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Brad Cochran
Oregon, USA
I live in Corvallis, Oregon located in the heart of northwest Oregon’s beautiful Willamette Valley. Together with Dave Smith I run a full time guide service in the most highly regulated goose zone in the world. The Northwest Special Permit Zone is home to 7 different subspecies of Canada geese. 2 of these subspecies are protected and all 7 bare overlapping similarities. Hunters are therefore required to pass an identification test before taking to the field. One of the greatest challenges in guiding such an intensely regulated hunt is the ability to call geese in close enough for clients to properly identify. Adding to the challenge is the fact that our geese produce a wide range of sounds from the high pitched squeak of the tiny Cackling Canada goose to the low growls of the large Western Canada. After many years of studying and hunting such a great diversity of geese I have become a stickler for producing realistic sounds that geese respond to. I am a field caller and not a contest caller. I let the geese be my judge because for the hunter they are the only judges that count. If it doesn’t sound real it’s not going on my lanyard.
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