of course most is situational, but what are your favorite calls, im looking into getting a nice one.

my favorite call was made by a guy near Houston. i bought it at the Houston SHOT show maybe 8 or 9 years ago.

it's a pretty dirty single reed timber-ish call.

commercial calls - i prefer echo.

I use several different ones, depending on where I'm hunting, or sometimes depending on which ones I have good corks for. For me it's either a Betts, Rich-n-Tone, Big Guy's Best, or a Fowl Language. They're all single reed acrylics. I have a million other calls, but these are the only duck calls I really use, and it's usually the Big Buy's Best, or Betts here lately.

Haydels. Cheap, durable and effective.

My favorite is Cutt Down Calls Little Easy. Great sounding double reed for the money, nice and raspy with a good volume.

"The road goes on forever and the party never ends."

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duck commander brown sugar. 30 bux

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Yentzen !!!!!!

" Big coons walk at night !"

RNT. I also like Haydell

Faulks. I've tried the $100 brands and haven't been all that enamored with them. I've had a couple of Faulk's single reed wood calls for about 15 years now and they have never failed me. 4 calls cost me about $60 total.

I also have a Haydells on my lanyard as a backup, but have only used it sparingly. Sometimes it's because I had to grab the first one my fist came around, a few other times just to make sure it still actually worked.

RNT

Yentzen - produced by a lifelong duck hunter and
1959 National Champion. Single, double, triple
reed availble. Single and double are my choice.
Also be sure to get a pintail whistle. It works
on a varity of ducks { pintail,widgen,teal,etc.}

On my lanyard right now are
1. Sure-Shot Pintail Whistle
2. Haydel's DR-85
3. Duck Commander Brown Sugar
4. Duck Commander Camo-Max

I picked up the Duck Commander's for $3 a piece at Wal-Mart last week and am just trying them out see how I like them. I also have a woodduck call, snow goose call, and Canada call I rotate in depending on the situation

I use 4 different calls that I really like a lot. RNT Original acrylic, Cutt Down short, Echo Cocobola timber (my favorite call), and one made by a dude names Lance Lovett (sp) that is the only doulbe reed I own but it sounds fantastic.

I have 3 different different syle whistles for Widgeon, Pintail and Teal. I have a Holt PS2. I just bought and really like the new flextone double reed mallard. I can take it down to a softer rasp pretty easily. I also have a Duck Commander double reed for gadwalls. My fav is an acrylic RNT. Expensvie, but in the timber that loud SOB can bring em down. I just dont get to use it much anymore. We have a shortage of timber and cypress stands here.

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We have a shortage of timber and cypress stands here.

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That's because the guides cut them all down to make duck blinds.

I stuck to cedar and pine, of which we have plenty here! That was pretty dang funny. Maybe if I did use cypress they would last longer.

Sure Shot Pintail Whistle
Haydell's

Buck Gardner single reed

hate to hijack, but whats the difference between double reed/single reed/short reed?

Double reed = a call that has two pieces of plastic (reeds) inside that vibrate as air passes over and through them
Single reed = a call with only one piece (reed)

Double reeds tend to be a bit easier to blow and can produce a softer "quack" if you will

Single reeds tend to be much louder but are also subject to the hated squeal which is not a good thing

Most beginners would be happier with the results produced from a double reed call

BTW - my lanyard contains an old cut down OLT D-2, a cut down Duck Commander, a Haydel Speckledbelly Goose call and a Haydel pintail whistle,

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