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"E-callers aren't any less "esthetic" than a mouth call, they both make noise, and both can be loud or quiet, depending on what you want to do."
It takes effort and talent to use a mouth call effectively. My fear is that once the button is pushed on an e-caller it will, by far too many, be left on as long as there is a goose visible above the horizon (and probably even when there isn't). Furthermore an e-call puts a whole symphony of goose noise in a place where by mouth call there is but one goose. Another horror that occurs to me is the situation where 3 sets in one area start to compete in volume with each other.I suspect that all this matters for nought in most, if not all, Canada goose hunt situations where the sets tend to be more widespread and limited by virtue of availability of terrain and ownership control of access. My concerns are arising more out of my situation of wavy hunts where we tend to be closer to each other by virtue of the limited area available and unlimited access---and the fact that we snow goose hunters in the marsh tend to hunt solo, or at most in pairs, so that the amount of noise we can make is limited (unlike Canada shoots, many of which appear to involve groups of shooters and callers). In fact most wavy hunters , like myself, use mouth and throat to call without the aide of any artificial call, a method that is even less intrusive than Mr. Olt's implements. Maybe a set of Regulations governing locale of use, duration of on time, appropriate times to push the on button, etc. might solve the problem . (I trust you see my tongue in my cheek as a say that) .
And it's quite possible that none of your fears materialize..Or the effects are limited. Or hunters learn to respect each other in crowded areas, just like most anglers fishing in crowded areas do. But some never will learn the respect, no matter what gear they use.
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Why not stick to the issue etc. :-D. This isn't an issue of what one uses to hunt or how one uses it ( altho as intimated above that latter could be an issue if in fact the things do come in), but rather one of how the method of hunting affects the experience of those in proximity to it.
See above^^