Whats on everyones lanyards this year?

[Rick]

This is probably one too many.

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Not much point in carrying that whistle, is there?

[Rick]

1. Ar cut Black Monster and La cut BSOD
2. Vox Mortems

May rotate in my DC Mondo

cutdown guy now?

Don't exactly want to be a RNT guy now do I? In all honesty after using the VMs I was pretty much sold. I'll still keep my current J Frames but I got sucked into the cutdown cult. Bought two more cutdowns this morning.

Be interesting to see if that conversion weathers a season.

(Two seasons in, I'm still carrying one, but it's not made it beyond special teams status. 'Course that may not be the call's fault.)

[assateague]

Gives me a chance to go "bang, bang, bang", that's about it. They call them "calls", dammit, not "guarantors".

[Redbeard]

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

What do those richardsons sound like Rick? A regular Canada call will suffice?

[jarbo03]

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

What do those richardsons sound like Rick? A regular Canada call will suffice?

Yea, they're higher pitched but have no prob droppin in to any Canada call.

[The Duck Hammer]

1. Ar cut Black Monster and La cut BSOD
2. Vox Mortems

May rotate in my DC Mondo

cutdown guy now?

Don't exactly want to be a RNT guy now do I? In all honesty after using the VMs I was pretty much sold. I'll still keep my current J Frames but I got sucked into the cutdown cult. Bought two more cutdowns this morning.

Be interesting to see if that conversion weathers a season.

(Two seasons in, I'm still carrying one, but it's not made it beyond special teams status. 'Course that may not be the call's fault.)

Definitely will be interesting. Don't know how the birds will react where I hunted last year since it is open water and ponds. From what I hear they are quite effective in the timber so if I hunt in Arkansas this year they should work nicely.


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[Rick]

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

What do those richardsons sound like Rick? A regular Canada call will suffice?

Yea, they're higher pitched but have no prob droppin in to any Canada call.

We've had more limited seasons on them for some time, and I just tortured a speck call to sound like a Canada for the first however many of them. I've read they're tougher to toll than bigger Canadas in some areas, but they're certainly our easiest goose down here - if they're here...

[3legged_lab]

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[jarbo03]

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

What do those richardsons sound like Rick? A regular Canada call will suffice?

Yea, they're higher pitched but have no prob droppin in to any Canada call.

We've had more limited seasons on them for some time, and I just tortured a speck call to sound like a Canada for the first however many of them. I've read they're tougher to toll than bigger Canadas in some areas, but they're certainly our easiest goose down here - if they're here...

Most richardsons here are migrators just arriving when we shoot them, they tend to work well. The few that stick around with the giant Canadas can be more difficult. Giant Canadas when first arriving are by far the easiest to decoy.

[rebelp74]

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

What do those richardsons sound like Rick? A regular Canada call will suffice?

Yea, they're higher pitched but have no prob droppin in to any Canada call.

We've had more limited seasons on them for some time, and I just tortured a speck call to sound like a Canada for the first however many of them. I've read they're tougher to toll than bigger Canadas in some areas, but they're certainly our easiest goose down here - if they're here...

same here as far as easiness but for big canadas. Don't see many lessers or cacklers in my part. Only the last few seasons have the canadas started showing up in consistently big numbers. Hell even more of em than there are specks and snows up there.

[rebelp74]

1. Ar cut Black Monster and La cut BSOD
2. Vox Mortems

May rotate in my DC Mondo

cutdown guy now?

Don't exactly want to be a RNT guy now do I? In all honesty after using the VMs I was pretty much sold. I'll still keep my current J Frames but I got sucked into the cutdown cult. Bought two more cutdowns this morning.

Be interesting to see if that conversion weathers a season.

(Two seasons in, I'm still carrying one, but it's not made it beyond special teams status. 'Course that may not be the call's fault.)

Definitely will be interesting. Don't know how the birds will react where I hunted last year since it is open water and ponds. From what I hear they are quite effective in the timber so if I hunt in Arkansas this year they should work nicely.


