tuning your calls

[Eric Haynes]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

That's how advanced 3leg is, he's already 2 pages ahead of you.

[The Duck Hammer]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

That's how advanced 3leg is, he's already 2 pages ahead of you.

Now we are on 4

[3legged_lab]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

I'm so far ahead of you its stupid.



That or my tapatalk only displays 20 posts per page.

[Westie25]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

I'm so far ahead of you its stupid.



That or my tapatalk only displays 20 posts per page.

Ya, you can change the settings.

[NuffDaddy]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

I'm so far ahead of you its stupid.



That or my tapatalk only displays 20 posts per page.

Ya, you can change the settings.

I'm only on page 2 with tapatalk.


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[Tomkat]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

A how to video. Step by step. What cha got tripod? You a call tuner? Just interested in becoming a better caller. I know tje general ass grabbery on this site is infectious but I really do have a goal and a plan.

[Bootlipkiller]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

A how to video. Step by step. What cha got tripod? You a call tuner? Just interested in becoming a better caller. I know tje general ass grabbery on this site is infectious but I really do have a goal and a plan.

I think you might be over thinking this call tuning thing. Just keep playing with it until it feels right. That principal can be applied in many areas of life.

[Eric Haynes]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

A how to video. Step by step. What cha got tripod? You a call tuner? Just interested in becoming a better caller. I know tje general ass grabbery on this site is infectious but I really do have a goal and a plan.

I think you might be over thinking this call tuning thing. Just keep playing with it until it feels right. That principal can be applied in many areas of life.

:lol::lol:

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[Tomkat]

could be right boot. I am a STUBBORN sumbitch, and I have decided that I am going to be a better duck caller.

I am starting the process now.

[TNAL45]

could be right boot. I am a STUBBORN sumbitch, and I have decided that I am going to be a better duck caller.

I am starting the process now.

Check last page. I think you missed the link I posted for you.

[Tomkat]

could be right boot. I am a STUBBORN sumbitch, and I have decided that I am going to be a better duck caller.

I am starting the process now.

Check last page. I think you missed the link I posted for you.

I did look at them. And thanks.

I was hoping to buy an acrylic or coco insert....

[3legged_lab]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

I'm so far ahead of you its stupid.



That or my tapatalk only displays 20 posts per page.

Ya, you can change the settings.

I know, that's what I changed it to.

[3legged_lab]

Odds are we are done talking about duck calls here?

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

A how to video. Step by step. What cha got tripod? You a call tuner? Just interested in becoming a better caller. I know tje general ass grabbery on this site is infectious but I really do have a goal and a plan.

I don't really mess with my calls much. I think most guys over call anyways.

[assateague]

It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

I'm so far ahead of you its stupid.



That or my tapatalk only displays 20 posts per page.

Ya, you can change the settings.

I know, that's what I changed it to.

I changed mine to "infinity". I never have to click the "next page" button. It just scrolls, and scrolls, and scrolls.

[3legged_lab]

[quote="3legged_lab"]
It made it 5 pages, what more could you want?

We are on page 3.

I'm so far ahead of you its stupid.



That or my tapatalk only displays 20 posts per page.

Ya, you can change the settings.

I know, that's what I changed it to.

I changed mine to "infinity". I never have to click the "next page" button. It just scrolls, and scrolls, and scrolls.[/quote]
I didn't see that as an option.

[assateague]

It's in "display preferences".

[Westie25]

That's because he's full of shit

[assateague]

Shut up westie. Damn.

[Westie25]

Ya realized too late. Shit. Sorry I fucked uo

[assateague]

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[Westie25]

I laughed

[Bootlipkiller]

Not the Westie photo again.

[Westie25]

It will haunt me forever

[assateague]

Not the Westie photo again.

He started it.

