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Originally Posted by jpohlic
I tried a mouth reed and hated it. Now use a Primos Super Pack, it sounds ok and is easier to use, but not as good as the old call my dad used to have 20+ years ago. That was a hard plastic ridged tube, about 1/2" in diameter, maybe 12" long coiled in a loop. It made a great bugle and was super easy to use, but I've never seen one in the stores.
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JP, elk seem to have smartened up in the last 20 (or 53) years, in regards to coming to just any call!
In my early teens all I used was a foot & a half of "wild carrot" stalk, you know, bean shooters. Leave the closed nodule on one end and blow like heck ACROSS the open, clean-cut end.
In the late 70's while trapping in late october, I thought that I had heard a short bugle. For the heck of it I blew across the bbl of my 22/20ga.
That bull carried on for over 2 dozen exchanges & ended up 30 paces from me!
Now I must rely on several Cow-Talk calls and a Power bugle, used sparingly.
Incidently, your dads call may have been in the vicinity of 22" long in order to hit the right tone.