Sent from my Vox Mortem

pretty sure they'd work great in open water. This being my first full season using cutdowns, I'm curious how call shy birds will respond. My apologies for sending you that bm to try, looks like it may have sparked something!

[The Duck Hammer]

pretty sure they'd work great in open water. This being my first full season using cutdowns, I'm curious how call shy birds will respond. My apologies for sending you that bm to try, looks like it may have sparked something!

Damn right you did. But even at $100-150 a piece they are still cheaper than RNTs are getting to be. To be honest I always like deeper raspier calls to begin with, cutdowns fit that bill better than my old calls did.

[rebelp74]

pretty sure they'd work great in open water. This being my first full season using cutdowns, I'm curious how call shy birds will respond. My apologies for sending you that bm to try, looks like it may have sparked something!

Damn right you did. But even at $100-150 a piece they are still cheaper than RNTs are getting to be. To be honest I always like deeper raspier calls to begin with, cutdowns fit that bill better than my old calls did.

rnts are becoming a joke. Squeaky, whiney, too full of hold and the designs are getting ridiculous. The thing I like most about tge cutdowns is lack of hold.

[The Duck Hammer]

pretty sure they'd work great in open water. This being my first full season using cutdowns, I'm curious how call shy birds will respond. My apologies for sending you that bm to try, looks like it may have sparked something!

Damn right you did. But even at $100-150 a piece they are still cheaper than RNTs are getting to be. To be honest I always like deeper raspier calls to begin with, cutdowns fit that bill better than my old calls did.

rnts are becoming a joke. Squeaky, whiney, too full of hold and the designs are getting ridiculous. The thing I like most about tge cutdowns is lack of hold.

I can run one of those squealy sumbitches worth a damn. I have been giving my opinion about them over on DHC and I think I am about to be blackballed. Those guys over there love the new calls. Lungless bastards couldn't run a real call if you stuck one in front of them I bet.

[rebelp74]

Damn youngsters, they fucked up everything they touch!

[Rick]

You know the drill, Francis.

[jehler]

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White trash lanyard

Whats the little green one and the black one under the DC?

the green one is called an illusion I think, same make as the bigger goose call of the same shape, cheap but sounds real good quiet, double read I think. The black one is a power hen I think, hate that piece of shit, always sticking, sounds cheap dont know why it's still there

[TNAL45]

You guys inspired me to take some pictures.

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A Canuckite.

I do like the calls.
That bocote call has a set of OTE guts in it and has the widest power band of any goose call I've laid hands on. I've laid off to try your darling XXX, but other concerns have prevented that thus far.

I have an acrylic Canuck (that I tried OTEs in but went back to the Edges) and was on the list for a bocote one, but by the time they called about having made a run of them, I'd already decided I preferred the XXX. Not quite as much crack to either my hedge or ABW XXX as the Canuck, but they're quicker and more fun (read: "easier") for this meatball Canada caller to run.

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

I pretty much hunt honkers exclusively, and find the OTEs big bottom end to compliment the mellow wood sound nicely. It doesn't have near the crack that the acrylic with edges does, but still gets plenty loud and fast for one call to do it all. Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

[Rick]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

[AKPirate]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

Rick and TNAL sound like they have PhDs in calling. I understand about a third of what they are saying. I am still bringing my shitty calls on the excellent lanyard TNAL made for me to the WCH.

[rebelp74]

You guys inspired me to take some pictures.

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A Canuckite.

I do like the calls.
That bocote call has a set of OTE guts in it and has the widest power band of any goose call I've laid hands on. I've laid off to try your darling XXX, but other concerns have prevented that thus far.

I have an acrylic Canuck (that I tried OTEs in but went back to the Edges) and was on the list for a bocote one, but by the time they called about having made a run of them, I'd already decided I preferred the XXX. Not quite as much crack to either my hedge or ABW XXX as the Canuck, but they're quicker and more fun (read: "easier") for this meatball Canada caller to run.

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

I pretty much hunt honkers exclusively, and find the OTEs big bottom end to compliment the mellow wood sound nicely. It doesn't have near the crack that the acrylic with edges does, but still gets plenty loud and fast for one call to do it all. Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

If I were hunting honkers exclusively, I wouldn't leave without a Saunders Traffic and Bay Country Shore Thing. The traffic is imho the best of the higher pitched short calls. If you like a canuck, you'd absolutely love a traffic. Probably the same with the XXX.

