$$$$$ goose call

[kt]

Some may recall last year i was hunting for a new goose call. although i believe i can hold my own with most i felt the need (the want) for a high end call. i sit in a blind with a foiles meat call, a bill saunders traffic, a zink money maker and an acrylic eastern shoreman. Not to be out done i have just parted with a small fortune for a tim grounds Super Thang. When it arrives i am gonna be like ralphy on christmas morning. i will let you know what i think.
this whole work thing has kept me out of this goose season so far.... till saturday
kt

[skeet]

You know KT..I have all kinds of goose calls.. Even have some of the current ones. Although I like the Eastern Shoreman calls I have..In my estimation they are all really unnecessary. The Old OLT 77 and Olt 800 calls worked for years..still work and will continue to work. Most of the high end calls are made not to lure geese into your spread but to lure yer money away from your pocket to theirs.. Especially the plastics..even the acrylics. Hell they just make 'em in a mould. Now they sound good and people go all out learning to use 'em and all.. but the fact is many of those calls are designed and made to use in calling contests etc. Make people think you have the next new best call and oy vey..here comes the money. Even Sean Mann's calls were designed originally for the Eastern Shore goose hunting seasons. He, like many of us, guided. His calls were made out of wood. Many don't even know where the sound board and reeds all came from. But he won a goose calling contest and now he no longer works at the bank..He is an entrepreneur. More power to him and the others who want you to think you ain't got the best...if ya ain't got theirs. Never entered a calling contest..but I and many like me were in on the demise of hundreds of thousands of geese...with the old cheap lowly 6 dollar calls. We used what worked. We were workin killin geese...for the money and for the hunting. We couldn't afford to go rent property to hunt waterfowl. Not dissing you man...just saying...it ain't the call...its the caller. BTW go HUNTING...that work thingie will kill ya At least that's what I told my wife.

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by skeet

You know KT..I have all kinds of goose calls.. Even have some of the current ones. Although I like the Eastern Shoreman calls I have..In my estimation they are all really unnecessary. The Old OLT 77 and Olt 800 calls worked for years..still work and will continue to work. Most of the high end calls are made not to lure geese into your spread but to lure yer money away from your pocket to theirs.. Especially the plastics..even the acrylics. Hell they just make 'em in a mould. Now they sound good and people go all out learning to use 'em and all.. but the fact is many of those calls are designed and made to use in calling contests etc. Make people think you have the next new best call and oy vey..here comes the money. Even Sean Mann's calls were designed originally for the Eastern Shore goose hunting seasons. He, like many of us, guided. His calls were made out of wood. Many don't even know where the sound board and reeds all came from. But he won a goose calling contest and now he no longer works at the bank..He is an entrepreneur. More power to him and the others who want you to think you ain't got the best...if ya ain't got theirs. Never entered a calling contest..but I and many like me were in on the demise of hundreds of thousands of geese...with the old cheap lowly 6 dollar calls. We used what worked. We were workin killin geese...for the money and for the hunting. We couldn't afford to go rent property to hunt waterfowl. Not dissing you man...just saying...it ain't the call...its the caller. BTW go HUNTING...that work thingie will kill ya At least that's what I told my wife.

Agreed. I have killed more geese with my $20 Knight & Hale flute call than I have killed with my Tim Grounds whatever it is called that ran me $80 at the PA hunting show. So much of hunting nowadays is marketing, with a bunch of poop out there that really doesn't even work. Heck, almost everything is marketing nowadays. 7 years ago I almost broke down and bought a new Benelli SBE because of the new recoil system and the larger trigger guard for gloved hands. Thought about it. Thought about it some more. Then I figured I was out of my mind to drop another $1,300 on a gun for just those two reasons when I hadn't had any trouble with my gun in the first place. Then, I thought about buying the Benelli Sport II to replace by Beretta 391 Teknys Gold. I shoot the Beretta really well, but thought it would be nice to have an inertia operated auto for clays that was easy to clean like my SBE. Same thing happened. After I thought a lot about it, it wasn't worth the $1,500 for the amount of time I spend cleaning the Beretta.

There is always something new and "better" out there. I would guess that 50% of it is just BS.

KT - work sucks, but the way it is nowadays I'm sure that most people would trade hunting for job security right now.

[kt]

hey guys, can i have the needles back when you are done bursting my bubble! jk i can definately apprecaite what your saying. just looking for something new i guess.

[skeet]

Not trying to bust yer bubble..Just saying that you probably have the tools you need right now to get 'em in and down..DRT Oh BTW quit usin thAT DA@%&)(&%$@M STEEL. You'll shoot less and kill more

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by skeet

Not trying to bust yer bubble..Just saying that you probably have the tools you need right now to get 'em in and down..DRT Oh BTW quit usin thAT DA@%&)(&%$@M STEEL. You'll shoot less and kill more

Not really. We probably kill more by using steel. All those wounded and crippled birds go off somewhere and die.

Also, if you are already getting your bag limit while using steel, how can you kill more? LOL

With that said, I agree. As little as I hunt nowadays, I hunt only with Hevi-Shot. Probably costs just as much in diesel to hunt as it does in ammo.

KT - this is what I say to everybody. If you want it and can afford it, then buy it. I've bought some duds over the years too. The problem is that a lot of people disagree on what the term "afford" means. Some, like me, look at it as we have saved for retirement for the year, saved for our kids' education, but money away, and we still have money left over, so we can afford it. Others look at it as they still have available credit on their credit cards so they can afford it.

[kt]

fabs, i agree. i am trying to get my girlfriend to understand the true meaning of AFFORD.
but any how. i have recieved the super thang. it sure is pretty and comfortable to use. how ever it advertises having such a deep bottom end and i am having trouble finding it. Its there, but you have to be absolutely perfect with the back pressure to find it. i am dying to take it apart and move the reed a bit. but i will give it a few weeks before that to make sure it isnt just my calling style.
but the call doesnt work that well, i tried it saturday and didnt have a goose within 1/2 a mile of our field!
kt

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by kt

fabs, i agree. i am trying to get my girlfriend to understand the true meaning of AFFORD.
but any how. i have recieved the super thang. it sure is pretty and comfortable to use. how ever it advertises having such a deep bottom end and i am having trouble finding it. Its there, but you have to be absolutely perfect with the back pressure to find it. i am dying to take it apart and move the reed a bit. but i will give it a few weeks before that to make sure it isnt just my calling style.
but the call doesnt work that well, i tried it saturday and didnt have a goose within 1/2 a mile of our field!
kt

I went through the "afford" issue with a girlfriend/fiance of mine. Thankfully we broke up before the wedding and I found my wife a year later. Anyway, the "afford" bit is what put a fork in that relationship. She and I were on completely different levels when it came to long term goals, monetary planning, and fiscal responsibility. Then I met my wife, who is more frugal than me. The ex-fiance would lose $1,000 playing slots and not even bat an eye lash. She was at the point of spending $100+ a week on bingo. For Christmas she spent $1,500 on friends and relatives, and said when we had kids she planned on spending $1,000+ per kid. It was a complete nightmare.

As far as the call is concerned, give it some time. I take both my cheap flute and Tim Grounds call with me whenever I goose hunt. If the birds don't respond to one, I try the other. However, for the most part I have had the most success with the cheap flute, as I already mentioned. Sometimes, I use the Tim Grounds call when they are circling the decoys because I find it easier to get a lot of clucking in with it, and I am usually the only caller, so I need it. Good luck with the calling, the hunting, and the girlfriend.