I didn’t use any goose calls when I killed my first Canada goose in 1979. No decoys either. Just me, an inexperienced 15-year-old, hiding in my grandfather’s cornfield with my Pop’s ’66 Mossberg M500 ...

I’ve always relied on a long, flute-style call when hunting Canada geese, even though it’s cumbersome. The reason is simple: I can easily make goose sounds with it, especially those low, signature ...

When Scott Threinen was 10 years old, he was doing chores on his family's dairy farm west of Rochester, in the small town of Mantorville, Minn., when some Canada geese landed in a field behind the ...