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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: ouchfoss on December 11, 2010, 10:12:52 AM

Title: Free digital call sounds
Post by: ouchfoss on December 11, 2010, 10:12:52 AM: Ive been looking around on the net as well as Youtube to see what I can find for downloadable predator call sounds whether they are MP3, .wav or what and came across the Western rivers site and found its got a ton of FREE (sort of) call sounds in MP3 format. It says that you cannot use them unless you own a Western Rivers caller but theres nothing stopping you from downloading the files so ................ :dunno:
I searched to see if someone had already posted this before and I couldnt find it so I figured I'd let everybody know.
http://www.western-rivers.com/Links-and-Downloads.asp?Agree=1 (http://www.western-rivers.com/Links-and-Downloads.asp?Agree=1)
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: Jerry malbeck on December 11, 2010, 04:30:46 PM: Copywright infringements, If you dont own the caller its not legal for you to download the sounds.
No one would probably know BUT its still not legal to do it .
Your call .
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: Kain on December 11, 2010, 05:34:48 PM: You can try this site out. I know this guys really tries to keep any protected sounds off his site.

http://www.mscustomcalls.com/MP3.html (http://www.mscustomcalls.com/MP3.html)
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: 400out on December 11, 2010, 05:37:30 PM: With all the gold albums out there that are downloadable, I can't believe you would be scared of a predator sound :dunno:
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: ouchfoss on December 11, 2010, 06:04:40 PM: I dont want anybody to get in trouble so I guess nevermind about my first post, unless you own one of their calls. Since BTKR posted that thread about how to get stuff of Youtube, I have been going crazy getting all kinds of sounds so I guess you not missing out on much by taking stuff from Western rivers. Last week I got a whole bunch of goose calls that I tried out on my waterfowl hunt the other day. Still one call I cannot find is a mother grouse squacking when she has chicks nearby. I would have to think that would be a good for yotes and bobcats.
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: Bofire on December 11, 2010, 06:22:23 PM: :)I think electronic calls are illegal for migratory birds. an water fowls!!
Carl
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: Kain on December 11, 2010, 06:33:04 PM: Quote from: Bofire on December 11, 2010, 06:22:23 PM
:)I think electronic calls are illegal for migratory birds. an water fowls!!
Carl

Yep dont use electric calls for waterfowl, turkeys (any game bird) or deer.
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: ouchfoss on December 11, 2010, 06:48:25 PM: Wow! I guess I missed that part in the game laws. I guess I better go look thru that book again. Thanks for that info. Kinda seemed to good to be true.
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: billythekidrock on December 11, 2010, 08:19:52 PM: Correct, you can not use ecalls for game birds or waterfoul, but you can use those sounds for predators. KPLU had a lot of bird podcasts with great sounds and with Audacity you can create some pretty good sequences.

Here is a list of sites that have free sounds.

http://www.varmintal.com/ahunt.htm#Calling (http://www.varmintal.com/ahunt.htm#Calling)

http://www.western-rivers.com/downloads.html (http://www.western-rivers.com/downloads.html)

http://www.ewcalls.com/Call-Sounds-Single-Files.htm (http://www.ewcalls.com/Call-Sounds-Single-Files.htm)

http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Wild_Coyote_sounds.aspx (http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Wild_Coyote_sounds.aspx)

http://www.naturesongs.com/caprpici.html (http://www.naturesongs.com/caprpici.html)

http://esnips.com/web/stevecrineroutdoors-sounds (http://esnips.com/web/stevecrineroutdoors-sounds)

http://www.allpredatorcalls.com/sound_links.htm (http://www.allpredatorcalls.com/sound_links.htm)
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: fair-chase on December 11, 2010, 08:30:43 PM: Those are some great resources billy. Just a warning if you are downloading sounds be sure to play them through your caller and not just on your computer before heading afield. I have had a few that sounded great on the computer but came out terrible when downloaded to my caller. I am not sure if it is a corruption issue or a formatting issue. While this only happens about 5% of the time it is enough to ruin a stand if you are unaware of it.
Title: Re: Free digital call sounds
Post by: billythekidrock on December 11, 2010, 08:35:14 PM: Quote from: fair-chase on December 11, 2010, 08:30:43 PM
Those are some great resources billy. Just a warning if you are downloading sounds be sure to play them through your caller and not just on your computer before heading afield. I have had a few that sounded great on the computer but came out terrible when downloaded to my caller. I am not sure if it is a corruption issue or a formatting issue. While this only happens about 5% of the time it is enough to ruin a stand if you are unaware of it.

Absolutely!

Corruption or file format issues can result anytime when downloading anything. Sometimes it as easy as re-downloading with less programs running on your pc.

Most other sound quality issues are due to the way the original sound was recorded and any conversions before it was uploaded to the web.

You can use Audacity to fix many substandard sounds.