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Call Duck
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:39 pm
Have any of you ever heard of this, I think it's illegal but I'll tell a little story.
My dad was friends with a guy who was a Louisiana Senator back in the 70's, he owned a badass duck camp in southern Arkansas. I was a kid when we went so I can't remember exactly where it was, probably late 80's early 90's.
They had mallard hens in a cage and would tie a weight to one leg and put them in the decoys, when ducks flew over the hen would call like crazy, flap it's wings, kick stirring the water up. Worked like a charm.
I was probably 9 or 10 years old but I remember the guy telling me "if the game warden shows up shoot that duck with the string on it's foot".
I'm protected by the statute of limitations on this
My dad was friends with a guy who was a Louisiana Senator back in the 70's, he owned a badass duck camp in southern Arkansas. I was a kid when we went so I can't remember exactly where it was, probably late 80's early 90's.
They had mallard hens in a cage and would tie a weight to one leg and put them in the decoys, when ducks flew over the hen would call like crazy, flap it's wings, kick stirring the water up. Worked like a charm.
I was probably 9 or 10 years old but I remember the guy telling me "if the game warden shows up shoot that duck with the string on it's foot".
I'm protected by the statute of limitations on this
This post was edited on 12/20/19 at 7:42 pm
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Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:54 pm to The Torch
It would be illegal and I've not heard of this actually happening in any of my duck adventures and BS stories. And I find it strange that anyone would be so desperate to kill a duck they would even try this. I wonder if the senator was also a member of Ducks Unlimited at the time?
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:59 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
I have heard of it. One group said it worked. The other said it didn’t work because the ducks (decoys) weren’t used to being tied and they were going crazy.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:01 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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find it strange that anyone would be so desperate to kill a duck they would even try this
Live callers were used by many market gunners, supposedly it was very effective.
Hunting with live decoys
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:12 pm to Whatafrekinchessiebr
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Live callers were used by many market gunners, supposedly it was very effective.
Yeah, how long ago was that? And market hunting now is no more legal than using live decoys. Let me think, the 1920s??
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:20 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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I wonder if the senator was also a member of Ducks Unlimited at the time?
I can assure you he was on the front row of every banquet held and a big money donor.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:26 pm to The Torch
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I can assure you he was on the front row of every banquet held and a big money donor.
Well I can't say I've always been the best law abiding waterfowl hunter. But nowadays I hunt and miss everything I shoot at. So you can say now I'm a conservationist.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:51 pm to The Torch
Not uncommon in the old days
Posted on 12/20/19 at 9:24 pm to The Torch
They called them “English Callers” were supposed to be effective. Have a buddy that used to salvage crippled specks and use them and they were very effective.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 10:29 pm to The Torch
It’s still legal in other countries. Some place in Europe or Russia or somewhere over there.
I’ve seen some YouTubes links, but the writing is foreign so I don’t know how to find them. Current ones exist.
I’ve seen some YouTubes links, but the writing is foreign so I don’t know how to find them. Current ones exist.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 11:02 pm to fillmoregandt
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Not uncommon in the old days
Let a pond in the back of Golden Meadow fill slap up, run up in there with a punt gun.
Posted on 12/21/19 at 8:26 am to The Torch
My father used one back in the day. He brought a banker friend over from Texas on a hunt. They wade into the hole, the Call duck jumps up and the banker shoots it. True story.
Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:11 pm to The Torch
Sounds like your dad's friend was an outlaw and just a shitty person.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 1:45 am to The Torch
Posted on 12/22/19 at 6:09 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Sounds like your dad's friend was an outlaw and just a shitty person.
Boys I found him:
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Sounds like your dad's friend was an outlaw and just a shitty person.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 8:51 am to The Torch
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:52 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
If you read about caller ducks they were well trained. They would sit among the decoys and call the birds in then when the birds landed the caller duck would swim to the blind and the market hunters would unleash hell.
There is a lot more to caller ducks than just tying a leg to a stick and expecting them to do all the work. In the olden days with training they were highly effective
There is a lot more to caller ducks than just tying a leg to a stick and expecting them to do all the work. In the olden days with training they were highly effective
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