Does anyone have suggestions for decent (not cheapest or starter) they could recommend? Or if anyone is getting new calls or quitting, I'm looking for some.
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Devin
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Devin
Duck and goose calls
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A harelipped kindergartener could blow a Yentzen call and make it sound at least functional. Learn to blow this once nicely, then graduate up to a better acrylic. But honestly, you may just stay with this. Biggest downside to a wooden Yentzen is that the two halves can slip apart and leave you stranded when the reed falls out. The step up is their acrylic Yentzen ONE2 that screws together.
https://sureshotgamecalls.com/products/yentzen-classic?variant=42041205326059
https://sureshotgamecalls.com/products/yentzen-classic?variant=42041205326059
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Haydel DR85
I have probably more duck and goose calls than some stores, all price ranges from Free to $1,500 each.
I always have a DR85 on lanyard next to in most cases various RNT calls. I also hunt with a former guide who has killed or witness being killed 10's of thousands of waterfowl, he blows a DR most days. Can't beat one at any price, period…
I have probably more duck and goose calls than some stores, all price ranges from Free to $1,500 each.
I always have a DR85 on lanyard next to in most cases various RNT calls. I also hunt with a former guide who has killed or witness being killed 10's of thousands of waterfowl, he blows a DR most days. Can't beat one at any price, period…
Yep.
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So many better calls have been developed in the last 2 decades...
DR85 is a killer if you can stand the smell.
Or you just learn the Lares hybrid and be done...
'Preciate the feedback.
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Sorry my experience was kind of the opposite with them. Hard to run, lots of air and not helpful in my progression as a caller.
Lares hybrid 100% best calls made and sound exactly like a duck.
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I used to try new calls each year but after I picked up the Hybrid many years ago I just play around with new reeds for it.
Yep, I actually have two on my lanyard one with a shorter reed and one with longer reed. Two totally different calls
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Good idea
'Kay. So far, the Yentzen has been a good beginner call for me and my circle. I didn't say it was the best, and I didn't say everyone should have one. But it's been a good place to start.
TNGunsmoke
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I like the DR-85, but I have a Buck Gardener Mallard Magic on my lanyard instead. It just seems a better made call to me. I have a couple of other calls on my lanyard, but that one sees more use.
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Have a Lares also, don't use it anymore, added to the collection. My favorite quieter call favorite is a RNT NOS. The three favorite on my laynard are the Haydel DR85, RNT NOS and a custom RNT Daisy Cutter filed on the original jig Butch made.
Dodge Man
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Just my personal opinion but that has to be one of the worst sounding calls ever made.
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NOT A CUTDOWN!!!!
And there is an excellent how to video by Rusty Creasy on how to PROPERLY use a duck call and how to "read" ducks and when to call.
And there is an excellent how to video by Rusty Creasy on how to PROPERLY use a duck call and how to "read" ducks and when to call.
Dodge Man
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My vote goes to Lares T1, i own 12 of them now. I have 4 on my lanyard, 2 regular bore with different reeds, a small bore and a wood barrel. All sound different enough to think it is a different call.
Tweeter
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do you like em over say a Echo or a RNT?
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Yep. Plenty of good duck call blowers out there that don't know how to call ducks. Keep em locked in and turn them at right time…
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I do. I was an RNT guy early on then Echo timber was my go to. Honestly haven't touched the timber since I purchased the Lares.
It's definitely not the type/brand of call. It's simply learning how to watch the ducks or geese and knowing how to call.
Learning to change pitch or tone is beyond professional.
Learning to change pitch or tone is beyond professional.
Dodge Man
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I do, i have owned lots of other brands of calls. I still own lot of other calls. I have owed plenty of Echos, RNT, Hayes, Sure Shot, Buck Gardner and several more. I have nothing on my lanyard but Lares T1s and a Makers LA Short cut cutdown for something totally different.
Displaced_Vol
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I agree about the DR-85. But I also like duck calls and buy at least one per year just cause. Several RNTs, one echo, couple different cut downs. Hunting buddy bought a Lares Hybrid earlier this year and when I first heard it I thought "whoa" there was something different about that… I ended up getting the regular bore timber (t1?). Love it. It won't be my last Lares.
On the cut down side I really like the singleton LA cut, but I've still not mastered it. But that's part of the fun to me.
On the cut down side I really like the singleton LA cut, but I've still not mastered it. But that's part of the fun to me.
One hundred percent agree! Now I use a Bayou Beast cane call in place of the old DR-85
poorhunter
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When I learned to blow this call at the beginning of my waterfowling, things began to change for my hunting success.
poorhunter
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I definitely agree.
I started with a Dirty Rice then went to a Sweet Meat (Meet) can't remember which way it was spelled then went to cutdowns and have never went back Anytime I blow anything besides a cutdown now I feel like I'm about to blow then insert out the call lol. Me personally I would start cheap and work my way up. I'd hate to go spend $200 on a call and realize you don't like calling or it's not for you Just my .02
A Johnny Marsh walnut call when tuned right, I think sounds better than any other call. The highball on a windy day really sounds amazing. But they are pretty much a collector call now and they take alot of air and deep breaths to blow correctly. I mainly use a Don Ansley in the small areas that I have to duck hunt now. It doesn't take a lot of air to blow it and you can call a lot quieter with it than most other duck calls. Since those are ole school wooden calls that most people have never heard of, a couple of good acrylic calls are the Primos Wench and any of the Echo brand calls.
I forgot about the goose call. The first goose call my dad bought me was a Ken Martin. IMO it's a great goose call and has stood the test of time. I have a long tube call I bought years ago when they first got popular but I can remember the brand. It sounds pretty good too but the Ken Martin is a lot easier to blow and sounds so much better.
I forgot about the goose call. The first goose call my dad bought me was a Ken Martin. IMO it's a great goose call and has stood the test of time. I have a long tube call I bought years ago when they first got popular but I can remember the brand. It sounds pretty good too but the Ken Martin is a lot easier to blow and sounds so much better.
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Wildside tell me more about the Bayou Beast, been following that guy for years. Have you tried one his molded calls?
For me, a mass produced call my go to is the DR-85. I also have an appreciation for the original Primos Wench…I know some hate it, but it has been good to me in the past.
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