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Topic: MA-21
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TA17Rem
Hello, I'm the legendary Tim Anderson, Field Marshall, Southern Minneesota Sector
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posted January 28, 2012 11:02 PM
Well I got the MA-21 unpacked from the box and got the batteries charged up for the caller.
While the batteries where chargeing I looked over the caller..
It had a nice carry handle mounted to the back of the caller with a round rubber grip that fit comfortable in the hand. The caller is carried in the downward position (speaker faceing down)..
The plastic material used for the caller itself looks to be the same stuff they use for equipement used around the farm like snow-shovels and feed scoops looks and feels very durable and is'nt the same plastic that is used for the cap on the back of the 2030 or F-P version.. I think it will hold up fine in the lower 48 states.
The on and off switch is mounted in the back of the caller and appears to be the same as the one used on the 2030 models, you just slide it one way or the other to turn on. Its also sunken down into the box some so its protected from being hit or broken...
Access to the batteries is also on the backside of the caller with a cover and two screws. I just use a dime to turn out the screws. I talked with Randy R. about it and he came up with a good idea of haveing thumb screws instead. I will look into it if its possable to change out with out have to do any major drilling and such..
I don't have any issue with the battery holders but a call owner with stubby fingers or fingers missing may have a tuff time changeing the batteries.. I'll admitt it maynot be perfect in this department but I'll just have to adapt and can live with it..
The anntenna on my model is on the inside and there are no exsposed wires,none..
The caller is about the size of a 3/4 loaf of bread and is well balanced when carrying it around, I guess it weighs around five pounds, which dose'nt bother me...
It still uses the same remote like I had for the caller I traded in and has no anntenna on the outside..
When useing the remote I noticed the reaction time was faster compared to my 2030 so no complaints there.. The remote still has a favorites key but I don't use them, its not that hard to just push the numbers of the sound you want...
I have'nt tested the volume yet with a sound meter but can tell you it is very loud compared to the Big 2030, I had to actually back the volume down 3 clicks on the remote to make it manageble and simular to max. volume compared to the 2030.. Most of the sounds I played are very clear compared to the 2030 at full volume and no distortion, I like that..
Just for the heck of it I will check to see what the remote range is on it at a later date and will also check to see what the volume is putting out at Max.
The MA-21 comes with 120 pre-selected sounds,and I found out that some of the sounds I can't have on a E-caller so I asked Bill to remove those sounds and add some other sounds that I picked out so my caller came with 114 sounds total..
So in a nut shell I had fast service, took only 7 days to get the caller and got the sounds I wanted and the caller worked on the first try and from there on so I have no complaints.....
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TOM64
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posted January 29, 2012 06:47 AM
I saw one of the first ones and it sounded good but the 5# weight is what pushed me away from it. I know 5# ain't much but when you've made an effort to downsize gear and lighten things up like I have the extra 2.2# ain't happening (my cs24 weighs 2.8# with batteries).
That was the only thing I didn't like about it and that's not a dig on WT, it just didn't fit my hunting style.
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Leonard
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posted January 29, 2012 10:43 AM
Tim, what are the illegal sounds? Or, is it top secret?
Good hunting. LB
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TA17Rem
Hello, I'm the legendary Tim Anderson, Field Marshall, Southern Minneesota Sector
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posted January 29, 2012 11:28 AM
No secrete Leonard.. In the hunting Reg.s it clearly states no electronic devices canbe used for Deer, Canada geese, ducks or any other big game that we have in the state so to be on the safe side I had those sounds removed...
I don't know what a DNR officer would do or how he would interpit the law so not to take any chances just don't have them there to begin with..
I can use deer distress sounds but not the horn rattleing or buck grunts and so on. Must be a animal in distress...
I got out today to test the range by placeing the caller on a gravel road and then backing away from the caller and checking range and operation of the caller as I went... I got to 150 yds and called it good, not sure why anyone would place it this far or farther from a stand..
For loudness useing adult female howls I got a reading of 126-128 dbs and same howl from the 2030 gave me a reading of 112-118 dbs...
[ January 29, 2012, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: TA17Rem ]
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Leonard
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posted January 29, 2012 11:43 AM
Interesting. And, rather stupid. So, you can blow a call that sounds like Canada Geese, but you can't use a recording of Canada Geese?
Somebody needs to look into Minnesota regulations and find out the idiot that wrote that shit. Same old story, somebody has a concept of what is fair and ethical, formulates it into a statute of the fish and game code and millions of hunters and fishermen blindly adhere to illogical and indefensible, but prosecutable law.
Good hunting. LB
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TA17Rem
Hello, I'm the legendary Tim Anderson, Field Marshall, Southern Minneesota Sector
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posted January 29, 2012 12:11 PM
Leonard the law is there basicly to keep from over harvesting.. An actual live recording works very well for bringing them in. If it was allowed to be used then they would have to lower the bag limit and or the length of season...
They do allow it here and other places to be used on snow geese since there numbers are way over the top..
I have to agree though some laws don't make sense but when I look at other states laws I believe we have it pretty good here compared to them.... Mn. trys to insure everyone has a safe enjoyable and successfull hunt and maintain a desent population so we can do the same the following season and so on..
Its not much fun hunting if there is nothing there to hunt to begin with or the numbers are so low you have everyone fighting over whats there..
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JD
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posted January 29, 2012 12:22 PM
That's true Tim, some of those regs are put into place to keep the population at a respectable and healthy level, I'm not sure but the waterfowl regs may actually be on a federal level. I've often thought about some of those sounds on my caller and just always figured that a game warden would surely be smart enough to see that I wasn't hunting geese or deer......but then again they do have the power to interpret the law and stick it to you if they want......I dunno, there are thousands of callers out there, surely this has been addressed in the field before.
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TOM64
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posted January 29, 2012 12:29 PM
We have the same nonsense here with turkey, so I have one turkey distress sound on my caller just because I have so much faith in our opossom cops.
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posted January 29, 2012 12:35 PM
Sounds like a decent caller. Now as soon as WT catches up with some better coyote vocalizations they will really have something.
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TA17Rem
Hello, I'm the legendary Tim Anderson, Field Marshall, Southern Minneesota Sector
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posted January 29, 2012 01:13 PM
Maybe your right Cal,not really sure.. But I do know that the ones I have still work pretty well for me.. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
To be honest though I would like to see some more howls from different age groups added to the list....
[ January 29, 2012, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: TA17Rem ]
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TundraWookie
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posted March 05, 2012 09:33 AM
Here's an easy fix for those cheesy, inset knobs for the battery tray TA.
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