What calls do you use?

[fudge]

Right now I have been hooked no my echo call meat hanger and an old rnt I havd had for about 10 years. What works for you..

[dak0ta]

Duck Commander Duck picker that I got on sale at Canadian tire. Tried it out this season and it actually makes them turn! Very loud too. I play the French horn, so this feels like playing a kazoo haha.

[fudge]

French horn hey hahahaha

[ZacNap]

On my Lanyard this year

Ducks
Pacific Calls 'Joker' Single Reed, Easy to blow, LOUD, Super raspy, lots of range(cajun squeal, bouncing hen)
Zink 'ATM' Double Reed easiest call to sound like a duck anyone can blow it only downside requires alot of air
Buck Gardner 6 in 1 call

Goose
Pacific Calls 'Four of a kind' Easy to blow and lots of range and fast call
Zink 'Cod' Very easy to sound goosey

[Dutch]

I am an RNT man through and through but bought this GOEY HOLLERIN HEN and damn it sounds great better than my daisy cutter and that's a great call so .

[180grainer]

Olt.................................

[shelg]

I make my own. Can't come to spend $150 on a piece of plastic mass produced. I like the sound of wood.


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[lorneparker1]

Olt.................................


what kind of olt? a cutdown keyhole is one of the dirtiest duck calls ever made.

Lorne

[Beachcomber]

I run an old Olt too, cocobola wood or something like that, that I have had since I was 12. Melodious mallardish noises issue forth when in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. In my hands, not so much. More often than not I don't call and rely on decoys to do the work. One very good and experienced guy I hunt with from time to time hates calling - or at least listening to people calling. Never uses them. The only time I have seen him call is using just his mouth when hunting for snows.

[Beachcomber]

what kind of olt? a cutdown keyhole is one of the dirtiest duck calls ever made.

Lorne

Just checked mine. It is a Mk V. Walnut apparently, not cocobolo. Sounds pretty good actually.

[albravo2]

I can attest to the quality of Shelg's calls. Very nice sound and nice to hold.

[Beachcomber]

[QUOTE=shelg;2057639]I make my own. Can't come to spend $150 on a piece of plastic mass produced. I like the sound of wood.

How do you “tune” the calls you make? How do you determine the bore size, what reed to use etc? They look beautiful. Would be a lot of work to put it only to have it sound like a seagull. Curious to know how it all comes together.

[shelg]

The bore size is 1/4", this is common. Any bigger it is hard to blow. Any smaller it sounds like a kazoo. I use a jig to get the general shape. Then I file and sand to tune. The reeds are .014 Mylar. I make them either double or single reed depending on the sound I want. I heard no complaints about my calls yet. I do have a duck call firewood bin. Just a little too much sanded and it is in the garbage. It is a fine line. Just like tuning and interment.



[QUOTE=shelg;2057639]I make my own. Can't come to spend $150 on a piece of plastic mass produced. I like the sound of wood.

How do you “tune” the calls you make? How do you determine the bore size, what reed to use etc? They look beautiful. Would be a lot of work to put it only to have it sound like a seagull. Curious to know how it all comes together.

[Beachcomber]

[QUOTE=shelg;2058126]The bore size is 1/4", this is common. Any bigger it is hard to blow. Any smaller it sounds like a kazoo. I use a jig to get the general shape. Then I file and sand to tune. The reeds are .014 Mylar. I make them either double or single reed depending on the sound I want. I heard no complaints about my calls yet. I do have a duck call firewood bin. Just a little too much sanded and it is in the garbage. It is a fine line. Just like tuning and interment.

Thanks for the detail. Sounds like an challenging process.