VirginiaxBoi,
If you can use a turkey diaphragm call, you already have a great call.
You can make many distress sounds with one, my brother says you go "HHHHuuweeeee, hhuuwweeee" to make the standard distress cry, and all you have to do is raise and lower the pitch and cadence to mimic who IS in distress.
Fawn is real high, woods rabbits lower, desert rabbit lower yet.
Turkey sounds, elk chirps and calls, cat mews, chicken clucks, and coyote howls are just a few of the sounds you can make and use for bears.
I donate a call, and Bearman Rick gets the credit, how frickin' IRONIC.
Jackelope,
I don't sell calls, in the sense that you can just get one, out of the blue.
In the light of recent discussions and developments, I don't think that will change anytime soon.
You nailed it, nobody can tell what call is going to be "user friendly" for you, unless they have a list of your favorites to compare to.
That's the first questions I ask when designing a call for someone... what's your favorite calls, and what are your least favorite?
Every caller is different, and likes different calls.
Fred,
Oh gawd dude, you guys make me want to cry when you say you LIKE a 3n1.
If it's more than 20 years old, I can live with hearing it, but if it's a Korean one...
Ray,
I'd rather keep my objectivity, and my credibility, and not sell calls here.
That way when you get an answer from me about calls, you'll know it's an honest one, and not a sales pitch.
Selling calls, is NEVER the motivation behind one of my posts, and it never will be.
Otto,
I wish you continued success, with whatever calls you use.
Willie,
Websites like this don't run themselves, donation auctions help with this.
In my donation auction, Otto got his call for less than I could have retailed it for.
It was a win win for the site, and for one of it's members.
In the case of going over retail, I thought a bidder from another site put it very well, he said he figured he'd pay retail price PLUS whatever he was willing to donate to said site.
He understood the true value that a donation auction holds, and the gesture that it is.
Apparently you don't.
I think somebody, Bearman Rick, or anybody else, SHOULD donate something to be auctioned off.
And bidders should bid generously, recognizing the value....
It's NOT going to be me, again, anytime soon.
Krusty