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moellermd

moellermd

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It hold and flushes. You don't even need a dog anymore. The best of both worlds pointers and flushers. No vet bills, dog food, wife being pissed because they chew up stuff. I can't believe I did not own one yet.
 
O.K. I'll confess first, I own one. It will get pheasants to crow back at dawn for about the first week of the season, after that it's a warning bugle call to get out of Dodge! I have quail calls too! If I ever see one again I'm sure it will respond, scattered birds always do. ( it's really not that bad,but close) The pheasant "chicken squawker" as I call it is a good way to assess the pre season population at dawn. Despite claims to the contrary, it will not fill your bag, and I'm sure a guy could live a long and happy life and never own one. But for the sportsman with everything..... why not.
 
oldandnew said:
O.K. I'll confess first, I own one.
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Tell me it is not so. You were my hero. What am I to think now? If you are ever up my way I might still take you hunting as long as you don't bring your call.
 
It's all I can do to remember the guns, ammo, brush chaps, gloves, and permits, the dogs don't let me forget them, if I look like I'm headed for the exit they run over me getting to the suburban. chicken squawker is as annoying as beeper collars and incesant whistle blowing, equally as chilling when pursuing a limit. No worries. I might send you one for christmas though! Nobody likes to be a fool alone!
 
I've got a few of those calls. Works great for spring crowing counts and brings those roosters right in to you (within a few feet) in the spring. Pheasant are territorial during the breeding season. If they hear another rooster cackling in their area they come running (often flying) in looking for a fight.

Fall time, like OldandNew said, they work good to locate birds during the early season.

As I've mentioned in past posts, making a hen "churpping" call with your lips can and will bring birds to you, even during the hunting season. I've used this method in SD and had a blast "talking" back and forth with wild birds. Once even getting two roosters to fight 15 ft. in front of me all over my lousy "hen churp call".

I have some video of this in the old tape format. Once it's converted I'll post it on youtube. I wanted to do this last year but haven't gotten to it.

I do have a video on youtube where I'm in a pen "churpping". You can hear how to make the churpping sound if anyone's interested. If you listen you can hear them churpping back.

Start it at 35 seconds. http://youtu.be/csXEsb6h--A If you do this long enough the roosters waddles will fill with blood and they'll start to fight a bit. Especially in the spring.
 
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oldandnew said:
It's all I can do to remember the guns, ammo, brush chaps, gloves, and permits, the dogs don't let me forget them, if I look like I'm headed for the exit they run over me getting to the suburban. chicken squawker is as annoying as beeper collars and incesant whistle blowing, equally as chilling when pursuing a limit. No worries. I might send you one for christmas though! Nobody likes to be a fool alone!
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I guess i will be the second one to admit that i own one. I have and excuse though, my kids got it for me for christmas one year. So not only did I have take it with me a couple of times, i had to act like it worked great. O&N, i can't believe you don't like beeper collars! First time I was out with one of those, i felt like i was going to get hit by a backing truck all day.
 
I think you guys are being a little too critical. It probably works great and you guys are just saying you're embarrassed to throw the rest of us off the scent of a killer new pheasant hunting tool.

I'll show you. I'm going to run out to Gander and buy one right away. ;)
 
Now I'm afraid! Next time I cluck next to cover I'll have to assume I'm being answered by a fellow armed "chicken squawker". Sales are jumping all over the midwest at sporting goods outlets everywhere!
 
I see it now. This is all part of a viral marketing campaign Mr. Old and New (or should I say Mr. Lohman?) has created to sell more pheasant calls.

Cluck and cover. :D
 
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My five-year-old came over and watched the video with me, whereupon he declared that the pheasants were ``cute'' and asked if we could have one for a pet.

Once my wife quit laughing at me I explained these were the same ``pheasants'' dad goes out and shoots. Dead. ``We eat `em?'' came the reply, staring anew at the birds on the video.

Whenever we can, little man, whenever we can...
 
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