Calling

[Doc]

I'd be interested to hear of folks experiences of calling wild animals/birds.

i recently bought a roe call and a CD (figuring that I now have 4 months to practice before the rut ). I saw a video of one in use on a recent course and was mightily impressed. The roebuck came charging in, and very close.

Even more impressive, I understand some people can make their own roe calls, and the very highly skilled can use a leaf.

I've seen buzzards come closer to my son as he tries to imitate their mewing.

Fox calling seems effective too - I'm getting advice from a friend on this one.

Anyone had any luck making/using calls? For any species? Any recommended makes?

[Klenchblaize]

I started a small feature on this some months ago but wanted to present it as something for everyone; as in "calling" for the simple enjoyment of watching wildlife as distinct from shooting. This entailed producing a different set of "in the field" pictures that didn’t show a whole lot of dead critters in the foreground so it won’t now be done for a while.

I'm not up on roe calling but for sika the Sceery cow elk models are good and are used by many FCS Rangers throughout the Highlands. Find them here:
http://www.gamecalls.net/


“Rattling” for fallow throughout the rut works very well and is great fun!

For foxes you can’t go wrong with this: http://www.burnhambrothers.com/produ...roductID=18642
But then it won’t just be foxes you bring in but all the corvides, owls, green woodpecker, hawks, cows and much more besides including the bl--dy farm dog, which can be a real pain!

Then there are custom calls from the US which can become something of an obsession!





Happy squalling!

[British Red]

......woodpecker, hawks cows and much more besides including the bl--dy farm dog, which can be a real pain!

Cows? blimey!

[Dunelm]

You can confuse cock pheasants by blowing on a blade of grass held between your thumbs. It oftens sets them off until the woods are ringing with their calls. I've also learned to mimick a black bird's call...it's not the big league is it?

[Klenchblaize]

Cows? blimey!

That’s right but not so much with sheep or even horses although the latter most certainly have a good look in the general direction. Peacocks sometimes reply too if I hit a bum note! Speaking of which they are one critter that should be fitted with a sound moderator and especially at 03-30hrs on a summers morning!

Cheers

[JonnyP]

Few ideas here.... http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community...ead.php?t=9069

[Marts]

Few ideas here.... http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community...ead.php?t=9069

Yep - I use the back of the hand squeal for my local urban foxes. Gets them every time. My human neighbours think i'm bonkers when they see me apparently passionately kissing my hand though

[dommyracer]

Then there are custom calls from the US which can become something of an obsession!

When I was in Orlando, Florida a couple of years ago I went into a Massive Outdoor World store that had a heavy emphasis on hunting and fishing.



This place is as big than most Tesco stores, and they had a whole aisle given over to animal calls.

The array of kit in the bowhunting section was pretty impressive as well.

[Klenchblaize]

Like this kind of thing http://www.shootingbags.co.uk/products_callers_fx5.html at $700!
I still want one though

Cheers

Mr Fox is quite a critter! One day a feather fell from the sky. A hawk saw it fall, a deer heard it fall and a badger later smelt it. But only the fox saw, heard and smelt the feather.

[Marts]

Some interesting ones here

http://www.philipmorris.uk.com/prd.php?deptid=48

and here


http://www.avalon-shop.co.uk/index.p...index&cPath=37