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Jason Dunn
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« on: January 09, 2017, 07:24:34 pm »

Anyone here use a bull horn to call your dogs back? I remember my daddy blew one when he feed his beagles but would like to hear how others have done it and how effective it is.
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2017, 07:38:17 pm »

I try to never call my dogs back, but, when I absolutely have to I do use a horn I carved myself. I blow it around the house once a week or so mostly just to annoy my neighbors.  Grin

When I do use it in the woods it works about the same as screaming and hollerin, not super well. They do understand what I want. How quickly they return depends on the situation
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2017, 07:52:39 pm »

Hollering is fruitless for me they just don't listen lol.
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2017, 08:10:56 pm »

call them to you around a controlled environment...pet them up good...good to blow during feeding time...works good when calling in lost pups...or the big dogs after along hunt...
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2017, 08:22:12 pm »

I use  a horn pretty much all the time.  To get them used to it I just blow before feeding (if I have new dogs)
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2017, 02:22:46 pm »

I don't do it personally, but hunt with some old times that do. They start when they are pups at feeding time and it just comes natural from there on.
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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2017, 02:52:59 pm »

I have been told by a buddy he uses the tone feature on his Alpha and it works good.
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2017, 06:30:17 am »

We blow the horn at feeding. It don't take much and they get used to it. My hunting buddies and I still hunt horseback a lot and we tote our horns in saddlebag. I still use the scrub cow horn my great grandpa used.
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2017, 06:31:07 am »

I just do what we call hoop'n m in .......I can hoop as loud or louder than a horn ....... when you start hoop'm watch your garmin if the dogs starts com'n to you don't stop hoop'n til he gets  to you then pet and load ........ few times mine pick it up perty quick  .. you will notice after they get used to it if the garmin shows sit or point they listening hoop and they'll start to you again ... I can  hoop mine in from 800 yards perty easy .....
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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2017, 02:14:10 pm »

You got better than lungs than me... ive clocked a horn in at 3.5 miles.
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« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2017, 03:38:28 pm »

 I do ed...... Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2017, 02:41:13 pm »

Funny reading this, i have train horn on my truck and its worked twice now getting dogs that had lost comunication to come back
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2017, 03:12:54 pm »

.  These were my great grandpaws the one said it was made in west Monroe la 1965

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« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2017, 05:07:47 pm »

Nice horns


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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2017, 06:20:40 pm »

.  These were my great grandpaws the one said it was made in west Monroe la 1965

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Those are nice man my brother has my grandpaws there was a guy in WM near Chenier lake made nice horns im looking to get me one.]
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Thank y'all VA Capers was the man that made this horn in west Monroe

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« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2017, 09:13:29 am »

My grandpa had a goat horn that worked really well. Does anyone know where to buy a horn


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« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2017, 05:26:45 pm »

Amazon, Ebay or the horn store website. Careful tho... When you buy one and realize different horns have different ranges and tones, youll start collecting them. I just ordered 2 more today. Ive ben blowing at feeding time myself and will start trying it out in the woods as soon as this damn turnaround is over. Only 21 days of 7-12's left lol. Ill post pics of mine soon. I also have a blank I found on a west texas hunt from an Audad I need to start whittling on
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« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2017, 06:23:42 pm »

The two I got today





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« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2017, 08:44:13 pm »

What size has the best range 12"-14"
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