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What's the difference between double and single reed duck calls?

Question by norcalhunter7. Uploaded on January 20, 2010

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from hnestle wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

Single reed calls have more range and are more versatile than double reed calls. Double reed calls take more air to blow and don't have as much range as single reed.

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from alabamaoutlaw wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

Some double reeds are a bogger to keep in tune.

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from alabamaoutlaw wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

I was raised blowing an old black P.S.OLT and have taken my share of ducks.I think i used to pay about five bucks apiece for them.Wooden calls swell when wet as well as the cork used under some reeds.Find one that works for you and stick with it.The set-up is more important than the calling,because if it don't look right i don't care how good you call they are not coming.

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from Ontario Honker ... wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

A single reed call goes "quack". Double reed: "Quack, quack". Sorry, couldn't resist.

Alabama, I use my dad's old Olt call too. When I was a kid the reed fell out. He sent it back to them, they replaced it, but it fell out again the next time we went out. Kinda broke his heart. He put it back in the little box they sent it in and I found it in his drawer after he died ten years ago. I did some research and found that the company had gone under a few years earlier. However, a couple of the factory hands started up their own business remanufacturing them. They sent me a couple of reeds and new corks. It works good as new now. Dad would be tickled. Sadly, the old lanyard he braided when he was a kid was too fragile so I put it away. Braided my own from some camo decoy cord I ordered on line. I'm sure it will last another generation. Hopefully hunting will too.

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

that first part was funny honker. i have the best luck with the single reed calls. now if i could just make a lanyard for the 8 that i have!

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from blackdawgz wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

http://duckcallsgoosecalls.com/
The outer "reed" is not a sound-producing device, but a return spring. It allows you to blow harder and the reed strikes the tone board harder. Thus, it gets more range. True, they require re-tuning for every outing, but this should be unchallenging. Plastic reed materials have memory, and need to be precisely re-bent for proper action.

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from hnestle wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

Single reed calls have more range and are more versatile than double reed calls. Double reed calls take more air to blow and don't have as much range as single reed.

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from Ontario Honker ... wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

A single reed call goes "quack". Double reed: "Quack, quack". Sorry, couldn't resist.

Alabama, I use my dad's old Olt call too. When I was a kid the reed fell out. He sent it back to them, they replaced it, but it fell out again the next time we went out. Kinda broke his heart. He put it back in the little box they sent it in and I found it in his drawer after he died ten years ago. I did some research and found that the company had gone under a few years earlier. However, a couple of the factory hands started up their own business remanufacturing them. They sent me a couple of reeds and new corks. It works good as new now. Dad would be tickled. Sadly, the old lanyard he braided when he was a kid was too fragile so I put it away. Braided my own from some camo decoy cord I ordered on line. I'm sure it will last another generation. Hopefully hunting will too.

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from blackdawgz wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

http://duckcallsgoosecalls.com/
The outer "reed" is not a sound-producing device, but a return spring. It allows you to blow harder and the reed strikes the tone board harder. Thus, it gets more range. True, they require re-tuning for every outing, but this should be unchallenging. Plastic reed materials have memory, and need to be precisely re-bent for proper action.

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from alabamaoutlaw wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

Some double reeds are a bogger to keep in tune.

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from alabamaoutlaw wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

I was raised blowing an old black P.S.OLT and have taken my share of ducks.I think i used to pay about five bucks apiece for them.Wooden calls swell when wet as well as the cork used under some reeds.Find one that works for you and stick with it.The set-up is more important than the calling,because if it don't look right i don't care how good you call they are not coming.

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

that first part was funny honker. i have the best luck with the single reed calls. now if i could just make a lanyard for the 8 that i have!

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