Sounds real similar to how I was hooked. When I first really learned about suppressors I thought they were an over priced toy of the tacticool crowd. I thought there was no way to justify the 700-1500 price tag for a mere 30 decibels of reduction.
Then one of my hunting buddies bought one and the whole time he was waiting for his stamp I gave him crap for it and basically told him I thought he threw his money away. He gets his suppressor and we go calling, 1 hour later I was giddy and trying to find enough money in my budget to order one my self. I was eating my own words so fast I choked on them. In one morning I had seen virtually every advantage they had to offer!
We could call and shoot in one draw and then walk over the hill and call and shoot in the next draw. We called in 2 coyotes the 2nd was about 500 yards behind the 1st. He dumped the 1st one and the 2nd coyote paused for a moment or 2 and kept right on coming. On the last set that morning he missed a coyote at 200 yards and when that coyote turned to leave the county he ran right at us!
That was 2 years ago, and since then nearly all of my hunting partners have cans and I've personally seen those situations play out time and time again. If nothing else they have certainly allowed us to maximize our hunting areas. I'm pretty much the last one of the group to get one, those pesky medical bills just kept coming, but I'm currently 2 months since the atf cashed my check and absolutely can't wait for my suppressor to show up!
