I want a goose/speck call

Redbone or riceland are some of the best speck calls on the market. I prefer the redbone but a lot of people like the riceland. When it comes to learning to run a speck call you just have to practice and try not to get frustrated. They both also offer a poly call incase you don’t want to shell out $200 for an acrylic.

My bro-in-law does a lot of goose hunting around Gueydan and he learned from some old coonasses to use a coyote call instead of a goose call. I'm not sure how the old coonasses sound with the modified coyote/goose call but my bro-in-law sounds like a rabid menstruating ferret getting axe murdered by a pack of retarded hyenas. I would buy a real speck call that is intended for actual specks.

Man that's a Chien Caille he is using and he probably knows more about calling specks than you do. Mervis Saltsman use to sell them out of his house. Mervis would file down and ace comb to make the reeds. You couldn't make those reeds stick if you wanted to but it took years to master a yoddle.
Very few specks in ND, canadas yes, specks no. IMO, stop at Scheels for license and ask those guys which canada call is easiest to master.

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My bro-in-law does a lot of goose hunting around Gueydan and he learned from some old coonasses to use a coyote call instead of a goose call.

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I was told by some NELA ricefield hunters that the 1980's vintage Olt coyote call has the same guts as the older Olt speck call, except the 'yote call has a green insert and the speck a brown insert. They'd take those 'yote calls and put a Ace comb reed in them. Had one dude try and buy the 'yote call I have.

I blow both. I prefer my poly to be honest

If you're headed to ND, get a Canada goose call. I see them all over up there.

I blow a short barrel, Flambeau Arctic Fury. It's all about back pressure. If you're hunting them over water, 2 weeks is enough time to get half-way decent. If you're dry field hunting them, don't bother.

Some guys prefer the goose-flute route and it's easier to get comfortable with quicker, but it lacks volume and high-end performance that a short barrel offers.

ETA: The call I blow is just a cheap on I picked up because I wanted to start messing around with geese I had been seeing on duck hunts. I have nothing to compare it to but do understand the pluses and minuses of the short barrel vs flute.

mackspw has the Zinks goose line polys for $39 and the RNT poly line for $49

Remember that plastic brief case he had them in? I can only imagine how many different lips those calls had on them. Didn’t phase Mervis a bit handing you a call he had just tested.

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Riceland

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What is the difference between the different barrel sizes?

Air required to blow. And the pitch