I just bought my first mallard hen call. I think the 13 years of playing trumpet in my youth has served me well when it comes to the duck call.
It is just about the same technique other than the position of your lips. (that sounds dirty) (I'm only saying this because, those of you expert callers might whan to pick up a trumpet some day...) (disclaimer...trumpets are bad for calling in ducks) (I think...never tried it.) (I wonder if I can write this whole thing in parenthesis) ANYWAY...
When I play around with the call my beagle/lab and something mix starts to howl. My black lab (Dega) barks and runs around in circles looking for a toy and my yellow pup (Indy) tries to howl (funny) then gives up and starts attacking the other two. I have three dogs howling, barking and growling while running around. (The wife starts howling also..." Gary stop that right now you are driving me nuts!") (Hilarious)
So I'm thinking...this might be bad inside of a blind. The beagle thing with never go cuz he hates water and listens about as well as a teenager.
Dega is a moron, the only thing she will bring back is tennis balls and squeaky toys. Indy...(like Luke Skywalker to the Jedi) is my only hope.
I use a bufflehead I got to try and train her. Now I just need to get her to bring it back to me instead of licking it across the floor. (sigh)
It is just about the same technique other than the position of your lips. (that sounds dirty) (I'm only saying this because, those of you expert callers might whan to pick up a trumpet some day...) (disclaimer...trumpets are bad for calling in ducks) (I think...never tried it.) (I wonder if I can write this whole thing in parenthesis) ANYWAY...
When I play around with the call my beagle/lab and something mix starts to howl. My black lab (Dega) barks and runs around in circles looking for a toy and my yellow pup (Indy) tries to howl (funny) then gives up and starts attacking the other two. I have three dogs howling, barking and growling while running around. (The wife starts howling also..." Gary stop that right now you are driving me nuts!") (Hilarious)
So I'm thinking...this might be bad inside of a blind. The beagle thing with never go cuz he hates water and listens about as well as a teenager.
Dega is a moron, the only thing she will bring back is tennis balls and squeaky toys. Indy...(like Luke Skywalker to the Jedi) is my only hope.
I use a bufflehead I got to try and train her. Now I just need to get her to bring it back to me instead of licking it across the floor. (sigh)