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Cox Cypress wrote:A duck call lanyard tells a story, sometimes several stories about its owner.
Rick wrote:Cox Cypress wrote:A duck call lanyard tells a story, sometimes several stories about its owner.
The unseemly way mine clanks these days says I'm a greedy bastard who wants to toll 'em all.
Was a time, though, when I made do with as few calls as possible, with each on its own hank of decoy line, largely as a "dress for the job you want," "old pro" fashion statement. I got pretty good at squeezing multiple birds out of a single duck or speck call, learned to get a passable Canada and wood duck out of the speck call and could do what little peeping I was inclined to on the dog's whistle. So those were the three strings around my neck.
Then greed set in, and my hunger to toll more birds led to the knowledge that some responded better to tones beyond the range of any single call of their genre, and pretty soon there was a pouch full of strings with high pitched calls, low pitched calls, loud calls, quiet calls, and special purpose call. Those, and an experimental call or two still under consideration for this capability or that which none of my proven calls could match. On the easy days, a single duck and/or speck whistle might be all that joined the omnipresent dog whistle around my neck. But on the tough days, it could be a challenge to single out the desired call from the wad at the bottom of the bird's nest of decoy cord around my neck.
I finally threw in the towel and purchased the well designed six loop lanyard I've used ever since. On it there are loops for two duck calls different enough to cover the spectrum of what I've found the most useful tone and volume ranges as readily as any I've found (to date...), yet share the same handling characteristics in terms of air presentation, and two speck calls offering those same advantages as well as any I've found (to date...). Then there's a whistle loop loaded up with the best 6-in-1 bird whistle I've found (to date...), the best blackbelly and fulvous whistling duck whistle I've found (to date), and the best dog whistle I've found (to date...). Though the last loop very often just carries a relatively seldom used Canada/blue call, it may be the most important of all, because it's also where new calls I think show special promise of outperforming one of my others get that chance.
Anyway, it's a lanyard so loaded I'm quite literally embarrassed to wear it. But the tools of my trade are always at hand and organized for use at a moment's notice.
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
The Duck Hammer wrote:Rick wrote:Cox Cypress wrote:A duck call lanyard tells a story, sometimes several stories about its owner.
The unseemly way mine clanks these days says I'm a greedy bastard who wants to toll 'em all.
Was a time, though, when I made do with as few calls as possible, with each on its own hank of decoy line, largely as a "dress for the job you want," "old pro" fashion statement. I got pretty good at squeezing multiple birds out of a single duck or speck call, learned to get a passable Canada and wood duck out of the speck call and could do what little peeping I was inclined to on the dog's whistle. So those were the three strings around my neck.
Then greed set in, and my hunger to toll more birds led to the knowledge that some responded better to tones beyond the range of any single call of their genre, and pretty soon there was a pouch full of strings with high pitched calls, low pitched calls, loud calls, quiet calls, and special purpose call. Those, and an experimental call or two still under consideration for this capability or that which none of my proven calls could match. On the easy days, a single duck and/or speck whistle might be all that joined the omnipresent dog whistle around my neck. But on the tough days, it could be a challenge to single out the desired call from the wad at the bottom of the bird's nest of decoy cord around my neck.
I finally threw in the towel and purchased the well designed six loop lanyard I've used ever since. On it there are loops for two duck calls different enough to cover the spectrum of what I've found the most useful tone and volume ranges as readily as any I've found (to date...), yet share the same handling characteristics in terms of air presentation, and two speck calls offering those same advantages as well as any I've found (to date...). Then there's a whistle loop loaded up with the best 6-in-1 bird whistle I've found (to date...), the best blackbelly and fulvous whistling duck whistle I've found (to date), and the best dog whistle I've found (to date...). Though the last loop very often just carries a relatively seldom used Canada/blue call, it may be the most important of all, because it's also where new calls I think show special promise of outperforming one of my others get that chance.
Anyway, it's a lanyard so loaded I'm quite literally embarrassed to wear it. But the tools of my trade are always at hand and organized for use at a moment's notice.
Might as well load that thing up with all those bands you give away and make an official statement. "I'm better than all of you"
Lol
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
The Duck Hammer wrote:Boats & hoes.
The Duck Hammer wrote:Might as well load that thing up with all those bands you give away and make an official statement. "I'm better than all of you"
Lol
Rick wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:Might as well load that thing up with all those bands you give away and make an official statement. "I'm better than all of you"
Lol
Better, I think, to manage expectations and keep the surprises good ones. No one expects a guy with a bunch of calls and no bands to know pecans about calling, so if we don't kill, they'll blame Doug for sending them out with a wanna-be.
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
Rick wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:Might as well load that thing up with all those bands you give away and make an official statement. "I'm better than all of you"
Lol
Better, I think, to manage expectations and keep the surprises good ones. No one expects a guy with a bunch of calls and no bands to know pecans about calling, so if we don't kill, they'll blame Doug for sending them out with a wanna-be.
lurejunkee wrote:Not a dammmmm thing! Working on it tho!
Goldfish wrote:lurejunkee wrote:Not a dammmmm thing! Working on it tho!
What are you looking at to fill it?
Goldfish wrote:Find a mallard call you can quack on and a whistle that you can trill and practice practice practice
lurejunkee wrote:Goldfish wrote:Find a mallard call you can quack on and a whistle that you can trill and practice practice practice
Thanks GF!
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
TyrelPalmer wrote:Goose Calls: Gander Valley CC PCS (Population Control Specialist) and Gander Valley CC Hybrid
I'm looking to pick up a Basin Calls duck and goose call as well and Gander Valley CC XXX goose call.
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