Re: Sean Mann Eastern shoreman. Let someone who is experienced at running a short reed call check your call to insure it's tuned properly. Primos® Flex-End makes mastering the Canada Goose Flute easy. The topic I want to go over with you right now is how to tune that call up just right so that you are getting maximum effectiveness out of it. Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:21 am. Short reed calls are relatively new on the scene and produce an amazingly accurate goose call. Differences Between Flute And Short Reed Goose Calls Hunter Grounds, 3 X World Goose Calling Champion, goes over the differnces between flute style and short reed style goose calls. They don't have a bad sound. Calls by Tim Grounds, River Forks Calls… Each of these calls conveys a different message. The Basics of Making a Goose Call. There are three reasons for you to ever take your goose call apart. "Honkers" make a variety of different calls - long range hail calls, clucks, feeding calls, comeback calls, whines, moans, etc. There are video's all over youtube on how to call. You just need to practice a lot. I must say one thing first though. Flute style calls are longer, easy blowing calls that produce a good sound without too much time involved in the learning curve. I have an sm shorty … If you goose hunt a lot or are getting addicted, there is really no choice to pick up a short reed call and get to learning. He carries the Meat Cutter and P.S. I never looked for instrucions how to blow a goose flute call. There are 2 major types of goose calls: the flute call, and the short reed call. Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:50 pm. Goose Call Making Basics: "How do I make a goose call?" how to use a flute call Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:47 am i have a lohman goose flute and cant figure it out looking for instructional dvd and i also have the hammer11 and have trouble with it should i continue to use the flute or go straight with the hammer confused?Flute does sound better and read alot but still have trouble plz help. Once you learn how to break the reed over, you'll be good to go. I bought a Meat Cutter for my dad. I'll always have short reeds on my lanyard, but flutes have their place too. Unlike a flute call, when running a short reed call, you don't puff out your cheeks. Olt flute in the field. First, because it is dirty and is no longer preforming properly. If it is not ... and many of them are slightly out of tune .... getting it tuned properly can help. I can't for the life of me do it. If you don’t have the time or inclination to learn the short reed, pick up a flute style call. If you plan to hunt for goose over water, it is recommended that you use a flute call because it's quieter, and mellower. The Basics of Making a Goose Call. There's nothing wrong with the Primos flute that you bought. A short reed call over water will scare the geese as it has an extremely loud, sharp sound. In the past, reproducing the basic honk of the Canada goose took manipulating your hands to break the calls honk from a low tone to a high note. There used to be a cassette tape by Mick Lacey on blowing the Big River Long Honker flute call. I saw guys sit down with a call and that tape and within 20-30 minutes they were making good sounds with a flute. Flute calls typically take a little time to master. Today, however, in addition to resonate chamber calls, hunters have three other distinctive types of goose calls available to them: the flute call, invented and developed in the 1950s; the tube call, developed in the late 1970s; and the short-reed call, developed in the late 1980s. Goose Call Making Basics: "How do I make a goose call?" The Basics of Making a Goose Call. I've duck hunted for 15 years guided for 5 and consider myself great at duck calling but i suck at this goose calling. Pretty good call. cashman wrote:It's harder to go from a flute to a short reed than it is to learn a short reed from the start.BUT anyone should be able to make goose noises from a flute right away. Most hunters these days are blowing short reed goose calls. Explanations and demonstrations of each are shown. Bought the BG Canada hammer call and audio CD combo for 7 bucks to try and learn how to run a goose call. You can't … And by a lot I mean constantly. We get this question a lot, and it would take multiple books to cover that one little question, so we thought a quick "Q&A" of the basics was in order. Your cheeks are tight, or the call won't sound right. We get this question a lot, and it would take multiple books to cover that one little question, so we thought a quick "Q&A" of the basics was in order. He will only use flute calls. This is basically the result from the way a flute caller breaks a reed over by building up the pressure and ramping it through the call to a peak to break the reed...this is naturally created by using the vocalization "too-wit" that you use with a flute call.