calling ducks today...

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As per my usual fall saturday routine, I was out calling ducks. Although today, none would come in. They would change direction, and fly over but they would not come out of high orbit!

What type of calling do you find seals the deal and gets them to take a closer look and not just an ariel survey?

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It may not be your calling, they may see you. There is a lot less leaves etc to hide you so that might be a posibility.
 
Keep in mind the hunting pressure. The birds get tougher to hunt as the season goes on.

Concealment, and a good spread will work in your favor to put some of the Northern birds on the table.
 
Every week the birds become more and more educated. The more calling they respond to and get their a$$ shot at teaches them to mind their own business.

I'm a minimalist when it comes to calling. I do the standard, call at wingtips and tails, but only the occasional feed chuckle when they are facing me.
 
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Are you keeping movement in the blind to a minimum? Uncovered faces will scare off a lot of ducks in their final approach. I use a facemask and it does help with shy ducks.

Are you quaking and feed chuckling as they are coming in?

And like said previously, mojo ducks are awesome. I wish I had two of them.
 
I'm using a floating decoys, and a wind powered mojo type duck... But it might be time for a battery mojo duck...

As far as camoflauge goes, I wear a camo jacket, hat, and mesh balaclava type mask. My blind is built out of branches and fallen sticks from the trees around the blind and other varuous foilage from the surrounding area.

The hunting pressure and educated ducks make sense.

How about calling? Less is better?

Anybody know of a good chuckle how to? I have the quacking calls down ok, but still have problems with making a good chuckle.
 
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I'm using a floating decoys, and a wind powered mojo type duck... But it might be time for a battery mojo duck...

As far as camoflauge goes, I wear a camo jacket, hat, and mesh balaclava type mask. My blind is built out of branches and fallen sticks from the trees around the blind and other varuous foilage from the surrounding area.

The hunting pressure and educated ducks make sense.

How about calling? Less is better?

Anybody know of a good chuckle how to? I have the quacking calls down ok, but still have problems with making a good chuckle.
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Try "ticka-tick tick-tick ticka-tick" with a nasaly quack thrown in every now and then.
 
Season phenology plays a significant part in the effectiveness of calling. To put it bluntly, most ducks are more interested in feeding rather then f**king at this point in the fall. A good hide and being on the X will put more ducks on the strap then a world class caller and a dozen spinners.
 
NewToTheGame said:
I'm using a floating decoys, and a wind powered mojo type duck... But it might be time for a battery mojo duck...

As far as camoflauge goes, I wear a camo jacket, hat, and mesh balaclava type mask. My blind is built out of branches and fallen sticks from the trees around the blind and other varuous foilage from the surrounding area.

The hunting pressure and educated ducks make sense.

How about calling? Less is better?

Anybody know of a good chuckle how to? I have the quacking calls down ok, but still have problems with making a good chuckle.
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Don't be led to believe that a mojo is the path to duck Nirvana. I have 5 of them and after a few weeks into the season the birds have been shot at over every conceivable device out there and wise up to all of it. Fresh arrivals or young of the year birds that havent seen any pressure usually succumb but by October their numbers have waned either through death or education(pellets buzzing their tailfeathers,lol). I find as the season goes on less is more and I usually hunt over as few as 2-3 decoys and leave the spinning wing decoys at home.As for calling the best advice I can give is that which I received from a guy who could talk duck unlike anyone I ever have known and he said" if they are coming at you shut up, let the decoys do the work. If they decide to pass you up then let em have it, there is nothing to lose at that point." He said the same as one of the other guys here, tailfeathers and hit em on the corners.
 
...and the first rule of calling mallards...NEVER call when they are doing what you want them to do. Most guys call way too much IMO...can hear this on any marsh the first week or two of the season. Lot's of ruckus is for crows.
 
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