I have never used calls for whitetail, so I don’t have one to Compare this to. BUT…the guys I know who do use calls recommended this one as THE one to get. After checking it out I decided to get one. With our property I’ve never had a problem getting my tags filled with an edible animal. But never have I been able to encourage a buck (or doe)I’m targeting to come within range. It either happened, or it didn’t. So to the point. This call arrived quickly, later in the evening as our deliveries usually are from ups. I took maybe an hour and a half that night to watch the videos and practice using it. The next morning I walked out the house and expected to be back by noon, hopefully with a deer. Well within an hour I saw a nice little buck walking a ridge across from me, something like a 3 by 3. My first thought was as usual to quickly get ahead to set myself up for him if I could, then I remembered my brand new call so quickly I pulled it out from around my neck and gave it a doe blat. My damned glasses were fogging up so bad I had to stop and wipe them in order to try getting an eye on him through my scope. By the time I got my glasses back on I didn’t see him, so I gave one more doe blat. I had not cleared my glasses well enough so again they came off, quickly wiped and back on. The moment I looked up the buck came to the top of the ridge I was on maybe 30’ in front of me. He could tell something was not right with what he was looking at and started turning and slowly walking away. Each time he looked away I raised my rifle, then he’d stop look and I’d stop. He’d continue and I’d raise it as far as I could again. By the time I had it nearly level a much larger buck popped up right where the first one had crested which happened to now be pretty much exactly where I had my rifle pointing. I quickly dropped my eye to the scope placing my reticle on his neck below his chin and fired. Nice 5 by 5 (or 10 point however you want to count it) dropped in his tracks. Not the largest I’ve harvested from our woods but definitely in the top 3-4.
So, long story to exclaim these bucks were headed in an entirely different direction and I’m absolutely convinced that if I had not had this call they would have continued their course heading further away and it is quite likely (given the distance and the issue I was having with glass) that I would not have had a shot on them. Instead they came right to me!! What’s phenomenal experience! It is a fact that the extinguisher will be a permanent piece of my hunting equipment from now on! Thank you guys for creating such an amazing device!