I learned how to call with mouth calls and still use them. I also use an e-call but that has come to be only in the last 6 or 7 years. I had friends that used e calls but the sounds were terrible. Those sounds have come a long way and the quality of the sound is so much better than they used to be. When hunting by myself, I grab hand calls and on rare occasion the e call. Primarily, I use the e call when all of my kids are with me just so I can get the sound and attention away from us. Never fails, we'll be sitting on a stand and I hear a candy wrapper, look over and see the little one playing with rocks and sticks, another picking his nose lol. You get the idea, I don't need any more attention on us than the kids are already giving them. If it's just one of the boys with me I like to use the hand calls because I can sit them right with me and when you get a charger come into your lap, the wide eyes and smiles are great!