Yamaha Outdoors Tip: Work on Your Duck Calling Now

Duck populations are at an all-time high. This coming waterfowl season ought to be a memorable one. Calling resident and migratory birds out of the sky requires practice.

Three basic calls will do the job to keep you in the duck calling game.

Greeting call

This is the call you make on first seeing ducks break on the horizon or in your sight plane. “Kanc, kanc, kanc, kanc, kanc-kanc-kanc” is the sound many of us use—steady and even, with 5 to 9 notes in tone-dropping order from higher to lower, as if to say: “Hey ducks. We’re ducks too. Come join us.”

Tip: Your decoy spread will do the rest during actual hunts to convince them visually once you turn those moving ducks your way (or should).

Basic quack

Okay, the ducks have turned to your greeting call. Now it’s time to lay some quacks on those moving birds. Spacing between even notes is important here. Adjust it based on adding excitement to your calling. Your quacks should be made something like this: “Quack (pause a half- or full second between notes), quack (pause), quack (pause) quack and so on.” Listening to real birds is the best way to maintain cadence, tone, pitch and so forth with the quack call.

Tip: Raise your hands if you duck call while paused at traffic stop lights. It’s a great way to make use of commute time. Your Ducks Unlimited bumper stickers and others have already alerted bystanders to your obsession. No worries.

Feeding call

For tips on developing your feeding call and a word on when to stop calling, visit Yamaha.com.

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