Who makes a good quail call? For both quail calling / hawk squealing?
For western quail Jim Matthews makes great calls. His mountain quail call could work for bobwhite, but I'll be interested to see other suggestions.
Quote from: Greg Massey on March 07, 2023, 11:41:48 AM
Who makes a good quail call? For both quail calling / hawk squealing?
Some guys use teal whistles or those little stamped inverted cone calls, but---at least for bobwhite quail---but the best sound I have found is a Palmer's quail call (if you can fine one). Like trumpets and wingbones, they are a suction call.
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Not sure if he sells them, but Ralph Permar makes one. He's got a few videos on his website of them. Like all Ralph's work, they're top notch.
You can do a pretty darn good quail call on a Buck Gardner 6-in-1 whistle. For the money ($6), they're hard to beat.