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Lance from California Varmint Callers Writes - Hi Tim, just thought I'd drop you a line about your Predator Stick call. We hunted here in California this last weekend in our annual "Memorial Hunt" and had your friend Larry hunting with us. He had given me your Predator Stick last year and I used it this last weekend in a highly pressured area with GREAT success. In two back-to back-stands, 1 mile apart, I called in doubles on both stands. Great call!! "Shoot straight, kill clean and make no excuses"........Lance.
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The stand started approximately 7:45 am, Sunday morning. Lubkin Ranch has always proven to be a good spot for us, and the rancher appreciates that we take out some calf killers for him. The three of us decided to split up in the classic triangle set up. I was doing the calling at the up-wind point, a shooter behind me down-wind to my left, in the direction of the wind, and the third shooter further left down-wind, if the dog decided to come in from the left down-wind side. I was again using the mouth call I’ve come to prefer, due to the phenomenal success I’ve had with it here in California, The “D3 Predator Stick”. As we split up to our respective stand locations, it became obvious to me that the area I was to be calling in was choked with chest, and waist high, brush. The location required I be in a standing position, so I adjusted my bi-pod sticks accordingly. I began with some subdued, pleading, calls on the Predator Stick, as I usually do, in case I had an animal close by. This call is very versatile in that respect, in that you can vary the amount of air thru the reed, both with the force and volume of air you blow thru it, by fluttering the air flow with your diaphragm, and by cupping the end and restricting the air flow. It is similar in this respect to other calls on the market, but I believe the tuning and reed type makes the difference. The sound is raspy, and varies by the force and volume of air. It has proven to be a deadly call for me. As the time on the stand increased, so did my volume and blood curdling inflections, into the sounds of the call increase. I would blow the call for only about 10 seconds or so, and then be quiet for 2-3 or even 4 minutes. I was almost ready to call this stand quits at right about 15 minutes, when a brown streak in the brush appeared off to my right, heading down wind. I only caught glimpses of the dog thru the waist high brush as he continued to my right, at about 50-75 yards out from my position. I pointed my 243 ahead of him in the direction of travel and did the standard “Dog whistle” to try and stop him. It worked! The dog, which later turned out to be a mature female, stopped in an opening and looked in my direction. MISTAKE! One shot thru the boiler room put an end to this stand. I did the obligatory “pup in distress” squalls, and a couple more pleading whimpers on the Predator Stick, along with a howl or two on a howler, just in case she had a friend with her that I could coax in. Again, I can’t say enough about this little call. It is a closed read call, with a lot of raspy sound and versatility. Check them out on our web site and order yourself one. You won’t be disappointed. www.californiavarmintcallers.com........“D3 Game Calls”, Talk to Tim.
