Using your voice as a call

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medic joe

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Its been quite a few years now. But back when I was doing some hand calling. I mainly used a Crit'R call pee wee. Mainly because it was able to make high pitched sounds. It took me roughly 1 week until I became quite good with it. One call sound I made with it was a high pitched fawn bleat. Being good at voice impersonations. I thought I would try my own voice to make a fawn bleat. It didn't take much practice until I had that sound mastered. I believe with some practice (any of you) can also do it.

What I would do is. Tighten my throat muscles ie; closing my vocal cords. Then forcing out my lung air. Saying the words; meeee-ant.

Once I got good at making that sound. I tried it on a stand one day. It was on an abandoned farm. With a high weedy dirt mound on the edge of the farm yard. The mound over looked a timbered draw. A few hundred yards down a steep hill. No predators responded. But I did call in a stomping/snorting Doe deer within maybe 6' away from me. I also called in a feral cat. It stopped around 20' away from me. Being a dog guy. I did put my crosshairs on the cat's forehead & had a chuckle.
 
Check out the dvd predator termination time. Tim Wells uses his voice to mimic rabbit distress and does an amazing job of it.
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A few months ago I went to check on some stuff on my lease. Right at dark a pack of coyotes opened up only a few hundred yards away. I go to my truck to get a hand call that I usually keep in my truck, but I took them out and left them at the house. I did find an old turkey mouth call. I popped it in and sounded like a dead coyote trying to howl. It didn't work. LoL
 
My great grandfather was a water well driller, Nevada State Assemblyman, a party animal that loved to throw em back, and a government animal control employee. When I was a little kid we went to his house in Battle Mountain Nevada and he showed me his coyote pelts and handcalls. My very first exposure to it all. He proceeded to walk outside... as he lived on the edge of town...and let out a couple howls with his voice...and he got an answer back. I thought that was the most awsomest thing I had ever seen or heard of. This was in the early/ mid 1970s. He was pretty old at that time but still a bit wild.
 
My voice howls sound terrible. But coyotes routinely answer back.

But then, coyotes routinely howl at the sound of my tent door zipper in the middle of the night when I get up to take a leak too.

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medic joe said:
I mainly used a Crit'R call pee wee.
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The brand went dormant for about five years after Major retired. A couple of years ago, Steve and Tyler bought the company and all the equipment, bringing it back to life. They're now made right here in Oklahoma.

I carry a Pee Wee in my chest rig, and it's become a permanent part of my setup. Steve and Tyler are stand-up guys who are passionate about keeping the Criter Call name going.

In a couple of weeks, I'll be on a predator calling panel at the Racks & Rods Expo in Oklahoma alongside several other callers. Criter Call put the panel together, and they'll be there as well.

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When my son was 8, we were bow hunting... there was a very bad accident on the interstate and the sirens were blowing for an hour....unfortunatly Lifeflight and all.
Well the coyotes on the next ridge over started howling and I told him to mimic them....he did to a T. I was flabbergasted how good he sounded (that's a hint for all you guys that record your own sounds that have young kids)
Wouldn't you know they went ballistic and in a matter of less than a minute they came right under our trees.
 
One of my hobbies for quite a few yrs now. Has been observing wildlife & taking pictures. Numerous times I've came across a Doe or a herd of Does. From a few hundred yards away. The deer were often skittish & ready to bolt. Even though they could see my vehicle. My voice fawn bleat. Would often hold them still long enough. So I could zoom in on them & take some pictures. Buck deer were typically less interested in the bleats. I don't hunt deer. But if I did. One call I would use is the fawn bleat. Specifically, to call in a Doe or make one hold still for a shot.
 
I've called in crows with my voice on many occasions, though I much prefer a hand call. Using my voice, it is pretty rough on my vocal cords when I add the 'rumble' of crows fighting.

Do we consider lip squeaking to be calling with our voice? I do that a fair amount.
 
K-22hornet. said:
I've called in crows with my voice on many occasions, though I much prefer a hand call. Using my voice, it is pretty rough on my vocal cords when I add the 'rumble' of crows fighting.

Do we consider lip squeaking to be calling with our voice? I do that a fair amount.
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I can also make crow caws. Like you said, it is hard on your vocal cords.
 
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