Friday, October 16th, 2009Sound Blasting
I receive questions about my equipment used for sound blasting. I wrote a series of five articles to review the various systems and techniques that I have tried.
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Hello I am a sasquatch field researcher in oregon.This is not about sound blasting sorry.What you are hearing on your howls is a sasquatch hunting party,hunting coyotes.If you read up on chimps you will find that a male group of chimps hunt the same way and sound the same.There is always the same lead male that starts the attack with a howl or scream as the sasquatch’s on your recordings. thanks joey p.s cool site!
February 24th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Stan,
My small research group takes an ethological approach to the sasquatch questions and since I am not a tenure track guy I don’t care about that part of my reputation as a result of BF research.
My main partner and I have tended to avoid the high tech approach. But I am really thinking about your call blasting perspectives. My questions are: (1) Is call blasting effective enough to merit my considering it. (2) We do get whooped at some and wood knocked but thus far I haven’t had any aggressive responding in years. (in Fouke YEARS ago we had limbs snapping and breaking a ruckus raised ostensibly to get my two hunting dogs out of their woods) I know a BF hunter here who gets roared at and treated aggressively, but he IS trying to kill one.
SO I am wondering… is call blasting incurring hostile or aggressive vocal responses they otherwise might not do?
Would I be better off just trying to connect with this species in a calm mellow safe feeling manner.
ie would Jane Goodall do call blasting ? (I am now staunch NO KILL despite my traditional training as a scientist. ie we are pursuing a habituation model now.
This is a serious question, if you have time, as I want to do what works and is ethically best. And I value your experience and perspective here. Thanks.
March 15th, 2011 at 11:33 am
Doc,
There is no simple answer to any technique to attack attention of a sasquatch. These animals know that we are in their area already. One problem with using sound blasting to elicit a sound response to do an audio recording is that the sound they return may just be a mimicked sound.
My thoughts have evolved over time and I am much less likely to use sound blasting. My advice now for anyone would be to start a feeding program and develop a long term project based on trust. Some of my best sounds have come from feeding areas.
March 15th, 2011 at 11:47 am