[TNAL45]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

Rick and TNAL sound like they have PhDs in calling. I understand about a third of what they are saying. I am still bringing my shitty calls on the excellent lanyard TNAL made for me to the WCH.

Rick might have his PHD, but I'm still a high school kid tinkering in the machine shop. I am glad you are enjoying your lanyard though!

[AKPirate]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

Rick and TNAL sound like they have PhDs in calling. I understand about a third of what they are saying. I am still bringing my shitty calls on the excellent lanyard TNAL made for me to the WCH.

Rick might have his PHD, but I'm still a high school kid tinkering in the machine shop. I am glad you are enjoying your lanyard though!

You making it out there or did Red tell you to pound sand?

[TNAL45]

[quote="TNAL45"]You guys inspired me to take some pictures.

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A Canuckite.

I do like the calls.
That bocote call has a set of OTE guts in it and has the widest power band of any goose call I've laid hands on. I've laid off to try your darling XXX, but other concerns have prevented that thus far.

I have an acrylic Canuck (that I tried OTEs in but went back to the Edges) and was on the list for a bocote one, but by the time they called about having made a run of them, I'd already decided I preferred the XXX. Not quite as much crack to either my hedge or ABW XXX as the Canuck, but they're quicker and more fun (read: "easier") for this meatball Canada caller to run.

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

I pretty much hunt honkers exclusively, and find the OTEs big bottom end to compliment the mellow wood sound nicely. It doesn't have near the crack that the acrylic with edges does, but still gets plenty loud and fast for one call to do it all. Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

If I were hunting honkers exclusively, I wouldn't leave without a Saunders Traffic and Bay Country Shore Thing. The traffic is imho the best of the higher pitched short calls. If you like a canuck, you'd absolutely love a traffic. Probably the same with the XXX.[/quote]
You aren't the first person to suggest a traffic for a higher pitched, fast call. What I fell in love with about the Canuck was how bloody versatile it is. It's a call that really can handle a lot of different guts and set ups and sound great with all of them. Quacknstack brought one by this summer, and I decided I had to have one. What I wasn't planning on was it replacing all my big honker calls. I've tinkered with it on some passing flocks this summer and have been very pleased with it.

The GK Serial Killer is next on my list to try, followed by the XXX, but the traffic isn't far off my radar.

[TNAL45]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

Rick and TNAL sound like they have PhDs in calling. I understand about a third of what they are saying. I am still bringing my shitty calls on the excellent lanyard TNAL made for me to the WCH.

Rick might have his PHD, but I'm still a high school kid tinkering in the machine shop. I am glad you are enjoying your lanyard though!

You making it out there or did Red tell you to pound sand?

I just couldn't bring myself to ask for an invitation where none was extended to me. I'd love to be there of course, but it might not be in the cards even if I were invited.

[rebelp74]

[quote="Rick"][quote="TNAL45"]You guys inspired me to take some pictures.

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A Canuckite.

I do like the calls.
That bocote call has a set of OTE guts in it and has the widest power band of any goose call I've laid hands on. I've laid off to try your darling XXX, but other concerns have prevented that thus far.

I have an acrylic Canuck (that I tried OTEs in but went back to the Edges) and was on the list for a bocote one, but by the time they called about having made a run of them, I'd already decided I preferred the XXX. Not quite as much crack to either my hedge or ABW XXX as the Canuck, but they're quicker and more fun (read: "easier") for this meatball Canada caller to run.

Naturally, since they've finally given us a full season on our little Richardsons, they pretty much quit showing up and negated the need for any Canada call. But, by golly, I'm ready for them if and when...

