bottom depending on the maker.

The great thing about calls is that they really hold their value. If you search around you can find perfect condition acrylic calls used for $80-$100. That way you can use them a little, if you don't like them or they don't suit your style, you can sell them for about what you paid.