Calls!

[BilletHead]

8 hours ago, Gavin said:

My host and his buddies will be calling, but they recommended some calls to try. Said practice, and see what you can do. Figure calling em in is more fun than the shooting & the eating. 

         Great to see you stepping into the waterfowl sport Gavin ! You will enjoy it.

   

45 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Definitely better than eating. 😀

           Are we afraid to cook your duck on the rarer side of medium rare?   You do know that peas are not mandatory at a good duck dinner,

  BilletHead

[snagged in outlet 3]

I knew I'd stir up the culinary geniuses with that.  Success!!!  Shot and ate hundreds of em.  Never really enjoyed a single bite.  There's a reason there's a Cattlemen's Association and not a duckman association.  Beef, rare, it's what's for dinner!

[BilletHead]

25 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I knew I'd stir up the culinary geniuses with that.  Success!!!  Shot and ate hundreds of em.  Never really enjoyed a single bite.  There's a reason there's a Cattlemen's Association and not a duckman association.  Beef, rare, it's what's for dinner!

          Sounds to me like you shot hundreds of Northern Shovelers or overcooked what you shot . #Snaggedsaysspooniesneedlovintoo ,

BilletHead

[snagged in outlet 3]

Nope.  Mostly pounded mallards.  My dad used to hang them on fish stringers to let the guts drip out over time in cold weather.  Then cooked rare.  He loved them.  Ribeye of the sky and all that bravo sierra. 

[Gavin]

I really like wild mallards & teal.. Shoot some in STC, will drive up and get them if unwanted once it gets cold. Bleed it as best as you can as fast as you can and toss it in a cooler. Think that allot of game gets wasted/ tastes bad due to poor field handling.

[Buck]

Late reply, but in my opinion the best call to learn on is a Haydel DR-85. It is what I always recommend to my friends. Very easy to blow, sounds great. 

[Gavin]

Been playing around with some calls. Used to play saxaphone & clarinet, so the breath control does not seem hard. The DR-85 is small in your hand, but makes some decent sounding noises to my ear. Got one of those 6 in one whistles, works well, just gotta remember what is what. Gotta Zinc goose call, takes more air, but can break it over and make some sounds with it. Did not realize it but my 9 year old has a custom single reed duck call. She won it at the Troutbust raffle. Wood call, blue green dyed box elder burl with a brass ring. Very well finished. Harder to blow than the goose call but we are having fun playing our kazoos and annoying the neighbors.

[Gavin]

Felt I should give that custom call maker a plug. My 9yr old does not know what she has! Better photos on his Facebook page. One is her call.

[Terrierman]

Good handmade acrylic calls are worth the money if you are at all serious about waterfowling.  That one is not acrylic but it is a beauty.

For an under $25 starter call, Yentzen double reed is my suggestion.  Learn to chuckle and learn to read birds in the air.  The very best days and places are the ones where you just highball a time or two and then go quiet until it's flaps down.  Other times you have to talk them all the way in. 

[Gavin]

I’m not serious at. She surprised me with that. I did not know that she had it. It’s hers. She won a raffle pick, and that’s what she took. Guess it looked like the best thing on the table and I’m not gonna argue with my 9yr old girl. I will lose every time!