Ray,
Three sentences, does not make up a long diatribe.
And they were a direct answer to your wish, that I sell calls here.
Money back? Where the heck did that come from?
I dunno, maybe Otto would want HIS money back... that's not my business.
That's between you and Otto, but I'd like to see him keep his call.
...Back to calls it is.
Fred,
The Circé calls made in the distant past, like yours, were a cut above those re-produced today.
Like my dad likes to say "They don't make stuff like this anymore".
I make a call that sounds like a jackrabbit being dragged down a dirt road.
That coarse enough?
That same call can make extremely high pitch whines and chirps.
They are open reed calls, with a unique double-stacked lexan reed, and are "user adjustable" on the fly.
VxBoi,
Crisis what crisis.
I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it. I apologize for letting it knock me off center.
You should be able to get some serious volume from a diaphragm call, many predator callers use them for extreme range and windy conditions.
Something about "not holding your mouth so closed, and letting the sound out"?
I dunno, all I can sound like is Snoopy, on his leash, gagging and choking... until I spit the thing out.
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On the topic of bear calls, this is something that has been discussed among call makers several times, call body shape;
Bears have incredible ability to process sound, and a big brain to do it with.
Fred's javelina call, and Rick's honey pots, play into this.
By having a large, highly resonant, and hollow sounding bell chamber a call can make a more realistic sound.
This can be created or exagerated by using your hands to form a large, well sealed "cup" around the call, increasing that internal volume.
This is especially true for cub bawls, and hog squaller, sounds, and makes these excellent choices for the hand caller.
Spotting and calling is the best way to learn, and to harvest called bears.
Call gently at first, and don't be forceful, but escalate the urgency if needed.
Be prepared to change sounds, and to wait for a bears easily diverted attention to return.
You calling sound might carry as far as a mile, that's a big circle, it can take a while for a bear in a fat berry patch to make it to the middle of it.
Krusty