Duck Calls

From what I have heard out there on the marshes the best calling is no calling at all. Most guys couldn't run a duck call to save their souls and they blare away sounding like a motocross bike on crack. An expensive call won't help with that kind of crap! :D
 
I'm just getting back into waterfowling and I'm wondering... When did duck calls become over-priced fashion accessories?:confused:

Can't wait to freshen up my dekes, keep working with my new retriever and blow the cobwebs out of my 25 year old Olt Standard call.
 
Calls have gone the way of "dominate the wet lands" "whackem and stackem" "kill ducks not time" state of mind. Spank and Ninepointer have good points, get a decent call and practice. By decent I don't mean 100.00 calls. 30.00 to 50.00 will buy a deent call the rest is up to the user.

Darryl
 
I have an old call made by Black Duck. It must be 40 years old. It has a beautiful feeder chuckle that I used on mallards, blacks, and blue bills. The high ball sound is o.k, but honestly, I never use the high ball, I'm not that good. I let the open spots in the decoys attract the ducks over, and then just chuckle the feeder call until they are close enough for a shot.
 
madtrapper143 said:
Calls have gone the way of "dominate the wet lands" "whackem and stackem" "kill ducks not time" state of mind. Spank and Ninepointer have good points, get a decent call and practice. By decent I don't mean 100.00 calls. 30.00 to 50.00 will buy a deent call the rest is up to the user.

Darryl
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Most of the guys I know are held back by the calls they blow. A good call costs less than a case of ammo and will mean fewer long shots.

I know fellows who go through a couple cazoo's each season. If you only toot your call for a two weekends a year by all means by a Cambodian tire special. If you are serious about what you do and practice enough get a good working call from a higher end manufacturer.

I've run a cross section of the calls from big and small companies, once you get one just right you will never go back.
 
I'm not a waterfowling expert by any means , but i have been doing it seriously for going on 3 seasons now and have killed a few birds , nothing compared to some of the real experts on here but each year i have killed more and more birds which is a good sign i think. Anyways my only calling advice is to listen to the birds. On days that they are very vocal and you hear hens going crazy at first light you can be more vocal and expect way better results. On days were you don't hear a single real bird quacking your fake quacks really dont matter IMO. I love it when calling works though nothing like pulling a duck that flies past you and making him do a 180 right into the spread.
 
Cinch said:
I even had a Saunders Deuce Coupe a couple years ago, but it somehow ended up on a friends lanyard after a poor shot resulted in knocking down both the drake and the hen behind the drake down...///
Nothing more frustrating they flaring working birds because the bargain bin call sounds more like a kazoo then a hen mallard
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I can't believe that... but anyway... I'm using both a saunders tripple reed (wheelchair?) and single reed Coupe on my lanyard.

Speaking of Kazzo's, I have a video somewhere......
 
ryan32 said:
I'm not a waterfowling expert by any means , but i have been doing it seriously for going on 3 seasons now and have killed a few birds , nothing compared to some of the real experts on here but each year i have killed more and more birds which is a good sign i think. Anyways my only calling advice is to listen to the birds. On days that they are very vocal and you hear hens going crazy at first light you can be more vocal and expect way better results. On days were you don't hear a single real bird quacking your fake quacks really dont matter IMO. I love it when calling works though nothing like pulling a duck that flies past you and making him do a 180 right into the spread.
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Best advice given on this thread yet! I probably shoot 90% of my ducks without uttering a sound. I let the decoys do the work, if they are headed in my direction I shut up, if they are looking like they are going to pass without interest then I hit em.

Agred, nothing like watching them do a 180 right back into the spread!! OH YAA!!!
 
I picked up a Duck commander triple reed, aka "triple threat". here's why:
1) gimmick or not, had to find out.
2) relatively cheap
3) rednecks make good sales pitches
4) relatively easy to pull off the feed call.

Last year was my first year of ducks and geese. I spent quite a few mornings in the marsh. I'm proud to say I shot down a lot of ducks!

...the other side of the story is that I shot over a case of shells...and if you average it out, it worked out to be a duck every 10 shots hahaha.

Anyways, the call worked. I got em in, but what worked the best is when I was told to shut the f_ck up by my pro partner. He's big on not playing a song for the birds...just say hi!
 
[Anyways, the call worked. I got em in, but what worked the best is when I was told to shut the f_ck up by my pro partner. He's big on not playing a song for the birds...just say hi![/QUOTE]

Truer words never spoken...... or typed I guess. Another great quote that can be applied is "less is more".
 
I use mostly RNTs, Ruittas, and Carlson calls. I did get a couple of Ken Jones Reelfoot Lake calls, and I plan to give them a work out this fall.

My goose calls are an old Faulks and an old Olts.
 
Use the cheapest call you can find that gives a reasonable sound. I only use mine to get attention and then I put it away. It doesn't have to be great to get attention. Most people call way too much. The most common words I speak in the marsh aside from "Let them come" is "Put your f**king call away!".

The best classification for my calls would be DISPOSABLE.
 
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