What duck call should I get?

[MallardSX2]

Foiles Strait Meat Mallard Duck Call | Foiles Migrators

www.foilesmigrators.com

I’m not saying the man is a saint…. But he makes a damn goo duck call…..

 

[flathead#2]

Trying to learn a wood duck call myself.
Stuff aint easy.

 

[JBrew]

There's almost nothing you can't do with a $20 DR85. Buy 2 of them, wrap in electrical tape and go kill ducks.

 

[UpTop]

I’m going to be the minority and tell you to skip the double reed and commit to learning on a single reed. I’ve never been one for using training wheels to get started (all three of my boys learned to ride a bike by the time they were 4 without them) I’m partial to an Echo timber. I’ll also give a nod to RM calls. The owner is one of if not the best guys in the call industry and you’re getting a call that will be something you have for a lifetime and sounds great once you get it mastered. He really does make an excellent product.

 

[johnnytheboy]

Yentzen are superb calls, mines is wood but I’d like a plastic one, unfortunately I don’t have an open ended budget

 

[NDGuy]

I can get geese to react more. Here it’s more about the spinner and being on the x. I give the ducks a few quacks on the turn or if they are going away. With the geese I can call them right into the ground and convince them it’s the place to be. I really like calling at specks but that call is a whole nother animal. Still trying to get it perfected.

I will second this, if I am field hunting I rarely blow my duck call unless I am specifically setting up on ducks.

@thinhorn_AK you can't go wrong really.

Molt Gear, Zink, Tim Grounds, C&S, RNT all solid.

As for learning how to call, highly recommend Bad Grammar dvd from Molt Gear and/or Honker Talk with Shawn Stahl. Those dudes know what's up.

 

[GreenNDark Timber]

My short list would be a single reed from any of these three:

Echo
RNT
Lares

I'm fortunate that Mack's PW is about 20 minutes from my hunting cabin, so I can try out most calls commercially available. If I couldn't, it would be hard to go wrong with one of the above.

 

[NDGuy]

@thinhorn_AK if you wanna try a goose call I actually just listed this I’d sell $75 TYD it’s a $150 call

 

[WCB]

I have a RNT QuackHead duck call I bought for like $20. Bought it in college (2007ish) I believe. Kills ducks to this day. IMO and experience knowing how and when to call is way more important than the call itself. $50 would be my absolute tops as far as duck calls go...also have $30 snow goose call I use to also call specs...same idea applies.

 

[willtim]

Call RNT and ask to speak to John Stephens. He will steer you in the right direction.

 

[sjwfarms]

big fan of RNT, keep the timbre, regular and a short barrel on my lanyard....and as others have said, also a haydel's for when the others start sticking

 

[Browtinemt]

Cheap foiles or rnt for ducks, cheap zink for geese. Your decoy spread will earn you more opportunities than your calls. Best of luck!

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Thanks everybody, I got a few affordable ones to get started with, one is a Zink power clucker, the other one is the cheaper one from last flight (or whatever the company is called).

 

[cacklercrazy]

Just getting into duck hunting, there are lots of different calls out there.

Which one should I get? Budget isn’t an issue, I’d like to get ones I’ll be happy with for a long time rather than buying cheap stuff that I’ll want to replace relatively quickly.

Thanks!!!

JJ lares

 

[NDGuy]

Thanks everybody, I got a few affordable ones to get started with, one is a Zink power clucker, the other one is the cheaper one from last flight (or whatever the company is called).

You cost me money actually I just grabbed some Tim Grounds calls on sale at
Scheels

 

[Blcktail56]

An echo is a great start if you want to go with a cheaper option but a higher end call I would recommend a JJ Lares hybrid. Great call rarely sticks and sounds amazing. The quiet low feeding sounds all the way to a loud hale call it does anything you want