Whistle work...
Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 8:29 am
Ok, Wingsetter wizards and assorted duck whislers, how do you work 'em?
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yea Rick you laid on the sarcasm purty thick hereRick wrote:And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...
Feelin' Fowl wrote: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.
Redbeard wrote:yea Rick you layer on the sarcasm purty thick hereRick wrote:And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...
HahaRick wrote:Redbeard wrote:yea Rick you layer on the sarcasm purty thick hereRick wrote:And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...
Some sort of reach=around seemed appropriate, but I'll try to be more subtle about it in the future.
Redbeard wrote:yea Rick you laid on the sarcasm purty thick hereRick wrote:And I was hoping for so much more from you: perhaps farting Dixie through a Wingsetter butt plug...
Rick wrote: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.
Rick wrote:I know guys who do all their duck whistling with the same pealess dog whistle they work their retrievers with.
clampdaddy wrote:Used to use a Wingsetter but I found that drilling an extra hole in a Wingert whistle was easier and sounds better.
RonE wrote:clampdaddy wrote: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 wrote:RonE wrote:clampdaddy wrote: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 wrote:Welcome! just please for the love of god don't bring slow shooter and shootnwide with you.
clampdaddy wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote: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 wrote:clampdaddy wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote: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 wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote:clampdaddy wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote: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?