My stepdad and I were thinking about calling up some predators on his tree farm. He took me to his garage and dug out this old game call and told me to see if I could get it working. It is an old Bill Anderson. I have never seen one before. It is built in a tackle box and uses a motorcycle battery. It has an automotive type tape player. Does anyone have any info on this caller? I got it to take a charge but the sound has alot of static. It proably needs to be taken apart and cleaned. Let my know how good this thing should sound. Thanks
Bill Anderson Electric Game Call
- Thread starter txsleeper
- Start date
GS
New member
You should jump over to the Go Go Varmit board and ask that same question. Bill Delmonte (who lurks over there) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gifprovided sounds to Bill Anderson and knows that caller well. He and Bill were business associates.
That caller was the very first that I am aware of to usher in the age of rechargable callers. I discounted it's viability due to the use of a motorcycle battery(heavy and leaked acid)that had to be vented with a hose hanging out of the caller. That caused quite a few problems with acid getting on truck seats and floorboards.
I severly underestimated the consumers desire to get away from using D-cell batteries. That caller got pretty well established as a regional product before Bill Anderson died of heart complications in 1987, the same year my father passed away from heart trouble.
That caller may be very desirable by some of the collectors. You just don't come across them often. It should sound fairly clean and may have some damage due to age or storage conditions. I would love to see a picture of it if you could post one.
That caller was the very first that I am aware of to usher in the age of rechargable callers. I discounted it's viability due to the use of a motorcycle battery(heavy and leaked acid)that had to be vented with a hose hanging out of the caller. That caused quite a few problems with acid getting on truck seats and floorboards.
I severly underestimated the consumers desire to get away from using D-cell batteries. That caller got pretty well established as a regional product before Bill Anderson died of heart complications in 1987, the same year my father passed away from heart trouble.
That caller may be very desirable by some of the collectors. You just don't come across them often. It should sound fairly clean and may have some damage due to age or storage conditions. I would love to see a picture of it if you could post one.
