Duck calls

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Hunting for ducks is loved by both experienced hunters and beginners because of its minimal cost, both material and labor-intensive: you can quite easily get a trophy. Ducks can be hunted in different ways at different times of the year.

In the spring and fall hunt ducks with a stuffed, with stuffed must have the shape, size and posture relaxed sitting ducks in the spring, when hunting is permitted only on the drakes, widespread hunting stool pigeon, and the duck should not be fearful, with a loud and a little hoarse voice. In August, duck hunt on flights between the places of their feeding and resting.

In summer and autumn is successful duck hunting with the approach or the entrance to a distance of Aimed Shot. In the middle of the autumn hunt ducks in the evening and dawn, for this you need to determine in advance the route that followed the birds from places to places recreation feeding. Almost always feasible hunting with dogs, it can be spaniels, husky, breed cops.

Also effective is duck hunting with call – a device for luring ducks.

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Hunting for a duck call is very interesting. Call allows you to simulate the sounds of birds. Typically, using calls hunt mallard ducks and drakes. The peculiarity of the use of call is that it better respond mallard drakes than, and therefore to use a call in the spring, when hunting is permitted only on the drakes, it is inappropriate.

To attract mallard duck, you need to make a sound similar to the voice of the drake. In this case you first need to understand how to use the call, and then apply it on a hunt. Otherwise, it may happen that the call will not attract and scare away birds.

With the call can be used to lure the birds up close, while the duck is first reduced and then sit down almost to the place where they were attracted by the hunter. Often the first to sound arrives only one duck, and then it joins the other, so the hunter shoots immediately, but waits a little.

Hunting with call better in the rain, in the morning or in the evening – this time more actively respond to the duck call. When hunting with the approach of using call know the exact location of the ducks, they usually respond to his short ringing sounds.

How to use

How to use a brass duck call on? In principle, this complex there is nothing, correct operation of the duck call comes with experience. Using conventional brass call quite simply by observing the following rules:

Call hold with one hand, the other holding a gun. This call is clamped between the thumb and forefinger forming a ring, on the site of the narrowing of the tube. Thus, almost all of the palm is in the air, with the help of the free fingers can vary the sound, gripping or moving his hand;
Call from the mouthpiece to his lips the tray so that it is 1/3 closed top lip. In the lower part of the free call supposed to blow. Simply imagine it like this: apply a call to his lips as if you are going to drink out of the bottle;
Blowing in the call (exhale) need to chest (diaphragmatic breathing), not the cheeks or stomach. Exhalation should be short, focused. Try when you exhale say something like ‘ut ut ut ut “. Do not forget about slots: interrupt the sound, so that no rattling exhale;
With varying the free fingers clenching and unclenching his hand blown sounds most like a duck quack; After a few workouts necessarily understand how to lure the duck decoy. Then, when everything will turn out, you can learn how to publish other sounds of ducks, for example, their “feed chatter.”

How to make

You can own hands to make a call, which will be played as effectively as calls purchased.

Wood call was used for a long time and still has not lost its value. For its production will require dry birch wood, tin is not more than 0.3 mm thick insulator (or tubing), alcohol stain and colorless nitrocellulose lacquer for the treatment of the finished product.

First will be drilled in the middle of birch cutting longitudinal bore. Then, cut it along the workpiece, with the need to get two identical halves sawn lengthwise tube.

Then you can connect the two parts, and electrical tape round the edges so that the blank turned cone. Be sure to treat all of the edges and the inside of the semolina with sandpaper and then treat the stain on the alcohol, and then drying to give nitrovarnish call water-repellent properties.

Then the membrane is cut to size tubes joined width equal to the diameter of the tubes and a length slightly less. The membrane should be inserted between the two workpieces are fastened dope made of PVC. By adjusting the position of the membrane, and cambric, achieve a natural sound call.

You can also make call from long bones (eg, rabbit leg bones) and the wax or of an insulin syringe, but it is quite difficult for beginners.

How to choose

What better duck call on every hunter decides for himself. There are several types of lures and the materials from which they are produced.

There are with one tongue and with two tongues calls. Calls with one tongue for hunting ducks are more complex to manage, but at the same time creating a more detailed and rich sound.

In turn, the advantage one tongues lures is their practicality: two tongues calls are sticky when the two prongs gets moisture and become unsuitable for luring.

Also, in determining a suitable call matters is it in some areas are going to use: open water, which produces a sonorous and loud, or in the reeds, where the sound is muffled and quiet.

Best call duck is made of acrylic, but it is the most expensive option. Therefore, many hunters use calls of wood or polycarbonate, which, when used properly, are also able to successfully attract ducks.

At the same time we must not forget to dry the wooden calls when hunting, so they can be as long as you have served.

When choosing between brass and electronic calls, many experienced hunters converge on the idea that the sounds produced from wind calls, more like the real sounds of ducks, and they are easier to use (no need batteries, small in size), but for the use of electronic calls do not need to train: they are all the sounds are recorded.

But keep in mind that electronic devices are more expensive than wind. Also need to decide whether you will change the settings of call or better to take the call with immutable settings so that they do not accidentally strayed when it is used in the selection of electronic call.

Color does not affect the sounds of call, but some pick up calls in color in order to disguise or as a mark of distinction from the other calls hunters or their personal call, if there are several.

At the same time there are pluses and transparent calls: one can see the presence of moisture in the call and the general condition of the internal parts of call.

Every hunter decide how to choose a duck call for themselves depending on experience, the favorite hunting methods, financial capacity and taste.

US duck calls

One of the well-known companies that produce American duck calls is Carlson Championship Calls. All of them calls were tested and compared with the sound of live ducks using electronic equipment. Their range includes universal calls, calls for hunting in open and closed waters, calls with interchangeable inserts for different ways of hunting.

Another firm, engaged in production of duck calls, is Buck Gardner Calls. They produce calls different models and from different materials. Among their products have calls, which does not deteriorate in contact with moisture.

Also well-known and widespread among the hunters in Russia are duck calls Commander firms, Zink, Sean Mann et al.

Almost all calls tested in Russia, so the problems with the fact that they are not set to Russian ducks will not occur.

It is worth remembering that for a successful hunt requires at least a minimum ear for music, as well as the sounds of memory, published by birds. And even with the best calls for you, do not overdo it in the hunt. It is not necessary to break the daily norm of hunting birds and animals.

Then you can watch a video about how to use calls.