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Duck and goose calls

Tweeter said:
do you like em over say a Echo or a RNT?
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I do, i have owned lots of other brands of calls. I still own lot of other calls. I have owed plenty of Echos, RNT, Hayes, Sure Shot, Buck Gardner and several more. I have nothing on my lanyard but Lares T1s and a Makers LA Short cut cutdown for something totally different.
 
I agree about the DR-85. But I also like duck calls and buy at least one per year just cause. Several RNTs, one echo, couple different cut downs. Hunting buddy bought a Lares Hybrid earlier this year and when I first heard it I thought "whoa" there was something different about that… I ended up getting the regular bore timber (t1?). Love it. It won't be my last Lares.

On the cut down side I really like the singleton LA cut, but I've still not mastered it. But that's part of the fun to me.
 
Westtnduckhtr said:
Haydel DR85
I have probably more duck and goose calls than some stores, all price ranges from Free to $1,500 each.
I always have a DR85 on lanyard next to in most cases various RNT calls. I also hunt with a former guide who has killed or witness being killed 10's of thousands of waterfowl, he blows a DR most days. Can't beat one at any price, period…
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One hundred percent agree! Now I use a Bayou Beast cane call in place of the old DR-85
 
TAFKAP said:
A harelipped kindergartener could blow a Yentzen call and make it sound at least functional. Learn to blow this once nicely, then graduate up to a better acrylic. But honestly, you may just stay with this. Biggest downside to a wooden Yentzen is that the two halves can slip apart and leave you stranded when the reed falls out. The step up is their acrylic Yentzen ONE2 that screws together.

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Yentzen Classic

Sure-Shot Game Calls began with the invention of the Double Reed Duck Call from our founders George Yentzen and World Champion and Outdoor Hall of Fame Inductee, James “Cowboy” Fernandez.
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When I learned to blow this call at the beginning of my waterfowling, things began to change for my hunting success.
 
I started with a Dirty Rice then went to a Sweet Meat (Meet) can't remember which way it was spelled then went to cutdowns and have never went back Anytime I blow anything besides a cutdown now I feel like I'm about to blow then insert out the call lol. Me personally I would start cheap and work my way up. I'd hate to go spend $200 on a call and realize you don't like calling or it's not for you Just my .02
 
A Johnny Marsh walnut call when tuned right, I think sounds better than any other call. The highball on a windy day really sounds amazing. But they are pretty much a collector call now and they take alot of air and deep breaths to blow correctly. I mainly use a Don Ansley in the small areas that I have to duck hunt now. It doesn't take a lot of air to blow it and you can call a lot quieter with it than most other duck calls. Since those are ole school wooden calls that most people have never heard of, a couple of good acrylic calls are the Primos Wench and any of the Echo brand calls.

I forgot about the goose call. The first goose call my dad bought me was a Ken Martin. IMO it's a great goose call and has stood the test of time. I have a long tube call I bought years ago when they first got popular but I can remember the brand. It sounds pretty good too but the Ken Martin is a lot easier to blow and sounds so much better.
 
Tweeter said:
NOT A CUTDOWN!!!!
And there is an excellent how to video by Rusty Creasy on how to PROPERLY use a duck call and how to "read" ducks and when to call.
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A cutdown is a game changer on certain days. I don't blow one very often but i keep one with me. I have had multiple days that ducks would be flying high and not responding to any other calls. But you blow the crap out of a cutdown and they would lock up and fall in. Soft easy calling is not always what works. I have days that one guy calling could not get the ducks to break out. But you get 6-8 guys blowing as hard as they could and we end up killing 40.
 
A cheap call, easy, is a mallard magic. Lares hybrid, or T 1 is the best . Beginner's will do best with a double reed. Lots of cheaper doubles out there. Stepping up to a single reed is like riding a bike without training wheels. Much more air control involved. I would never have thought a call maker such as lares, especially from California, would produce a call that is so good sounding as the hybrid, or T1, with a simple reed selection which all lengths sound so different. Lares take a lot of practice, different air presentation to blow. The whine they produce is unequalled on the end of the hail . All you experienced guys already know, its knowing when to call, when not that matters. Another one l liked was RNT. I knew Butch personally, love the older RNTs. Went over to his shop yrs ago on a Sunday, he ran four of us all calls. Had hrs of fun with John, Big Jim, Antonio, all past world champions, great callers, hunters. I ran a older Daisy Cutter Butch made for me. Killed alot of ducks over it. Still have it in my collection. Also loved Mike Mclemore. He was a good friend. Have some of his first runs of the little double reeds from wood. Another previous world champion, sounded as much like a duck as anyone l ever hunted with. Sorry, l got a lil carried away bout calls, some great callers
 
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Dodge Man said:
A cutdown is a game changer on certain days. I don't blow one very often but i keep one with me. I have had multiple days that ducks would be flying high and not responding to any other calls. But you blow the crap out of a cutdown and they would lock up and fall in. Soft easy calling is not always what works. I have days that one guy calling could not get the ducks to break out. But you get 6-8 guys blowing as hard as they could and we end up killing 40.
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Power calling. Lots guys in the blind calling. Yes, some days they want to be pounded loud all the way. I believe the reason lots of guys calling is what they hear on refuges. Lots ducks being noisey. Then, also lite calling on other days. Just a bird. Lol
 
tickweed said:
Power calling. Lots guys in the blind calling. Yes, some days they want to be pounded loud all the way. I believe the reason lots of guys calling is what they hear on refuges. Lots ducks being noisey. Then, also lite calling on other days. Just a bird. Lol
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That's fun right there. Lean into them hard and all of the sudden one group wing tips lock then next thing you know you're in a tornado..
 
TnKen said:
Doesn't that usually end with "wait for the big group". And t they all leave with out firing a shot. 😀
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Or it leads to everyone calling at different groups which can turn things south quick.
 

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