A great hunt becomes an amazing hunt when a special bird comes along; usually in the form of a band, and sometimes as a hybrid or a color-morph bird, such as the birds we refer to as ‘quills’. Every now and then the stars align and you find a target bird to hunt, but even rarer is the hunt where the opportunity to put more than one special bird down occurs.
Ryan Barnes catches up with 2022 World Goose Calling Champion, 2014 World Live Goose Calling Champion, 2018 World Live Duck Calling Champion, 3x World Team Goose Calling Champion, John Walls
The early season is inching closer. There’s always stuff to do and things to prepare for. Procrastination can always ruin the chance at a good hunt, so do yourself a favor and jump on whatever it is you need to tackle before you need to be loading up for the hunt in the morning
Hunting honkers over larger bodies of water is a different kind of hunt. Find your loaf or run some traffic and check out these tips to take down a few geese over the big wet.
If you’re scratching out a few birds here and there, but want to elevate your game to that next level, that pickup-box full of honkers level, you might need to work on a few things.
There are a lot of goose calls out there- some iconic and many high-performing. Here is our pick of the top 10 goose calls any call collector should think about adding to their lanyards.