lohman howlers

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toolyfolk

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Was at the sporting store the other day looking for a lohman howler. My buddy recommended the open reed howler (looks a lot like a duck call), he said this particular store was the only place that carried them locally. When I got there all I could find was a howler that looked like a horn. It doesn't appear to have an adjustable reed. Has anybody used this lohman howler that looks like a horn, and had good success?
 
When it comes to howlers I'm an open reed fan. I've heard the howler that you are refering to and don't care for the sound. If I were you I'd stick with the Lohman open reed. Something to understand. In the package the open reed Lohman (made of wood and looks like a duck call) doesn't look like an open reed. They package them with a reed protector, a brown plastic tube, over the reed.

My first howler was a Lohman. I walked around and quacked like a duck for a week, once I got the feel for howling on it I've had little trouble adapting to other open reed howlers.

I lost that howler and missed it dearly. About 2 years after I lost it a co-worker in the Water Department appeared in my office with an old weather beaten call in hand and asked if I'd ever seen one of these (he knew about my predator calling). I told him, "Yes I'd see it when it was new, I'd seen the first coyote called with it and if he did not mind I'd like it back. It was obvious that this was my old call because of the old castrating band that I put on the reed to add stability. I asked where he found it. He found it exactly where I left it, next to a Tucson Water Well. He was glad to return the call to me. I have always intended to repair the old call but it is beyond resurrection. I almost wish that he had never found it. My heart breaks everytime that I see it. Well, I don't break down in tears or anything like that, I just remember how well it served me before I lost it and indirectly destroyed it.

Michael
 
Hey Mike! While you were walking around "Quacking" that first week did ya have any Ducks come in? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Just kiddin~!
 
No, but I called in my wife, neighbor and dog. I sorta got the impression that NONE of them were very impressed.

As far as ducks are concerned. I believe that it takes a very special breed of cat to be a dedicated duck hunter. From what little that I can gather duck hunters pray for a day thats cold and getting colder, windy and rainy, mixed with just a little snow. And to truely enjoy the day you need to sit real still in mud and water half way up to your sit down parts. I've tried it and can tell you that from my very limited experience duck huntin' aint' for me. I've got a great college goose huntin' story that I should write up sometime. Man what an cherished experience that was.

Michael
 
Ah yes, those days spent afflicted with the disease known as "Duck Hunteritus" , you'd pray for rain and the stronger the wind the better, throw in a little fog to make it interesting and we were in paradise! I don't think I've ever been more cold, wet, and miserable, but loving it at the same time. Just to show how "sick" we were, we'd turn right around and do again at the first chance we got. Man, those were the days! LOL! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I have a lohmans howler like you are talking about. I bought mine at cabelas for my bother, but he didn't like it, so i adopted it. I have never used the horn shaped calls, but i have heard that open reeded calls don't freeze up as easily as closed reed calls. Although i do use the lohman howler in open areas, in closer contact areas i us a tally ho, its a great call that makes all vocalazations, but it lacks the volume of a actual howler. The tally how is designed as a distress call, and i sear by it as the best call on the market.
 
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