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last night at cabellas....
Posted on 12/5/13 at 8:42 am
Posted on 12/5/13 at 8:42 am
we doing a little christmas shopping.. it is near closing time, choupique II wants to try a new echo and rnt.. so we are by the duck calls....
he hits the rnt a little.. nice work.....
then on the echo(as usually happens for him).. he sings like an english calling mallard....
a rather well known and fairly famous duck hunter(you have seen him in videos).. pulls up a chair and listens while he continues to "test the call"... puts it down says.. yeah. I want this one....
ole boy. winks and nods.. gets up goes back to whatever he was doing.....
not happy happy happy well known.. but pretty dog gone close...
funny part.. back when cabellas first opened.. guy behind the counter wouldn't let a very young choupique "test" the good calls....
another poster on here asked for call gave it to him... the jaw dropping from the kid behind the counter once he started calling was priceless...
he hits the rnt a little.. nice work.....
then on the echo(as usually happens for him).. he sings like an english calling mallard....
a rather well known and fairly famous duck hunter(you have seen him in videos).. pulls up a chair and listens while he continues to "test the call"... puts it down says.. yeah. I want this one....
ole boy. winks and nods.. gets up goes back to whatever he was doing.....
not happy happy happy well known.. but pretty dog gone close...
funny part.. back when cabellas first opened.. guy behind the counter wouldn't let a very young choupique "test" the good calls....
another poster on here asked for call gave it to him... the jaw dropping from the kid behind the counter once he started calling was priceless...
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Posted on 12/5/13 at 8:43 am to choupiquesushi
I hate that fricking place
Posted on 12/5/13 at 8:46 am to choupiquesushi
Good story Who taught him to call so well?
Posted on 12/5/13 at 8:55 am to Polar Pop
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Who taught him to call so well?
me and a guy that used to guide with/for me.
I was fortunate when he was very young that I was in a position to take him in blinds on guided hunts and let him call - he was too young to shoot much, but called pretty much 100% of the calling we did by the time he was 6 or 7.
He also spent countless hours talking with and calling with our guides two of whom really looked after him a lot when I was occupied.
and I also sacrificed a lot of hunts/shots that were very good teaching hunts....
he also got some very good pointers from Eli Haydel, Phil Robertson, and Jase(when he was really young)... actually left him in their booths at outdoor events and he called with them - whilst I walked around...
it is very frustrating to be in a blind close to him.... in fact.. first weekend we hunted a new place - guy from next blind over came over to us during hunt.. asked me if it was ME doing that calling.... cuz we called a bunch off of him... I said no it was him.......pointing to choupique II.. not as funny when same thing happened 3 years ago.. because now he doesn't look anywhere NEAR his age.
This post was edited on 12/5/13 at 8:56 am
Posted on 12/5/13 at 8:58 am to Cracker
And the duck hunting section is almost the worst, coming in a distant 3rd to the bullet isle and used gun rack.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:00 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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And the duck hunting section is almost the worst, coming in a distant 3rd to the bullet isle and used gun rack.
agree, but they were open.. and we were close...
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:01 am to choupiquesushi
I have been teaching my daughter to blow a call. She is only 3 but actually can make it sound like a duck which I am happy with right now. Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:02 am to choupiquesushi
Thats awesome man. I did the exact opposite and I am paying for it now...
I always had my pow pow and uncle (who won worlds in 96) in the blind calling for me while I shot. Never felt the need to learn because they wanted me shooting. Now I can barely hold a tune at 26...
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:07 am to TigerBait413
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:08 am to choupiquesushi
That's awesome. Mine's getting pretty good at it lately too
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:12 am to xenon16
yeah.. one of the guys that taught me how to hunt and call.. never taught either one of his boys...
I hired his eldest sight unseen - and was stunned that he couldn't even blow a whistle.. nobody he hunted with ever let him...
Mine has been offered by some custom manufactures to call for them - he chooses not too.(he does have a few plaques and trophies)..
it's really funny when we go on guided hunts or hunt with new folks.. and he starts calling....
whats really impressive is when people say you can't call in woodies or mottled ducks...
I hired his eldest sight unseen - and was stunned that he couldn't even blow a whistle.. nobody he hunted with ever let him...
Mine has been offered by some custom manufactures to call for them - he chooses not too.(he does have a few plaques and trophies)..
it's really funny when we go on guided hunts or hunt with new folks.. and he starts calling....
whats really impressive is when people say you can't call in woodies or mottled ducks...
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:12 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Not remotely possible to be worse than the bullet section. I swear a blind person put that isle together 
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:22 am to Hammertime
Any ducks fly in?
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:26 am to Hammertime
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Not remotely possible to be worse than the bullet section. I swear a blind person put that isle together
no kidding... took me 15 minutes to find 7mm08..
they were between 300 mag and 303 british...
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:28 am to choupiquesushi
I don't mind it when there are normal duck hunters in there. Whenever I go there are a whole bunch of the "I duck hunt because it's cool" crowd spitting up the RNT's though. If you can't call, don't call in cabelas, and damn sure don't do it on an RNT.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:28 am to Hammertime
The night crew does it. It's comical
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:30 am to choupiquesushi
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took me 15 minutes to find 7mm08..
Trying to find 730 waters over there is like trying to find a needle in a bowl of condoms
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:32 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I don't mind it when there are normal duck hunters in there. Whenever I go there are a whole bunch of the "I duck hunt because it's cool" crowd spitting up the RNT's though. If you can't call, don't call in cabelas, and damn sure don't do it on an RNT.
3 and 30 for 2 years would solve all of this...
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:33 am to Rod Farva
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took me 15 minutes to find 7mm08..
Trying to find 730 waters over there is like trying to find a needle in a bowl of condoms
yeah I asked for help and the kid pointed me to 7mm mag...
asked about 280.. he said.. No sir you mean 270... I said... nevermind I don't hunt....
Posted on 12/5/13 at 9:34 am to choupiquesushi
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whats really impressive is when people say you can't call in woodies or mottled ducks...
I made my buddy a believer one day when I told him I could get some woodies to circle like mallards and they did and came straight in. He was shocked
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