How does a goose call work? As the hunter burst out his goose calling technique, flocks from afar would hear the sound. If they would find it interesting, they may look back and head the hunter’s way where decoys were situated resembling a feeding geese. The principle behind this goose calling thing is to sound like a real geese feeding and squabbling so geese from a distance would investigate calls from the ground. The more similar will be your call to those of the geese, the more effective it will be.
The following are the basic things that you have to bear in mind:
- Choose a goose call that is most comfortable to use. Basically, there are 2 styles of goose calls, the short reed goose call and the flute call. The flute call looks like a flute while the short reed looks like a barrel held on the palm of the hand. Materials used for its manufacture varies from plastic, metal or hardwood.
- One way to get the geese attention would be to set the field as if it was infested with geese. This way the flocks will be tempted to land thinking that abundant food awaits down below. Try to check who is leading the group of geese and try to capture its attention by blowing your call. Should this goose decide to come down, all the rest of the flocks are sure to follow. The ultimate goal is to get the flocks within the range over decoys.
- If you are hunting from a field, get the geese attention by throwing loud and clear calls. Start by using a slow introductory type of call so as not to send an impression
to the coming flock of an impending danger. Once you have caught the attention of the flock, the sound of the call must be change to normal limits as these geese starts to mill about the feeding ground. - To be more effective use a goose call that is able to create varieties of goose sounds. But before you can become a good caller, be a good listener first. This way, you will be able to fully understand what type of sound you are going to mimic. After this, you can proceed with learning how to do the sound thereby, decreasing possible frustrations often experienced by an ambitious goose caller.
- Since geese are observed to give their loudest call when they are about to land. Then, goose callers should do their best call during this time as well. Geese are so noisy when they are about to land.
Remember geese are loudest when they are landing, and hunters must also provide their loudest calls at that time. Do not blow all your energy on the calling down, save a little breath for the finale. Once the geese are in range take aim and practice good hunter safety.