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to another call review this time we are reviewing the champ which is the latest
in the elk 101 Signature Series lineup produced by Rocky Mountain hunting calls
now since this is the latest in that elk 101 Signature Series line it is built on
the same frame with the same dome so it's the same frame style as the
contender and the all-star it is a single light latex fluorescent orange on
the tape so let's go ahead and do a few cow sounds at a bugle or two so that you
can hear what the champ sounds like
so that'll give you an example of some of the sounds that you can produce so my
thoughts on this Reid is this is not a read for beginners intermediate and
advanced type callers will enjoy this read I did notice that I had to kind of
move this into a different position kind of a little more farther forward than
where I normally run reads when I first got this read I didn't I didn't like the
way it bugle Cal : for me out of the package was was okay but as far as
bugling it took a little bit of playing around with and you know this is one of
those calls that right out of the package it may not while you and I know
I've heard from a couple of people saying they weren't impressed thing I
would say is keep calling on it it does kind of change its behavior a little bit
once you call on it for a while in my honest opinion I think the contender and
the all-star are better reads I think those two have more control I kind of
like the you know I like the sounds that I produce a lot better with the
contender in the all-star but again that's just for my style of calling not
every read is fit for everybody's style of calling the champ just doesn't fit my
style of calling or where I like to operate reads is it at all but it is a
read that as you call on it you find that optimum
position in the roof of your mouth I think it's a read that you could learn
to like and maybe even learn to love I know I've heard from some people that
they had great success with the champ so there you go if you're an intermediate
or advanced type caller don't be afraid to pick up the champ and try it but like
I said if right out of the package if it doesn't do everything that you want it
to do don't give up on it keep calling on it keep playing with it it does
change its behavior so so there you go thanks for tuning in for another call
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