[aunt betty]

JUST HAD A DUCK-CALLING EPIPHANY
Was sending TK a pm and it dawned on me after I sent it that...HEY!
Has everyone here played a "KAZOO" before? If not then you won't understand what I'm about to say.
Calling good and fooling mallards requires what a lot of people call grunting or humming into the duck call.
LIKE ON A KAZOO.
If someone had told me this when I first started trying to call ducks on my own would have saved me a whole lot of time doing it wrong. YEARS!

[Bootlipkiller]

Not the Westie photo again.

He started it.

And you finished it with the flood!

[The Duck Hammer]

TK this is how Rick does it. I have tuned calls like this and it works well.

Here's a copy of how I do it:

Been threatening for some time to put what I've found the most Murphy-proof duck call tuning method down in writing and finally got around to taking a couple photos to illustrate the process today. So here goes...

You'll need the call, a fresh cork, one or two new, uncut reeds, a sharp knife, sharp scissors and a fine tipped marking pen. (I prefer the "Extra Fine" Sharpie, but had what I had.)




Whether the call is new or not, if its current cork doesn't fit snuggly in its notch WITHOUT THE REED IN PLACE, change it before proceeding. (There's a post on this forum illustrating that process.) It is impossible to determine the call's best tuning if the cork is not fresh enough to put proper pressure on the reed.

The "catch-22" of call tuning is that you can not know what the optimum reed length is until after you've trimmed too much. The work-around for that being never to cut your current best sounding reed. Always use your current best reed as a template for where to begin cutting on another.

We'll assume we're starting with a call that's reed is of at least functional length. If it's "heavy" and/or too low pitched, we should only need one new, uncut reed to help us find the call's best-for-us tuning. If it's "light" and/or too high pitched, it will require two new, uncut reeds to determine the call's best-for-us tuning. Though my personal preferences may play into it, I suspect calls are generally much more apt to come with too much, rather than too little reed length.

Before cutting on a new reed, we'll lay the current one on it and square up their butt ends:




and mark the new reed along the working end of the old one:




Naturally, if the current reed is too short, or even possibly so, you'll want to be extra careful to allow plenty of leeway before making your first careful cut. And from that cut on, it is critical to remember that it's much easier to trim too much than too little. The sliver shown here is too big:




If you're only getting such small slivers that you're not even cutting all the way across the reed, great! The reed doesn't need to be square, just properly tuned.

After each tiny slice, assemble the call and give it go. Again, don't get impatient, as very small cuts affect big changes. As soon as you feel you're close, nip small dog ears off the reed's corners and try it again, could be all it took. And when you find yourself with a better sounding reed than the one you began with STOP CUTTING ON IT!

If the new reed is now shorter than the original, you can start snipping a hair at a time off the original until it either sounds better than the new "best" or has been cut too far. In the later case, you've found that your new reed is as well tuned as the call will get for you. But if you manage to make the original reed sound better, you'll stop experimenting with it and repeat the trimming process with the now second best one. And so on until you've gone one snip too far with one reed but are left with a best reed in hand.

If, however, your new reed sounded better than the original before it was as short as it, you'll need a second new, uncut reed to begin experimenting with and can discard the original as no longer being of use. Just use your new best reed as a template to mark the other new one and proceed as above, again, until you have gone a tiny snip too far but still have the best possible reed in hand.

Sounds a lot more complicated than it is.

[Tomkat]

Thats what I am talking about!! Thank you.

[insaneduck]

Everyone calls different so take your time on this and do what sounds good to you!

[Tomkat]

Like I said, I can kill them now. I just want to get better.

I remember my first season. My hunting buddies heard me call and said "dont do any calling, you suck". We were all busy doing something midway through the hunt. I saw a gadwall giving us a look. I noticed the other two fellas were not paying attention, one was taking a piss and the other was messing around with his shotgun.

I gave a single quack...that gaddy came around cupped up to land in the deeks and I cartwheeled him. The other fellas about jumped outta their skin. I decided screw them, I am going to start calling my own ducks. Have not looked back. If I can do it with a single quack, the rest of it is icing on the cake. Fat boys like icing.

I want to be a better caller.