Here's a little time capsule

[Ricky Spanish]

Picked up this book in the 90s at a Menards store.
The old school stuff in it is kind if neat to look at.
I used it as a "how to" and really its not that good for that.
The old pictures of clothing and stuff is cool I think.

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It's crazy how much my gear resembles this.
No o/u...no federal ammo however.

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[Ricky Spanish]

That top one kicks like hell.

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[Ricky Spanish]

This is good stuff.

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[Ricky Spanish]

This...
Counterintuitive but I've tried that backwards and front ways too.
Here it works better if you hide in front of the brush pile.
Saw a deer hunting video where it worked on deer.
Tried it on shoreline ducks and it works.
Try it?

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Quite a few of the Illinois public venues allow this sort of thing shown above.
That looks a lot like where I started out as a kid.
If I knew what I know now I'd have hauled in t-stakes and a driver and a roll of chicken wire, zip ties, loppers and a saw. It's allowed in some areas. Not in others.
Example: rend lake subimpoundments. No! They'll ticket you for even having loppers.
Clinton Lake? No. Bring your own brush pile.

[Ricky Spanish]

Hey old guys tell me about what the heck a volochoke call is.

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[Ricky Spanish]

Now this is where I screwed up for years.
"Tips n tails" and calling on the corners?
I had to be shown by guides what the hell it means. It took me several guides to get in the right place.
This chart helps but it's not a strict guide.
I thought it was.
Weird way to draw out duck calling.

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I'd get em circling tight and get so excited but had no clue what next. They'd circle 3 times and split.
Sound familiar?

I didn't know about letting them get a ways down wind before turning them. Frustrating but my early days were exactly that because I had no clue on how to finish ducks or when to not call.
Grrr. It was hard.
It got easy then hard again.

[Darren]

Neat stuff indeed

[Ricky Spanish]

The clothing.

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Notice them hip boots?

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Hey look!

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[Ricky Spanish]

What's in your blind bag/ bucket?

This book ain't so old that they didn't have GPS but they were slow as hell and hated trees.

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[Ricky Spanish]

How the hell did they take this picture before 1997?

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[Ricky Spanish]

Ruh roh raggy...

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[Ricky Spanish]

Hmm. A volochoke explained.
It's a duck call with "choke tubes" to adjust volume.
I'm guessing I'd call it a variable bore call.
https://www.carlsoncalls.com/store/patented-volochoke

Have never seen anything like it.