sound emission sound blocking ring 202 can be a resilient member which merely clips around the sound chamber cylinder wall 106 and it may be disposed between top and bottom circular ridges 204 and 206 respectively sound blocking ring 202 may be sufficiently resilient so that a gripping bias force is applied to the sound chamber side wall when the sound ring is disposed thereon 0017 fig2 also shows a first strap 210 and a second strap 212 which are preferably adapted and configured using velcro to adhere to each other other means of attaching the call 200 to an arm or a leg are envisioned as well such as buckles snaps strings elastic bands etc in operation the apparatus of the present invention as described in fig1 could function as follows the hunter or caller note this call could be used by persons other than hunters holds the call 100 in the palm of one hand a striker is held in the other hand and the call is operated in a well known manner if none of the holes 120 122 130 132 140 142 150 and 152 are blocked by the caller 39 s hand then the sound emitted by the call will be omni directional however if the caller wishes the sound to go only in one direction then the caller need only grasp the call so that the caller 39 s hands and fingers cover the holes oriented in a direction other than the desired direction of sound.