Electronic Goose Calls
These cassette and CD players make a "come-on-down" call an irresistible proposition.
By Gibbs Milliken

In the lightening dawn skies of winter, long skeins of "barking" geese may be heard for great distances as they fly toward daily feeding areas. Calling constantly when on the move, these birds are attracted to convincing call imitations from hunters concealed in or near ground decoys. Next to a correctly set spread, nothing seems better to wild geese than the "come-on-down" calls of the real thing. Portable electronic systems do a much better job of sounding like a large gathering of birds than a few isolated squawks from hunters with traditional hand-held calls.

Until recently, use of recorded goose calls was outlawed as a method of luring migratory birds to hunters. However, with the overpopulation of snow geese and the resulting impact on the arctic tundra, managers have had to resort to more aggressive measures to increase the harvest of light geese. Under the Light Goose Conservation Order, hunters can now use electronic calls to lure these big migratory birds into gun range in Texas. Hunters are still required to have a Texas hunting license as well as the state and federal waterfowl stamps. There is no daily or season limit on light geese during this special season.

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