And then, there are so many folks making calls these days, mainly because it’s fairly easy to build an average duck call. There are literally a handful of guys in Texas that mass produce barrels, ...

Some of the more traditional wood used to make duck calls are walnut ... by combining the barrel or mouthpiece with the insert, the part of the call that contains the wedge and reed/reeds.

Interest in making and collecting duck calls has grown with the popularity of the A&E television ... The call-maker first turns the barrel with a hole bored through it, and then makes an insert that ...

The process of making a custom duck call is intricate and detailed ... drills holes and turns it on a lathe to shape the barrel and insert. He uses specialized tools such as a bandsaw and jigs ...

"I enjoy making duck and goose calls the most," said Hayes ... He makes calls with slate, glass, copper and aluminum inserts, and is also well known for his strikers. "The strikers have a rounded ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Rapides Parish man clings to the traditions of his French ancestors for making duck calls and the other necessities of duck hunting. When it comes to duck hunting ...

That was the start of his love for duck calls. “Then in my early 30s, I had a buddy take a block of wood and actually make a call from start to finish. And he called me, and he had made a few ...

SILOAM SPRINGS -- Will Shelley's dream of creating custom duck calls came true in 2015 and has now garnered him national recognition. Shelley began making duck calls when his wife Ashley Shelley ...

When Scott Simmons received a wooden duck call in college, he was instantly intrigued by the possibility of making one. "I recognized then that those little duck calls were a folk art piece that ...