Opinion on Sceery calls

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I was given some Sceery calls for Christmas and was wondering if they are any good or not? They are the AP series calls. Closed reed rubber coated ones. As you can tell....yes I am new to calling predatators. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
I have several of his calls. The Sceery AP-6 is by far my favorite over all others. It is the bite type call, I guess it is still considered a closed reed. It works, day or night. I have called fox down the middle of a paved road in July at high noon. I've used them when my electronics failed to produce, but they came through for me.

They are good calls! You can find something wrong with about any call out there. Slobbers up, freezes up or something. Just use them and form your own opinion before everyone tells you to only buy theirs.
 
I too have an AP-6 that I like the sound of and is easy to blow, except when it is below freezing like it is now. Two toots and the reed ices up, so I stick to open reed calls or my e-caller in the winter.

Truckeedan
 
Yah the work! I have three AP1,2,3,6 and i think they are good calls. I too got them as a gift and they are worth keeping! I have come to find that there are a lot of great calls from call makers on here too, that are way cheaper than those $20 a pop pro shop calls though! SO KEEP them just don't buy the rest of them K!
 
I have used the variable pitch for years now and its by far my favorite call that I have used. Jackrabbit, cottontail, rodent squeaks and even magpie sounds on the same call.
 
Yah, variable pitch calls rock, howl, tweet, sqweel,sqeak, pup distress, all on the same call!!!!!!
I really like the randy anderson calls for that!
 
I have all of the Sceery predator calls, and howlers, and have had great luck with them over the years. As a matter of fact I have many many other calls, but I carry my Sceery's everytime I go out. I even use them with my Foxpro sets. Practice with them all you can, and they will work for you.
 
You can check Ed Sceery out from top to bottom, and you will find that he and his products are top notch. The quality and realism of his calls are just part of the quality equation involved here; his approach to the predator calling is right on too. I would say that Ed Sceery is one of the few people involved in the call making industry who is an animal scientist, and his advice is solid, just like his calls. Armor plated, silent on the lanyard or in the pocket, and by far the easiest to work on in the field that I have seen. Any of you newer hunters who have trouble out of the closed reed calls locking up in extreme cold weather, keep in mind that you can keep those calls out in the cold weather in a plastic bag, never exposing them to the heat of your vehicle or your house, and it cuts down a lot on the condensation forming within the calling chamber. Also, it is a good idea to bring the air through backwards by putting the business end of the call to your lips and drawing just the cold air through the mouth piece using an inhaling motion as opposed to blowing all that moisture from your breath through the mouthpiece.
If I could only take one call with me, it would be the AP-6 with an extra reed or two. Another good trick to remember is that you can take one of Sceery's larger barrel calls and insert the coaxer mouthpiece and reed, and make a longer range coaxer out of it. Finally, Ed Sceery is not hard to reach for customer service, extra reeds and the like.
 
Exactly what Truckeedan said...they are great sounding EXCEPT my AP-6 has never failed to freeze up in real cold weather. I would have thrown it away one time up at my camp when I had coyotes howling not 200 yds from me in the woods and I couldn't get another squeek out of it. Mad I was mad cause that was the only call I had with me.
I will NEVER use the AP-6 again in real cold weather. I guess you can call it a 40* caller....
 
Peter,
If the AP-6 freezes, and it will do so like any other closed reed type call, then you need to know how to UNfreeze it. It can be done by blowing backwards through the barrel into the bite portion, bite on the mouthpiece and work it up and down breaking the ice formation, blow air sideways through the mouthpiece, tuck the call inside your jacket, ect... I have also carried two AP-6's on two seperate lanyards. If one freezes, tuck it inside the jacket and switch to the other. Despite the drawbacks the call is so good it demands consideration! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Sceery calls are as good as most other factory call out there. One feature I like is the rubber body. I wish all handcalls had it. I not a big fan of the AP-6 because of it's finicky reliability. I've had a couple and they all lock up in warm or cold weather. In the cold they freeze, in warm weather they stick. You can usually get them going again but this sticking and freezing is irritating enough to make me just use a different call. It's nothing to do with Sceery calls though. It is just the nature of bite calls. The JS bite call has been the most reliable as far as bite calls go but isn't a comfortable to use as the AP-6.

I do like the AP-7 and use it often. It's no Critr-Call but it's ok for a factory open reed. It sticks once in awhile when slobbered up but happens far less than an AP-6 and is easy to get going again and seems to be unaffected by the cold.

The Sceery closed reeds perform as good as any other closed reed. All freeze in the cold but work good in mild weather.

Like I said the thing I like best is the rubber body. They are pretty silent when you have more than one call around your neck.

Good hunting
 


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