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Posted by coyote (Member # 447) on December 08, 2004, 06:26 PM:
Can someone tell me what is the best howler on the market. I live in Southern Indiana and having a hard time finding a good howler.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 08, 2004, 09:02 PM:
Welcome to the New Huntmasters, coyote. Glad to have you on board.
I don't know what might be the best, (on the market) but there are guys here that will know the answer, you can be sure of that.
Goodhunting. LB
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on December 09, 2004, 06:08 AM:
How do you define "Best"
If you want a pretty howler that works and sounds great, look no further than Rich Higgins here on this board.
If you want cheap plastic, that is easy to use, sounds good and fits in your pocket. Take a look at the Johnny Stewart Dog Howler.
Posted by GUTPILE (Member # 448) on December 09, 2004, 08:44 AM:
Dan Thompsons "RED DESERT HOWLER". Mine is made out of wood. Look it up on his website. www.danthompsongamecalls.com I think that is it.
http://www.danthompsongamecalls.com/
[ December 12, 2004, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: GUTPILE ]
Posted by GUTPILE (Member # 448) on December 09, 2004, 08:46 AM:
Leonard,
Could you change that to " dan" instead of don on the website address I gave.
Thanx.
Gutpile
Posted by Greenside (Member # 10) on December 09, 2004, 09:54 AM:
Coyote
Check out the Song Dog on the Crit'r Call site. It's a very good howler with or without the megaphone bell(get the megaphone) that they sell as an accessory. They also sell bulk reed material that you can experiment with by cutting some of your own reeds. (try some square tip as well as some round tip)
The biggest factor in the"best howler" is a voice or mouthpiece that fits your mouth. It's kind of like buying bluejeans or gloves in tha fact that one size doesn't fit all. For howling I prefer voices that are 3/4" to 7/8" wide. That width works the best for me, expecially when pouring on the volume.
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 09, 2004, 12:12 PM:
Coyote,
I agree that you have to find the howler that fits your mouth, and your style. It's like buying a guitar.
I am the oppposite of Greenside, I like a narrower mouthpiece.
The CritR Call Standard is one of my favorites.
GUTPILE,
If you click on the little paper and pencil on your post, you can go and fix your own typos, or rewrite, or even remove things you didn't want to say.
Krusty 
Posted by Greenside (Member # 10) on December 09, 2004, 12:26 PM:
Krusty
quote:
I am the oppposite of Greenside, I like a narrower mouthpiece.
The CritR Call Standard is one of my favorites
Both the Crit'r Call Standard and the Song Dog are 7/8" wide. The Crit'call PeeWee is 3/4" and the Red Desert is 5/8"
Dennis
[ December 09, 2004, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Greenside ]
Posted by GUTPILE (Member # 448) on December 09, 2004, 02:41 PM:
Thanks Krusty. I'll screw up to try it. It works !!!!!!!!!!!!
[ December 09, 2004, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: GUTPILE ]
Posted by UTcaller (Member # 8) on December 09, 2004, 03:45 PM:
For years I have used the Sceery howler and have called hundreds of coyotes with it.Most recently I have been using a howler that Rich Higgins made for me.The sounds are great and I am calling lots and lots of coyotes with it.If you are looking for an over the counter howler I don't think you would go wrong with a Sceery mines worked great for years.Hope that helps GOOD HUNTING C.O ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on December 09, 2004, 04:23 PM:
ELK Power Howler and or "Yote Howler". Don has a new video coming out that shows the proper use of both.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 09, 2004, 04:30 PM:
Best being a very subjective word, it's hard to say which howler is the "best on the market".
Rich Higgins makes a dandy, for his very lucky friends, or rich enough to afford the price; which I think has recently gone from $150 to $250?
But, it's not entirely accurate to say that it's "on the market". He won't make one unless he wants to, and they are all special, one of a kind, and true Ojects d' Art.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on December 09, 2004, 04:30 PM:
Rich,
Can you post a picture of one of yours so they can see what a Top of the line Howler looks like?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 09, 2004, 04:36 PM:
you can see him blowing it here:
http://www.huntmastersbbs.com/cgi-ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000494
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on December 09, 2004, 06:25 PM:
Some Higgins Objects of Art:
This one is mine, which I'm very honored to own, especially since it was the first of this style:
Another pic of mine, on it's maiden voyage:
Many a coyote has lost his life coming to investigate the sounds produced by my Higgins howler. Truly, one of my field proven, prized pieces of equipment.
- DAA
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 11, 2004, 02:21 PM:
Greenside,
My mistake, I always seem to confuse the Song Dog models with the Magnum class of CritR Call based calls.
Krusty
Posted by Thomas (Member # 482) on December 23, 2004, 07:32 PM:
they are some thing to that about the size of the howler I just got the Primo Hot dog and little dog that hot dog had a wide mouth piece and is hard for me to make sound right but the little dog has a small mouth piece and it works great as far as howls they say the Quaker boy howler is easy to blow. If Higgins howler is easy to learn and sounds real it would be worth the price plus it is beautiful howler.
Arkansas Frog
Posted by brad h (Member # 57) on December 23, 2004, 08:02 PM:
I like the narrower and lower profile type mouth pieces myself. With a lot of the production howlers pitch break is a common complaint, but that can easily be worked around with practice, even used to the callers advantage. It might even be the ticket for some of the more agressive challenge type howls.
I for one can appreciate the time Rich has obviously put into the howlers he's made. It sounds as close to real as you can get.
Brad
Posted by Doggitter (Member # 489) on December 23, 2004, 09:41 PM:
DAA, I can't believe you actually take that out into the sage and use it. I'd be so worried I'd loose it the whole rest of the trip would be a mess. Some fabulous work there Rich.
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on December 24, 2004, 05:15 AM:
Doggitter, that howler is one of the few pieces of gear that is ALWAYS on my person when I'm calling. And, like most everything else that I take on stand a lot, I HAVE left the darn thing laying in the brush! More than once. Thankfully, I've always been able to go back and find it.
- DAA
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on December 24, 2004, 07:29 AM:
Me too, Dave. At least once a month I'll set-up, reach for my howler and get that sick feeling in my stomach. Once I did it twice on one hunt. I don't come off looking real good to my hunting partners. Last year I left it on the last stand of the day and didn't realize it was gone until I unpacked at home. Drove the almost 200 mile roundtrip the next day to retrieve it. I have calls and knives scattered all around Arizona. I may need help.
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