| Many times I have sat in the duck or goose blind | | | | his duck call and did a horrible job and the ducks |
| and have heard the sounds of other hunters | | | | immediately veered away from his blind and back |
| blowing into their waterfowl calls in hopes to call | | | | towards me. Using my $5 duck whistle, I blew a |
| the birds into the blind. Rarely do I ever hear | | | | soft gentle quack and the ducks locked up their |
| shooting or successful hunters after their | | | | wings right into my decoys. I bagged all three and |
| desperate try to blow their duck or goose calls. | | | | my day was done. In this case the other hunter |
| The fact is that they are ignoring the most | | | | was so poor at calling the birds that they actually |
| fundamental rule of calling birds - SOUND LIKE | | | | made the birds stop their approach and veer |
| THE ACTUAL BIRD! | | | | away. For geese the impact of poor calling is |
| The reality is that most of the hunters get their | | | | even worse. Geese have such a wide vocal range |
| new short reed goose call or acrylic duck call and | | | | they can immediately detect the imposter and will |
| fail to master the basic calls. All waterfowl hunters | | | | stay at 200 feet and fly away. When done right |
| need to master the basic quack of a duck call and | | | | you can actually have a conversation with a |
| the basic honk of the goose call. If you listen to | | | | goose blowing your goose call. Your key is to |
| ducks and geese rarely to you hear them making | | | | blow your goose call to sound just like the goose. |
| super loud highball calls, triple clucks and honks or | | | | Good news; the new calls are easier than ever to |
| chatter quacks. Usually you hear the birds making | | | | call and the simple honks and quacks can be |
| their very simple quacks and honks. This does not | | | | mastered in a relatively short period of time. The |
| mean when using a duck call you should not vary | | | | newer acrylic duck calls and short reed goose calls |
| your approach, but a hunter can blow a duck call | | | | are amazingly easy to blow and allow the hunter |
| with the very simple quack using different pitches, | | | | to create a wide range of vocalizations. These |
| different speed and vary the length of time of | | | | calls make it a lot easier to sound like actual |
| the quack. Mastering the fundamentals are crucial | | | | waterfowl. |
| to success. | | | | Success in waterfowl hunting requires that a |
| Let me give you an example, last year sitting in | | | | hunter eventually becomes proficient in calling birds |
| the duck blind on a very small pond I saw several | | | | into the blind. Simple is better, just practice |
| ducks fly over and right towards another hunter. | | | | making the same calls as the waterfowl and you |
| The other hunter immediately starting blowing into | | | | will be more successful. |