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First duck call......HELP!

Posted on 8/3/12 at 9:18 am
Posted by weisertiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since Sep 2007
2524 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 9:18 am
Last year a buddy of mine got me hooked on duck hunting! This year I plan to do much more of it. So, what would you recommend for my first duck call?

Also, are there any instructional videos you would recommend to help me get started?

TIA
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
28157 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 9:18 am to
Get the Haydel's DR85. They have one that comes with a DVD or CD for like $20.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40496 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 9:20 am to
Posted by NicoBlues
I eat frogs
Member since Dec 2009
15048 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 9:39 am to
Primos Original Wench. If youre an OT baller, Primos Acrylic Wench (what i blow on)
Posted by tigers84
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2008
2786 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 9:46 am to
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Posted by MSWebfoot
Hernando
Member since Oct 2011
3263 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 10:03 am to
Agree totally with the DR85. Also get a 6 in 1 whistle. Easy to learn.
Posted by treble hook
Member since Nov 2011
2310 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 10:24 am to
My first call was an Echo Trash Talker. Good call for the price. It's around $20.
Posted by 34venture
Buffer Zone
Member since Mar 2010
11369 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 10:26 am to
quote:

DR85
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
18156 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 10:32 am to
You also might wanna try the duck commander original. Easy to blow and sounds damn good. It's very raspy.
Posted by GCHunter
Chasing my tail
Member since Aug 2009
2080 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 11:35 am to
Been duck hunting for probably 25 years and all i have ever blown is a DR 85 and a Wingsetter Whistle 7in1. You will get Weigon, Mallard, Pintal, Teal, Wooducks all with the Wingsetter. I would get a Whistle first. Lock that up then move on to the Mallard Call but if your buddy can call then let him for the most part. Work on the soft quack and the feed call. These are the easiest and wont flare a duck as badly. The high ball is the hardest. Welcome to duck hunting buddy its as addictive as it comes
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40828 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 11:40 am to
quote:

DR85


And a whistle as others have said. If this is only your second year hunting, you probably won't be locking ducks up with the mallard call. Stick to the whistle, and blow the mallard call in your spare time or late mornings when the hunt is all but done.

Don't be that jackass highballin' at the arse crack of dawn. The neighboring blind next to us last year had that guy. We were thankful for the ducks he sent our way.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40496 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 11:49 am to
quote:

Don't be that jackass highballin' at the arse crack of dawn. The neighboring blind next to us last year had that guy. We were thankful for the ducks he sent our way.


Same exact situation with us last season. About 6 guys with whistles acting like jackasses and sky blasting every morning. They're hunting somewhere else this year.
This post was edited on 8/3/12 at 11:50 am
Posted by weisertiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since Sep 2007
2524 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 12:04 pm to
Thanks for all of the advice! I plan on letting the experienced guys do most of the calling, and learning from them when they are willing to help.

Last year a visitor came with somebody on the lease and he was TERRIBLE! As soon as a member of the lease would call a group in, jackass would start calling and scare them off. He was told to stop calling three times.......when he called again the guy who told him to stop grabbed the call out of his hand and threw it as far as he could in to the flooded rice field! LMAO
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40496 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 12:16 pm to
Where are you hunting this year?
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40828 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

when he called again the guy who told him to stop grabbed the call out of his hand and threw it as far as he could in to the flooded rice field


My mentor called that a "pitch" adjustment.
Posted by Killer Tiger
Member since Oct 2008
88 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 12:27 pm to
Quackhead
Posted by sloopy
Member since Aug 2009
6909 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 12:30 pm to
either the DR 85 or the primos original wench is what I have been told. I bought both last year and need to learn how to call.
Posted by weisertiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since Sep 2007
2524 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

Where are you hunting this year?


Not 100% sure yet. When it cools off some I'm gonna go scout Joyce WMA and Maurepas WMA. Have a couple of friends on a lease in the SW LA rice fields that I get to go with a few times when invited.

Where are you hunting?
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40496 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

SW LA rice fields
Posted by weisertiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since Sep 2007
2524 posts
Posted on 8/3/12 at 1:59 pm to
My buddies lease is south of I-10 between Lake Charles and Bell City. Are you in that area?
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