Whistle work...

[Rick]

Ok, Wingsetter wizards and assorted duck whislers, how do you work 'em?

[Bootlipkiller]

I normally blow air into the end of it. If it makes noise you got the right end.

[Rick]

And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...

[Redbeard]

And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...

yea Rick you laid on the sarcasm purty thick here

[Feelin' Fowl]

Depends on the sound your going for. A drake mallard takes a buzz/hum to make the "dreet" noise that they make. The others are clean air while you play with the sound holes.

[rebelp74]

Depends on the sound your going for. A drake mallard takes a buzz/hum to make the "dreet" nose that they make. The others are clean air while you play with the sound holes.

This. My favorite whistle to run, simply for ease of use, is a haydels. Wingerts do have great sound but aren't as easy to use because they require hands on to work. Addictions wingert type style whistles aren't user friendly, design flaw with the internal whistle. I don't care for the megaphone type whistles, too uncomfortable. And wingsetters are just gay.

[Rick]

And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...

yea Rick you layer on the sarcasm purty thick here

Some sort of reach=around seemed appropriate, but I'll try to be more subtle about it in the future.

[Redbeard]

And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...

yea Rick you layer on the sarcasm purty thick here

Some sort of reach=around seemed appropriate, but I'll try to be more subtle about it in the future.

Haha

[Rick]

In the "way back when" I was a great whistle fan, but I've felt I've had more leverage with whistling ducks using quacking calls for so long I can't remember the last time I saw pintails, wigeon or teal and reached for a whistle. For the past couple decades, whistles have been more of a specialty call for me. Say if everybody and his three cousins has quacked at low approaching mallards or if they're coming low after working and passing on a spot where someone's soured them on quacking, I'm apt to grab the whistle and do my best to sound like a mess and a half of teal on the water. Same thing when I'm in a hard hunted spot and see birds that plainly know the blind wanting to land well out: one of the "tricks" I'm apt to try is making it sound like there's a swarm of teal in the decoys, instead of the usual quacking SOB guarding them.

But I'm pretty much a one trick whistle pony with that "mess of teal" peeping tactic. About the only time I vary it is at first light and on foggy mornings, when I stick a Haydel whistle in the corner of my mouth to advertise fairly constantly to unseen birds, while we BS waiting for something to show. Then I get sick of peeping and throw in some wigeon cadence and woody "sweeeets" for variety to keep from driving myself nuts.

While on a buddy hunt this past Fall, however, I watched a couple guys turn some sprig I'd not have expected to do so with Murillo type whistles. Just happened a couple times, but thinking on it later made me wish I'd payed closer attention to what they were doing with regard to tone, cadence and timing. So that's what I'm asking for here, tactical advice from more serious whistle users than I.

[Bootlipkiller]

And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...

yea Rick you laid on the sarcasm purty thick here

Could be the reason for my response

[Bootlipkiller]

In the "way back when" I was a great whistle fan, but I've felt I've had more leverage with whistling ducks using quacking calls for so long I can't remember the last time I saw pintails, wigeon or teal and reached for a whistle. For the past couple decades, whistles have been more of a specialty call for me. Say if everybody and his three cousins has quacked at low approaching mallards or if they're coming low after working and passing on a spot where someone's soured them on quacking, I'm apt to grab the whistle and do my best to sound like a mess and a half of teal on the water. Same thing when I'm in a hard hunted spot and see birds that plainly know the blind wanting to land well out: one of the "tricks" I'm apt to try is making it sound like there's a swarm of teal in the decoys, instead of the usual quacking SOB guarding them.

But I'm pretty much a one trick whistle pony with that "mess of teal" peeping tactic. About the only time I vary it is at first light and on foggy mornings, when I stick a Haydel whistle in the corner of my mouth to advertise fairly constantly to unseen birds, while we BS waiting for something to show. Then I get sick of peeping and throw in some wigeon cadence and woody "sweeeets" for variety to keep from driving myself nuts.

While on a buddy hunt this past Fall, however, I watched a couple guys turn some sprig I'd not have expected to do so with Murillo type whistles. Just happened a couple times, but thinking on it later made me wish I'd payed closer attention to what they were doing with regard to tone, cadence and timing. So that's what I'm asking for here, tactical advice from more serious whistle users than I.

I hunt in a very high pressure area with a federal refuge to my east allowing 60 some hunters any given shoot day. Every rice field for miles around has at least 1 blind per 100 acres and that my be conservative. With everyone being a mallard call super star these days I use my whistle more often then not and mix in subtle quacks and chuckles. My line of thinking on this is everyone around me is hammering these birds with their mallard call and I want to be different. Most days it works and we fair better then the blinds around me. One blind to my south west will drive you bonkers with the non stop teal whistling all morning but they are also very successful at times.

I see very few mallards after thanksgiving and one thing I've noticed over the years if I stay in the blind after shoot time to watch the night flight enter my field I predominately hear sprig widgeon and teal whistling on the water with the occasional 3 note quack from a hen sprig or hen widgeon. I don't like to ignore what's going on around me so I mimic this during my hunts.

On large groups of sprig the whistle in combo with a mallard chuckle is deadly at times. Sprig believe it or not do a lot of chuckling in flight at least in my experience. I also try not to get too excited with my sprig calling and attempt to have more of a conversation with the bird being the most vocal over the decoys. Teal I go the other direction and call excitedly.

Just my 2 cents

[Rick]

Much more gooder than Dixie.

[Rick]

Short thread.

[aunt betty]

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That's what I have done on a whistle. Have my doubts as to its effectiveness so quit doing it then my whistle got stolen. Fuck it. I don't need a whistle except this one.
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[Rick]

I know guys who do all their duck whistling with the same pealess dog whistle they work their retrievers with.

[Flightstopper]

I know guys who do all their duck whistling with the same pealess dog whistle they work their retrievers with.

Guess I'd be an other. I work my dog with my haydells. Makes it one less thing to keep up with.

[clampdaddy]

Used to use a Wingsetter but I found that drilling an extra hole in a Wingert whistle was easier and sounds better.

[RonE]

Used to use a Wingsetter but I found that drilling an extra hole in a Wingert whistle was easier and sounds better.

Welcome to the forum. What does Clampdaddy signify? ECV?

[clampdaddy]

Used to use a Wingsetter but I found that drilling an extra hole in a Wingert whistle was easier and sounds better.

Welcome to the forum. What does Clampdaddy signify? ECV?

Thank you sir, and yes.

[Bootlipkiller]

Welcome! just please for the love of god don't bring slow shooter and shootnwide with you.

[AKPirate]

Used to use a Wingsetter but I found that drilling an extra hole in a Wingert whistle was easier and sounds better.

Welcome to the forum. What does Clampdaddy signify? ECV?

Thank you sir, and yes.

[clampdaddy]

Welcome! just please for the love of god don't bring slow shooter and shootnwide with you.

Nah, I closed the gate when I came through. If they show up its someone else's fault.

[Bootlipkiller]

Welcome! just please for the love of god don't bring slow shooter and shootnwide with you.

Nah, I closed the gate when I came through. If they show up its someone else's fault.

[3legged_lab]

Welcome! just please for the love of god don't bring slow shooter and shootnwide with you.

Nah, I closed the gate when I came through. If they show up its someone else's fault.

What about that '7mallards' guy?

[Bootlipkiller]

Welcome! just please for the love of god don't bring slow shooter and shootnwide with you.

Nah, I closed the gate when I came through. If they show up its someone else's fault.

What about that '7mallards' guy?

I just ignore that guy but he sucks too