Duck call collectors... Go find it!

[Rick Pierce]

What about all these companies making a "J-frame" with dagger reeds? Deadshot sells .12 mylar now. I will say the reed in my eason is a .12 but it isnt mylar. No idea what it was, I was sent some from a buddy and he said try this and I fell in love. I only got 5 reeds and had to be very careful which calls I put them in and tuned. Only put one in my eason, and one in a T1 so far. I finally just got him to agree to send me many more with a guarantee I make him some of my skimmers. But I cannot get behind this new trend of a j-frame with dagger reeds. Its like a fake cutdown that tries to do all the things of a J-frame call. Half A** bark with a half A** ability to be as versatile as a j-frame.

I guess I haven't bought one yet, so I can't speak to them, but if your assessment is correct, then it won't do anything well.

I'm just a traditionalist. Give me a good call with low to medium volume that I can get high end, no break on a highball, a good rolling chuckle, and some low end rasp, and then give me a good loud call for windy days or long distance.

 

[Rick Pierce]

Same here, I need to try one soonish. Probably a company I should gather a few of, they are making quite the name for themselves and likely something will blow up and be worth money in 10 years. Just look at their BSOD original. Cannot believe what guys are paying for that call now. But same thing was said about the RNT OSDC's just 15-20 years ago.

It's funny because I hunted with a guy in Oklahoma several years ago who was tied in with them when they were just starting out. I wish I'd bought a few calls as a flier, like you say.

Hard to know which ones will take off and which are just there.

 

[William Reinicke]

I hear ya. I can blow a cutdown, but it seems counter-intuitive because it's just bark, and relatively few notes....probably closer to a live duck, honestly. The volume on one just seems like it would be more prone to flare them, but I also remember some of the big Olt 66's that my Dad used to use on the Mississippi - high volume for open water, but took some lungs to use.

But having said that, when I was a kid, I latched on to an old Ditto call that was in my Dad's call drawer. He hated it up close; said it sounded like two pots and pans banging together. Then one morning he took the boat to hide it away from the blind while I was playing around and warming up. He came back and said, "I will never complain about that call again. From twenty yards away, it sounds like a hen sitting on the water..."

You know the first time I ever heard my buddy blow a lares call up close, I thought "what in the heck is that rattle can you are blowing" and he giggled and made me walk 40 yards away and it sounded so good. At that point, I realized the power of that sound that comes out of a lars call.

I had to go through a major learning curve with JJ lares though. At first I just couldnt trust the sound that came out of them. I would try and modify the way I blew them and realize, there was no reason to fight the call and just had to trust at a distance it sounded good. I hunted a t1 small bore and a t1 reg bore for a long time and killed thousands upon thousands of mallard with it. Then I found eason and brad samples and I had to put the t1's to bed for awhile. Seemed EVERYONE was running a t1 and now EVERYONE is running an RM. Like to be an oddball I guess.

 

[William Reinicke]

Been brought to my attention, from another source, this call is back up on ebay. Starting bid is 399.99. I have already reported and because this guy isnt the sharpest tool in the shed, I get to leave a review tomorrow. Have to wait 7 days to leave a negative review, and if he was smart he would of relisted and ended the bid before I get to do that. You only get to leave reviews on purchased items. If I can save the next collector a buck or two, I certainly will. Obviously with all my efforts, this will not stop a sale, but hopefully it will save a dollar or two for the next collector who gets it. GOOD LUCK guys. Hope someone gets it at a good discount.