beginner at duck huntin......

[struttinhoyt]

over the weekend i bought a Buck Gardner combo call set that had the double nasty II and the 6 in 1 whistle thing that also had a instrutunal CD and i ordered 6 decoys and i figured it might be enuff to do a little pond hoppin........anyways one of my many questions is how to do the rolling feeding call.......i can move my mouth fast enuff to do it or something any pointers???? and also when is the best time to hunt mallardsin what kinda conditions cold,cloude,windy ect ect............

[huntn4bucks]

The rolling feed call is a call that almost every duck hunter wants to master. It sounds cool and it's usually the first thing other hunters ask if you can do but it's not necessary to kill ducks. I personally like Buck Gardner calls and have killed many ducks using his calls. I have one of Buck's instructional CDs and he covers various calls including the rolling feed call. He uses the word "ticka" to produce the rolling feed call. Start out slow and gradually condition your tongue to speed up. All I can say is be patient...it takes time. Learn to master the "quack" first and then advance to the next step. Best of luck.

[Palssonater]

I am with Hunt4Bucks. Although the rolling feed call is the "coolest" sounding and the hardest to do, make it one of your last calls to master.

Start with your basic quacks and hails. This gets ducks attention and puts them in front of you. Use different combinations of cadences. The single cut(not rolling....tick tick tick) will make em land at your feet. Buck Gardner's instructions are great. I have watched them and used many tips from them. Also, Barnie Calef is good to listen too.

I established my rolling feed(double cut) call after I had a solid single cut. I use a combo of ticka ticka or dig-a-dug. This puts the call on a few different levels and sounds like even more ducks.

Different styles vary in sound and technique used to make the sounds.

Get a call that you are comfortable with and stick with it.

As for when is the best time to hunt ducks...when you wake up, and it might be too cold, or too rainy or all around junky weather, THAT is when you want to be out there. I have had lots of success in varying conditions but the Junky days are by far the best. I love the fog!

[struttinhoyt]

well ive got the hail and quackin down i guess and i picked up the feedin mallard and we picked up some decoys so were gonna go hit a pond or 2 that holds some ducked every now and again.......its posed to be cold,windy,rainy,and maybe mixed with some snow flurrys so maybe theyll be movin some.........well see what we can do in the mornin......ill let yall know........

[huntinsonovagun]

stuttin-

I saw some mallard dekes (1 doz) for $13 at Wal-Mart!!! They will get you started!!

[struttinhoyt]

well we went out this morning on our first duck hunt and was just messin around and had 4 or 5 right on top of us......and man was these some flast flyn ducks but we did get one im guessing its a teal.......but were learnin things as we go so its all good.......

[lil hunter]

Rolling feed calls are pretty much worthless in the field, they are strictly for competition. The regular feed chuckle is pretty easy. I usually do a... dit da-dit da-dit-dit-dit then switch to ticka-tic tic ticka-tictic not too hard, just gotta practice with it.

i bought Take-em 6 and it came with an instructional disc for duck and goose calling. You should check it out, or just buy the duck calling CD from H.S. Waterfowl.

[browning_gold_12]

it has taken me three years to learn how to do a rolling feed call, but i have yet to hear a duck do it. nor have i heard a hen mallard fly over doing a forty note high ball hail call, but they sure do sound cool!

[lil hunter]

High Balls? In the wild??never heard of that before. Or do you just mean louder quacks?

[lil hunter]

Rich N Tones website. http://www.rntcalls.com

Ducks Unlimited also has a good page full of duck sounds. Along with many other good reads for a beginning duck hunter.

http://www.ducks.org/waterfowling/index.asp Look at the table on the left side.

[gfourhunter]

it may sound stupid but pratice feeder calling all the time without a call. at work or home or on the road it really helps. feeder calls is the most inportant call of them all.

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