For the money anyway. I have a buck Gardner that I bought on clearance several years ago for 10 bucks and I hate it. I want something that is easy to use.
Add another vote for the Big River flute. Cheap and easy. Short reeds make more/better sounds in the hands of a more skilled caller. Best goose hunter I know blows a Big River flute for 20+ years. Of course he has some great places to hunt.
Picked this big river call up today at a yard sale. 10 bucks and was still in the unopened package. Some recommended this call on this thread and for 10 bucks it sure wasn't a risk.
I'm not gonna win any compititions but after messing with it a couple days I've made better goose sounds than I ever have with my buck Gardner call. Seems to be just a matter of learning to be consistent with the back pressure for the herrr and then the strong forced air for the brake over and the ronk. If that made any since. I think I'm gonna like this call.
We leased a pit from and hunted a lot with a gentleman from the duck creek and mingo area years ago and that was his favorite call. If the geese showed any interest at all he could make some great clucks and moans on that call and close shooting was almost a sure thing!
Over time i have had most every call lol. Myself a $20 poly rnt goozezilla is really a decent lo priced call that will cover a full range. My main goose call anymore as i have always liked n used is Grounds as i use a poly supermag nowdays but a hedge or maple suermag is what i prefer. As i was to have a spot with lots of honkers i could hunt plus run traffic i would have grounds supermag in a wood version tuned medium, polysupermag light medium and a grounds halfbreed to get that smaller goose sound and for running traffic birds
Problem is i dont like to have just 1 call as yes u can make 1 call of it is built right to have full range but like i said i rather have a few calls so there already tuned the way i like them. Only winglock i liked was that i named when rick was making them and it had edge guts in it and it was the Sudden Impact goose call as it could he tuned anyway you wanted to do it as i just cant stand victoria honker guts.
The call you have is just fine, sounds like it just needs to be tuned. What area do you live in?
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