I pretty much hunt honkers exclusively, and find the OTEs big bottom end to compliment the mellow wood sound nicely. It doesn't have near the crack that the acrylic with edges does, but still gets plenty loud and fast for one call to do it all. Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

If I were hunting honkers exclusively, I wouldn't leave without a Saunders Traffic and Bay Country Shore Thing. The traffic is imho the best of the higher pitched short calls. If you like a canuck, you'd absolutely love a traffic. Probably the same with the XXX.[/quote]
You aren't the first person to suggest a traffic for a higher pitched, fast call. What I fell in love with about the Canuck was how bloody versatile it is. It's a call that really can handle a lot of different guts and set ups and sound great with all of them. Quacknstack brought one by this summer, and I decided I had to have one. What I wasn't planning on was it replacing all my big honker calls. I've tinkered with it on some passing flocks this summer and have been very pleased with it.

The GK Serial Killer is next on my list to try, followed by the XXX, but the traffic isn't far off my radar.[/quote]for a serial killer, just stick a lg insert in the canuck barrel. Literally that's all it is. I don't remember exactly but it was either PEI Winglocker or Randy Thomas on the fuge that started it.

[AKPirate]

[/quote]I just couldn't bring myself to ask for an invitation where none was extended to me. I'd love to be there of course, but it might not be in the cards even if I were invited.[/quote]

Red said your an idiot because of course your invited

[Rick]

I pretty much hunt honkers exclusively, and find the OTEs big bottom end to compliment the mellow wood sound nicely. It doesn't have near the crack that the acrylic with edges does, but still gets plenty loud and fast for one call to do it all. Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

If I were hunting honkers exclusively, I wouldn't leave without a Saunders Traffic and Bay Country Shore Thing. The traffic is imho the best of the higher pitched short calls. If you like a canuck, you'd absolutely love a traffic. Probably the same with the XXX.

Know many think them the gold standard, but I just let my Traffic go to a fellow looking for the original version I had with a straight-sided insert. Liked the tone alright but not the handling and preferred the Canuck. Different strokes and all that there.

[Rick]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

Rick and TNAL sound like they have PhDs in calling. I understand about a third of what they are saying. I am still bringing my shitty calls on the excellent lanyard TNAL made for me to the WCH.

Rick might have his PHD, but I'm still a high school kid tinkering in the machine shop. I am glad you are enjoying your lanyard though!

I'm fat headed enough to think I do, in fact, have a PhD in calling ducks and at least a masters in calling specks, but we just don't see enough Canadas here to learn much about pushing the buttons of the stubborn ones, which are much father and fewer between. When I was in a position to hunt Canadas pretty much daily, we were still using long reeded calls - except for the morning I won a bet calling our limits (albeit 2 per) with a 25-cent garage sale bicycle horn. Flutes were the coming thing then, but my Canada call experience bypassed them entirely, and your "tinkering" would be a fair description of my experience with short reeds. No question I've tolled far more specks and blues to their demise with short reed Canada calls than Canadas.

[AKPirate]

Both Canucks will share the lanyard in the early season, and hopefully I can do some experimenting with tones and pitches.

Hope to do something similar here. Having convinced myself that high pitch is where it's at for our little birds, that's how I've tuned everything. But my ABW call came with what Mark feels best for little geese and surprised me with how low that is. So I left it where he set it and hope to get to do some side by side testing between it my preferred tuning on its hedge twin.

Rick and TNAL sound like they have PhDs in calling. I understand about a third of what they are saying. I am still bringing my shitty calls on the excellent lanyard TNAL made for me to the WCH.

Rick might have his PHD, but I'm still a high school kid tinkering in the machine shop. I am glad you are enjoying your lanyard though!

I'm fat headed enough to think I do, in fact, have a PhD in calling ducks and at least a masters in calling specks, but we just don't see enough Canadas here to learn much about pushing the buttons of the stubborn ones, which are much father and fewer between. When I was in a position to hunt Canadas pretty much daily, we were still using long reeded calls - except for the morning I won a bet calling our limits (albeit 2 per) with a 25-cent garage sale bicycle horn. Flutes were the coming thing then, but my Canada call experience bypassed them entirely, and your "tinkering" would be a fair description of my experience with short reeds. No question I've tolled far more specks and blues to their demise with short reed Canada calls than Canadas.

Bicycle horn Another treasure story from you Rick. Always enjoy them.