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This is because a birds eyesight is incredible. They actually see more colors of the spectrum than humans do, giving them superior sight and ability to spot movement. Having a duck call lanyard reduces movement by a significant amount. Think about it. You are out in the blind, using your favorite call to bring in some dinner. So, you dig in your pocket to get that new call to try.
Your digging, and digging…oops, wrong pocket. In not too long, your standing up digging in every pocket trying to find it, when a flock moves in, sees you dancing about, trying to get your hands out of your pockets to grab your gun. By the time pull up and aim, they are gone. Another scenario is if your call gets jammed, or stops working for some reason and you have to switch quickly while they are flying in.
This is reason number two to have a duck call lanyard: it prevents unnecessary movement. Another reason illustrated by this example, is to prevent losing them. The parts that make up a duck call can be fragile.
Letting them clank around in your pocket with shells, cell phone, and whatever else those pockets may be filled with, can end in a useless call. Having a lanyard is a surefire way to keep them safe and sound, the way they should be. Many calls, even the less fancy, mass produced ones are hand tuned. Yes, it is true that over time, calls will wear out.
That does not mean that you should make that process happen quicker. Keeping those calls on a lanyard will prevent damage, and ensure they are on point when the time comes. Duck calls that are well cared for will call in far more ducks than the ones bouncing around in your pocket, or in your truck or ATV.
This reason is not so lengthy as the others, but just as important to me as a hunter. Each hunting season, after a week or so in the field, I notice patterns of birds.
They change from time to time, but may time I can decipher some of it. This helps me organize my lanyard the way that I need it. This may seem trivial, but to a serious hunter, nothing is really trivial. You can organize them by the areas you hunt, by the time of day or year, by species or any other way that you can think of. As I said, this may seem unimportant, but in my experience, being organized has always led to a better day hunting.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. What's on your lanyard? Thread starter jspivey81 Start date Sep 6, I see these show hunters on T. For the places I hunt all I need is I'd like to compare with the rest of my fellow GON forum folks. Whatcha got? LipRip'r Senior Member Sep 6, When in Arkansas I remove all but the 2 duck calls The only reason I keep the goose call is because it clucks really good and where we go there are always local geese just itching to get shot at I mean we are itchng to shoot em.
But mainly the mallard and woody calls are the work horses. LipRipr- I've blown a few acrylic calls and I dont like how brash they are. How's the ICU2? My Butch Mitchell is a custom hand made wood double reed that is smooth as butter. Echos perfect in timber and projects just right in the field. Of all the mallard calls I've blown his is hands down the best, IMO of course. You can make a loud call quiet, but you cant make a quiet call loud.
I have about a half dozen others but they mostly stay in the drawer these days. I don't like having a bunch of calls around my neck so I try to keep it at 4 or less.
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