An Introduction To Calling Geese

By Robert Ford


Hunting Canadian Geese is common among many people throughout the world. To accomplish a perfect hunting trip, the primary requirement is to make the goose-call. It involves learning to make a odd sound like the geese so that they are drawn towards the hunter. Learning to make a goose-call is a strenuous thing. It is quite tough for a hunter to become efficient in calling. The calling should be of a suitable style to attract the birds and also it is essential to keep a note of the calling time.

Even if you are an expert hunter, you must have enough practice in calling, before you attempt to hunt the Canadian Geese. A useful piece of advise is to learn from friends who are experts or get a few teaching tapes and follow the instructions to learn well.

Make sure that you can blow a reed well enough before you can go to the hunting spot. Purchase a reed of a good quality which will help you learn to blow easily, and also make a sound more similar to the Canadian Geese. Learning to make a goose-like sound is quite challenging and hence you must be patient, till you master the process.

A lot of hunters succeed in hunting geese without making a call at all. Another idea is to utilize a decoy, and many hunters hire decoys to get the job done. Calling increases your chances of success in hunting Canadian Geese. Hence, with repeated practice, the decoys will be able to make genuine calls.

Calling is also important as it can help attract flocks of Canada Geese. Many hunters first begin to become interested in calling after experiencing a hunt where many flocks flew close but not close enough to their blinds and they are forced to go home with nothing. Calling helps solve this frustration as calling can attract nearby flocks into the hunting range.

The highness or lowness of the calling tone is very important. The hunting process is affected if the call is exaggerated. When the flock is still a long distance away, shout out loudly. Just as they come more and more close to the blind, your call should get softer and softer. This will ensure that your calls sound quite real to the flocks. Moreover, you should call in a specific manner that is in line with the mannerisms within the flock.

Nowadays, hunters join to form a group and go together for hunting the Canadian Geese. This has actually helped them improve calling skills to a great extent. The advantage of working as a group lies in the fact that calling in groups seems more real and produces better results. But a professional call from a good expert is comparatively less effective. Plenty of hunters calling at the same time lead the flock to believe that the sounds are coming from another flock.

Experienced hunters advise that when the geese approach closer, you can pretend to chuckle food to draw them more easily. The technique of short-reed goose calling has proved to be successful with many of the Canadian Geese hunters.

Geese emit sounds of two types, specifically cluck and honk. Thus, both these basic sounds should be imitated perfectly to bring the Canadian Geese closer to you. For the 'cluck' sound, the reed is blown for a short duration simultaneously saying the word 'whit'. Conversely, the 'honk' sound is made by blowing the reed for a short duration and then speaking the word 'whoooo-wit' starting from a high tone to end with a low tone.




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