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duck and goose calls

jared

>Hello I put this same message up on the hand tool side by mistake. My 16 year old son has taken in interest in duck and goose hunting and just got his first mallard yesterday. His friends that he went with had duck calls so he started asking me about them last night. I did find some parts and kits in a Hut catalog that just came. I have a couple of questions, How hard is it to make one that sounds right? Is there anywhere else that markets the kits, reeds, etc? My son does have some interest in turning and wood working so I thought this would be a good project for us to work together on, making calls for him and his hunting buddies. It seems to me that any time you can get a young person interested in something like this you better go for it, every hour spent on something like this is an hour not getting in to trouble or wasted on video games, etc. Any info on this subject would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, jared

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Joseph

>Here's a link to a callmaking forum

http://www.customcalls.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl

Here's a link in how to make calls

http://www.missmallard.com/makecall1.html

Hope that helps

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Danny Wells

>Jared,

The HUT kits are a great way to get started and learn the basics. The duck call kits have the sound boards and reeds and have a decent sound. Their snow goose call kit has a great sound. Make a note of the size of the blank you purchase and the hole sizes. After the first one, cut your own blanks and drill your own holes. Its a lot less expensive.

Danny

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Lund_Dude

>I have used the Hut kit to turn a good number of calls. They are a lot of fun! I have had great luck with the metal duck reeds they sell, but I just bought some goose and deer reeds and I am still a bit skeptical. I want some of my friends who are experienced callers to have a go with them.

Over the weekend, I tore up the 1/2" rubber bushing on the kit. I am trying to find a replacement, went to Home Depot and no luck. Anybody have a source?

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