Game call trainer with scoring against real animal voices

Recording: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: National Institute of Biological Resources (Korea), KOGL Type 1. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: Кашеед, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: British Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: Jens Loose, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: Carl Steinbeißer, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: U.S. Geological Survey, Public domain. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: Jugrü, CC BY-SA 3.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: British Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas / Jennifer Jerrett, Public domain. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas / Jennifer Jerrett, Public domain. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

Recording: NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas / Jennifer Jerrett, Public domain. Excerpt: trimmed, level-matched. Source

The male’s song is a high, drawn-out whistle, a shorter second whistle and a quick trill. Imitate it with a hazel grouse whistle, softly and evenly, and pause between series — constant whistling makes the bird wary.

The hail call is a series of five to nine quacks on one breath: loud and drawn-out at first, shorter toward the end. Hold the call in your fist and blow from the diaphragm as if saying “quack” rather than just blowing air.

A goose call is a short note that breaks upward: “ga-gak”. A quick series sounds like a feeding flock, a single drawn-out call like a contact call. Blow sharply and cut the note off with your tongue.

Males open the lek with a sharp hissing “choo-whee”. Hunters imitate it with the voice, exhaling through closed teeth; keep the hiss short and voiceless.

Caws are a series of hoarse “caw” notes of nearly equal length. An alarm series is three to five sharp calls in a row with short pauses.

A rutting stag’s roar is a low, drawn-out groan with a rasp. Callers use a tube or horn: start the sound from the chest and hold it steady without lifting the pitch.

A bull elk’s bugle starts low, climbs to a high whistle, falls, and ends with grunts. The Siberian maral and izubr are subspecies of the same species and bugle with a similar high whistle. The reference was recorded in Yellowstone.

A howl is a long note whose pitch falls smoothly at the end. Wolves are called by voice, sometimes through cupped hands: start lower and softer, hold the pitch, then let it drop.

Rules on electronic calls differ by country, state and species, and many places restrict them. This trainer is for practice with a regular call; check your local hunting regulations before using any recorded sound in the field.

Press the button and call into the microphone from 8–16 inches. Recording stops by itself when you go quiet.

The browser’s noise suppression and auto gain are off, so whistles and rasp reach the analysis intact.

What to fix

Sounds over time: reference and attempt

Attempts

The score is the match with this particular recording: real birds and animals sound different from one another, so compare your attempts with each other.

Missing a voice? Upload your own recording (up to 20 s) — the trainer finds its frequency band and type of sound by itself.