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How To Blow A Mallard Duck CallHen Mallard Quack:The quack is the foundation of all of the other duck calling sequences you'll use, with the exception of the feeder call. You will either lengthen or shorten the quack to produce the sounds you desire. Once you have truely mastered the quack of the hen mallard you will be ready to move on. The reference word is quit. Feed Call:The feed call is used to imitate ducks on the ground or in the water that are feeding. There are two types of feed calls, the single cluck and the rapid fire double cluck. While the double cluck feed call sounds cool, ducks rarely sound like this on the water. The single cluck feed call is realistic, much quicker to learn, and very effective when calling live ducks. The reference word is dig for single cluck feed call. Use the reference word dig-it for the rapid fire double cluck feed call. Greeting Call:The greeting call is one of the more common calls you'll hear hen mallards make. This call is generally used once you have the birds attention and they are coming your way. The reference word is same as the hen quack being quit. Comeback Call:The comeback call is used to get ducks back to your spread after they've worked it and are starting to leave. A comeback call needs to show emotion. You're losing the ducks and you want them back. The comeback call is an excited and sometimes loud series of quick quacks that get shorter and shorter. It is much like the greeting call, but faster. The reference word is same as the hen quack being quit. Highball/Hail Call:This is a call that a real hen mallard never makes. The sole purpose of using a highball/hail call is to attract attention to distant ducks. Your goal is to sound like a group of ducks in the distance. The call should only be used to get the attention of distant birds and should be stopped as soon as the birds are heading your way. The highball/hail call is a series of loud excited notes that start off long and become shorter and shorter as the call ends. To learn when and how to call ducks be sure to read Eight Tips For Calling Ducks. |