 | Fred Zink |
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| Championship Goose Caller and owner of Zink Calls. |
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| Vocalization | Comment |
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| Cluck | 'This is the most important note when calling geese. It is simply a short fast honk. A goose uses a cluck to express attitude and aggression, typically the sharper and faster the note the more aggressive the goose, this is an excellent note to finish the geese.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting, Laydown |
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| Honk | 'This is a sound of a Canada goose when they are not aggressive. This tends to be the most common sound of a gooses vocabulary. I would suggest to use this note when geese are approaching and also when hunting Canadas on water.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting |
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| Moan | 'Typically done by the male (gander) to show dominance. A great call to use for many calling situations especially with clucks. Many great callers use this note in routines and meat calling to gain air. This note allows a small break in a rhythm so a caller can gain a small breath of air to continue the flow of the routine.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Comeback, Laydown |
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| Murmur | 'Biologist consider this as a spacing call, it is a call that Canada geese use when feeding. It’s basically “I’m here where are you” If another goose gets to close the, volume of the murmur is raised to show territorial aggression. This is a great call to have someone always doing when team calling, it’s a great finisher.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Spit Note | 'This is the best note I have ever used when calling big Canadas. I like to use it for greeting, comebacks, and finishing. What I like about this note is it really shows attitude and aggression. These are the two most important ingredients when calling geese. Please do not get this confused with the moan note, most beginners trying to master this note are confused, the note itself is a hail note with a soft break at the front of the note instead of the common crack at the beginning of the note.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting, Comeback, Laydown |
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| Double-Cluck | 'This is an awesome note when calling big geese. I like to use just this note to start and finish the geese. Waiting for the geese to approach to within 75-100 yards and then using the double cluck with sharp clucks is deadly.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting, Comeback, Laydown |
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| Hail Call | 'This is the first note of every contest routine but I cannot even remember the last time I used it when calling geese. I just do not believe the note is an effective for ‘MEAT CALLING’' |
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| | Venue: Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting |
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| Stalled Cluck | 'Excellent call to finish geese with. It is actually two geese, one does the first part of the note (murmur) and the second does the cluck or honk. I have many recordings and video of this note, this note is preformed by two different geese, one that is not aggressive and one that is. The more aggressive goose will typically agitate the other into a cluck and this is the common sound of two geese clucking back in forth.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Train | 'Male ganders use this note a lot to defend territory, food and mate. This is a great note to use when calling smart geese and a lot of calling does not work. Using this note to finish geese is also very effective.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Willis | 'I have never personally used this note to call geese, it lacks expression and aggression and does not match my style of calling.' |
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| | Venue: Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Quick Spit | 'This note is simply a fast spit or cluck. I use this a lot and would consider it in the top 5 notes that I use when calling geese. I use it the same as all other clucks to show aggression.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Shoreman Honk | 'The Eastern Shoreman makes a very distinct honk unlike any other type of flute or short reed. The hollow metallic sound works very well on water especially when echo is a concern because of adjacent tall timber.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting |
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| Spit Comeback | 'These are long drawn out pleading spit notes that will turn interested Canadas on a dime. I also like to use this on fresh geese in the area, especially when running traffic. We will be using the common clucks to work these geese and we are keeping our eyes on the rear of the flock, waiting for any type of hesitation as they' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Spit Double Cluck | 'This is an awesome note when calling big geese. I like to use just this note to start and finish the geese. Waiting for the geese to approach to within 75-100 yards and then using the double cluck with sharp clucks is deadly. I really believe this is the best natural sounding double cluck.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting, Comeback, Laydown |
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| Comeback Moan | 'These are long drawn out pleading spit notes that will turn interested Canadas on a dime. I also like to use this on fresh geese in the area, especially when running traffic. We will be using the common clucks to work these geese and we are keeping our eyes on the rear of the flock, waiting for any type of hesitation as they' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Comeback |
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| Bounce | 'The typical rhythm made by callers when duplicating the sound and rhythm of two geese clucking is usually a fast low pitch cluck followed by a fast high pitch cluck. The bounce cluck is the opposite, high then low. This is actually not a sound but more of a rhythm. I use it when geese are hovering and unsure. This little change in rhythm sometimes will make them commit.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Laydown |
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| Buzz Cluck | 'In my opinion this is the most life-like cluck of all. I use it exclusively when calling all small subspecies of Canada geese. It is also the most difficult to do correctly. Tongue position is very critical with this note.' |
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| | Venue: Hunting, Contest |
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| | Situation: Greeting, Laydown |
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