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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: rainshadow1 on February 19, 2010, 01:56:26 PM

Title: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 19, 2010, 01:56:26 PM: First jump over from predator calls since WAAAAAAAaaaayyyyyy back when I first started!

When I first started turning, I was making everything I could, to start learning. So I made some duck and goose calls with all kinds of different voices. Then I switched to predator calls almost exclusively, with an occasional deer grunt or crow call.

I've been thinking about doing more duck calls, so I started checking out the reeds on the market lately. JC reeds just recently came out with a new Mallard call voice. It's modular, stainless and mylar. I figured out how to tune them and they work really, really nice. I'll wager they're almost bulletproof when it comes to moisture (except for ice, of course.) Loud, excellent hails, cackles, chatter, and quacks. Way better than I'd found in the past.

When I first got them I thought they weren't at all tunable, but I figured out how to tune and adjust them. Kinda backwards from traditional voices. You leave the reed alone and manipulate the soft stainless toneboard. It works really well and it's hard to screw up!

These first 3 units are all single reeds, but I also have double reed units I'm going to be building into some of the next calls.

Take a look at the first 3...

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#1 $35

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#2 $OLD

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#3 $35

The Laminate bodies should be extremely durable and hold up for many, many years. Not like plastic, but almost! And who wants plastic when you can have a call that looks like this?!?!?

Thanks Guys!
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: ducks55 on February 19, 2010, 02:48:37 PM: You need someone to give one of those calls a test run? :rolleyes:
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Post by: washelkhntr on February 19, 2010, 02:56:49 PM: Look great!!!!
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Post by: ICEMAN on February 19, 2010, 03:00:45 PM: Very nice job.
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Post by: Wacenturion on February 19, 2010, 03:15:24 PM: Might be interested in the 2nd one with the brass collar....what are you asking.
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 19, 2010, 03:59:01 PM: My goal is to inventory these in a few stores for next season...

I've looked at the pricing on the internet.

These are really pretty (but not show), custom, field calls. When I put them in stores I think I'll be trying for $50 to $75 from them...

Here, as from the store owners, I think I'd like to get wholesale for them...

I think for now I'll go $40 for the brass banded call, and $35 for the unbanded calls.

I'm going to do banded calls for the most part, brass, copper, and likely I'll get into some horn, antler, and other creative things in the future.

I'll also be getting into other materials for body and insert, and getting some stuff stabilized.
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: ducks55 on February 19, 2010, 04:20:36 PM: Id be interested in getting a brass banded call when you have one made.
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 20, 2010, 09:24:40 PM: The middle banded call is sold.

I'll post 3 more tomorrow, (all with tapered brass bands.)
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 21, 2010, 09:20:42 AM: Here's 3 more. (I'm building up inventory so I can pitch these to some local stores...but I'm happy to offer them to you guys first.)

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#4 Single band $40

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#5 Doubled band $40

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#6 Trebbled band $40
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 21, 2010, 03:47:44 PM: Bumping the bar up on myself a little...

This was fun. It's a woodland camo Spectraply body, stabilized, with a honey cow horn ring and a buffalo horn mouthpiece. The insert is one piece of Buffalo horn.

#7

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Here's one in the sun to show the Buff...
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#7 $OLD

This one, and #'s 4,5 & 6 can be voiced either single or double reed, with the stinaless/mylar modular Mallard reeds.

Here's my display stand...

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Hope to have set-ups like these in a few local stores next fall...
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Post by: Rudy on February 21, 2010, 09:15:34 PM: Very nice lookin calls!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 21, 2010, 09:42:19 PM: wow great looking calls
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 22, 2010, 09:00:51 AM: Thanks guys. #7 is sold.

More to come throughout the spring and summer. I'll keep posting them...
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: bearmanric on February 22, 2010, 09:29:15 AM: great stuff steve. i know they sound great. Rick
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 22, 2010, 01:02:21 PM: Thanks Rick. I'm really happy with these, best boards I've tried. I quit trying way back when i couldn't find a decent board, these are really good.

How's your calling season going? What's the fur shed looking like this year!?!?!
Title: Re: Duck Calls!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 25, 2010, 08:11:35 AM: Here's #8

Here's a Laminate/Walnut model with a Musk Ox/Buffalo band. Tried to do a little different shape for a quacker...

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$50 for this one.